| Credit: | by Rondin (Francois S.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.06 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | block & tackle; cannon; Dahlgren gun; handspike (wood); naval carriage (wood); rope |
| Military Units: | US Navy |
| Persons: | Badlam (William H.); Bartlett (Ezra); Browne (John M.); Cushman (William H.); Danforth (Charles H.); Graham (Franklin A.); McConnell (Henry); Miller (Fred L.); Sargent (Daniel B.); Smith (J. Adams); Smith (Sidney L.); Stoddard (Ebenezer M.); Thornton (James S.); Walton (J. C.); Wheeler (James R.); Winslow (John A.) |
| Transports: | sloop-of-war; USS Kearsarge |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; National Archives; Naval History and Heritage Command; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
| Locations & Liines | Cherbourg France; France |
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Image ID: AGAA
Naval History and Heritage Command says: USS Kearsarge (1862-1894). Ship’s officers pose on deck, at Cherbourg, France, soon after her 19 June 1864 victory over CSS Alabama. Her Commanding Officer, Captain John A. Winslow, is 3rd from left, wearing a uniform of the 1862 pattern. Other officers are generally dressed in uniforms of 1863-64 types. View looks aft on the port side. At left is Kearsarge’s after XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, with its training tracks on the deck alongside.
Library of Congress says: U.S.S. Kearsarge
Officers in front, left to right,
Wm. H. Cushman, Chief Engineer
Jno. Mills Browne, Surgeon
Jno. A. Winslow, Captain
Jas. S. Thornton, Lieut.-Comdr.
Jas. R. Wheeler, Acting Master
Eben M. Stoddard, Acting Master
J. Adams Smith, Paymaster
Officers in rear, left to right,
Ezra Bartlett, Acting Master’s Mate
Daniel B. Sargent, Paymaster’s Clerk
Wm. H Badlam, 3rd Asst. Engineer
Henry McConnell, 3rd Asst. Engineerr
1. Wm. Smith, Quartermaster & Capt. of After pivot gun
[1. MOLLUS says J. C. Walton, Boatswain]
3. Franklin A. Graham, Gunner
4. Chas. H. Danforth, Acting Master’s Mate
2. Sidney L. Smith, 3rd Asst. Engineer
Fred. L Miller, 3rd Asst. Engineer
Etched onto negative: 100T. Gun Boat Agawam [sic]. 448.
