Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ABTKm, 300 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.4 Mb

Image ID: ABTK

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; scabbard; sword; tube pouch
Locations & Lines:	James River; Virginia
Military Units:	US Navy
Transports:	side-wheeler; USS Mendota
Sources:	Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS Collection says: Written on mount: U.S.S Mendota.

Library of Congress says: A gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Va.

Etched onto negative: 751 [crossed out]. 256. 471. Gun Boat Agawam 200 Pd Gun in P[?].