Seeing the Civil War

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SKU efbd0f193a22 Category Field Photographs Tags by Russell (Andrew J.), Dutch Gap Canal VA, James River, monitor, side-wheeler, US Navy, USS Massasoit, USS Onondaga, Virginia

Image ID: AAIL

Credit:	by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:	1864.12.12
Negative Size:	8 in. x 11 in.
Locations & Lines:	Dutch Gap Canal VA; James River; Virginia
Military Units:	US Navy
Transports:	monitor; side-wheeler; USS Onondaga: USS Massasoit
Sources:	Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Archives; San Francisco MOMA; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection; Virginia Historical Society

Printed label affixed to original prints: LOOKING DOWN JAMES RIVER, From Dutch Gap Canal. December 12, 1864.

Monitor “Onondaga” on river, followed by unidentified gun boat and warship “Massasoit.”

Etched on negative: 262 [crossed out]. 467.James River from Dutch Gap.