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LC-DIG-PGA-04035: Battle of Mobile Bay, Passing Fort Morgan and the Torpedoes, August 1864

LC-DIG-PGA-04035: Battle of Mobile Bay, Passing Fort Morgan and the Torpedoes, August 1864. Print after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, 1886, depicting the Union and Confederate squadrons at the moment that USS Tecumseh sank after striking a mine (torpedo). Confederate ships (left foreground) are Morgan, Gaines and Tennessee. Union monitors visible astern of Tecumseh are Manhattan and Winnebago. USS Brooklyn is leading the outer line of Union warships, immediately followed by USS Hartford. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Caption: Battle of Mobile Bay, Passing Fort Morgan and the Torpedoes, August 1864. Print after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, 1886, depicting the Union and Confederate squadrons at the moment that USS Tecumseh sank after striking a mine (torpedo). Confederate ships (left foreground) are Morgan, Gaines and Tennessee. Union monitors visible astern of Tecumseh are Manhattan and Winnebago. USS Brooklyn is leading the outer line of Union warships, immediately followed by USS Hartford. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Accession #: LC-DIG-PGA-04035
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