Seeing the Civil War
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Credit:

unknown photographer
Date:

1864
Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.
Equipment:

bucket (wood); cannon; Dahlgren gun; flag; handgun; handspike wrench; naval carriage (wood); rammer staff; rope; scabbard; sponge staff; sword; tube pouch
Locations & Lines:

James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Navy
Transports:

gunboat; USS Miami
Sources:

Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Archives; Naval History and Heritage Command

National Archives says: On deck of Gunboat. Bringing Parrott [sic] gun into position on board the “Mendota.”

Library of Congress says: Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Va.

Wikipedia says: A 9″ Dahlgren smoothbore cannon on the deck of USS Miami.

Naval History and Heritage Command sys: IX-inch Dahlgren Smooth-bore Gun on a slide-pivot mounting With its crew at their stations, on board a U.S. Navy gunboat during the Civil War. Photographed by Matthew Brady. Note anti-boarding netting; ship’s wheel at left; cartridge boxes, cutlasses and revolvers worn by some men; gun-handling equipment and Marine by the rear of the gun. Many sources incorrectly identify this ship as USS Mendota (1864-1867), which did not have a gun of this type in the location seen. It is possible that the ship is USS Miami (1862-1865), which did carry IX-inch guns at the extreme bow and stern.

Etched onto negative: No. 408[?] [crossed out]. 374.

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