USS Onondaga, a 2592-ton twin-turret monitor, was built at Greenpoint, New York. Commissioned in March 1864, she spent her entire active career with the James River Flotilla, covering the water approaches to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War's last year. While on the James, she was involved in several engagements in June, August and December 1864 and in January 1865. Onondaga was decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1865. In an arrangement approved by the Congress, she was sold back to her builder in March 1867 and immediately resold to France. The monitor subsequently had long service in the French Navy, retaining the name Onondaga.
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Photo #: NH 63173 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) At anchor on the James River, Virginia, during the Civil War, circa 1864-65. Photographed by Brady and Company. The original glass plate negative is in the Brady Collection, U.S. National Archives. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 43067 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) On the James River, Virginia, circa 1864-1865. Photo mounted on a stereograph card. This photograph has been somewhat retouched, most notably to emphasize the flag. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 620 pixels A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 43067-A Online Image of stereo pair: 70KB; 675 x 305 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100989 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) Anchored off Aikens Landing in the James River, Virginia, in 1864-1865. Note the barges at the wharf in the foreground. Aikens Landing, near Dutch Gap, was the site of prisoner of war exchanges. Photo mounted on a stereograph card, published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Company, New York. Courtesy of Louis H. Smaus, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 140KB; 650 x 675 pixels A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 100989-A Online Image of stereo pair: 80KB; 675 x 335 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 60210 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) In the James River, Virginia, 1864-1865. Note the rowboat in the foreground, manned by Union Soldiers, and the obstructions across the river in the right distance. Photograph taken by Brady & Company. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 595 pixels This same image, with somewhat different graphic qualities, is available as: Photo # NH 100990 |
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Photo #: NH 100990 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) In the James River, Virginia, 1864-1865. Note the rowboat in the foreground, manned by Union Soldiers. Photograph taken by Brady & Company, and mounted on a stereograph card published by John C. Taylor, Hartford, Connecticut. Courtesy of Louis H. Smaus, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 119KB; 650 x 675 pixels A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 100990-A Online Image of stereo pair: 69KB; 675 x 340 pixels |
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Photo #: 111-B-40 USS Onondaga (1864-1867) On the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Note the pulling boat at her stern, with oars manned. Photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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