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NH 59298 "Charleston Harbor, Looking towards the City"

Photo #: NH 59298 "Charleston Harbor, Looking towards the City"
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Title: "Charleston Harbor, Looking towards the City"
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Description: Photo #: NH 59298 Charleston Harbor, Looking towards the City Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, January-June 1863, pages 264-65, depicting the Federal fleet off the harbor mouth at the time of the ironclads' attack on Fort Sumter, 7 April 1863. U.S. Navy ships specifically identified include New Ironsides (second from left in the ironclad formation) and Keokuk (ironclad furthest to the right). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59298
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