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Photo # NH 60210:  USS Onondaga in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65

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USS Onondaga (1864-1867)

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.

This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Onondaga (1864-1867).

For other pictures related to USS Onondaga, see:

  • USS Onondaga -- Artworks; and
  • Onondaga (French Coast Defense Ship, 1867).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     


    The photographs presented below show USS Onondaga as a small part of a larger scene:

    Photo #: 111-B-1961

    Federal ironclads in the James River, Virginia


    Photographed circa early 1865, probably in Trent's Reach.
    Ships are (from left to right): USS Saugus, USS Sangamon (probably), USS Atlanta and USS Onondaga.
    Photographed by the Matthew Brady organization.

    Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: 111-B-80

    Federal ironclads in Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia


    Photographed circa early 1865.
    Nearest ship is USS Saugus, with a mine sweeping "torpedo rake" attached to her bow. Next monitor astern is probably USS Sangamon. Visible just to the right of her is either USS Mahopac or USS Canonicus. Last two ships are USS Atlanta and USS Onondaga.
    Photographed by the Matthew Brady organization.
    Note the log boom across the river in the foreground and the signal tower atop the hill in the right distance.

    Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to USS Onondaga, see:

  • USS Onondaga -- Artworks; and
  • Onondaga (French Coast Defense Ship, 1867).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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