James River,Virginia,turret,USS MONITER,1862,Battle of Hampton Roads,Civil War

Title: [James River, Va. Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]
Other Title: 'The Monitor' deck view from the stern, July 1862
Related Names:
Gibson, James F., b. 1828 , photographer
Date Created/Published: [1862 July, printed between 1890 and 1910]
Summary: Photo shows two men standing on the deck observing the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862, at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
Notes:
Photograph is from left half of stereograph.
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Alternate title taken from inscription on verso.
Attributed to James F. Gibson, photographer.
Miller, v. 6, p. 159
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977 no. 536
Forms part of: Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: 'Capitol Visitor Center' at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Original glass negative: LC-B815-659
Copy negative for right half of stereograph: LC-B8184-659
Subjects:
Warships--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Union.
Gelatin silver prints--1890-1910.
Bookmark /2011647352/
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