Seeing the Civil War
Image ID: AAHT
Image ID: AAHT - Image 2

Price range: $2.99 through $3.99

SKU 32ba70084644 Category Tags , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Image ID: AAHT

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:

1864.07.18
Negative Size:

8 in. x 11 in.
Equipment:

block & tackle; cannon; naval carriage (wood); Parrott Rifle gun; rope; wash tub
Locations & Lines:

James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Navy
Transports:

side-wheeler; USS Mendota
Sources:

Gilder Lehrman Institute; Library of Congress; National Archives; Naval History And Heritage Command: USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 148 – Officers and crew of the gunboat “Mendota,” James River, Va.; July 18, 1864.

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 66.–Officers & Crew on Board Double-Ender Gun Boat “Agawam,” James River, July 13, 1864. [incorrect]

Naval History and Heritage Command says: USS Mendota (1864-1867). Ship’s officers and crew on the foredeck, 1864-65. Note 100-pounder Parrott rifled gun on a pivot carriage; men wearing white flat hats with the ship’s name on the hat ribbon; foremast and yard; anti-boarding netting; and capstan.

Etched onto negative: 469. Officers & Crew of Boat Mendota.

Related Images

You may also like…