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Image ID: AIAS

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1864.07

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

12-pounder Dahlgren rifle gun; cannon; field carriage; sponge and rammer staff

Locations & Lines:

James River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Navy

Transports:

side-wheeler; USS Hunchback

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; Naval History and Heritage Command; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback.

Naval History and Heritage Command says: Two sailors standing by a Dahlgren 12-pounder rifled howitzer, mounted on an iron field carriage, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65. Note Hunchback’s walking beam mechanism and sailor’s uniforms.

Etched onto negative: Rocketts [crossed out]. Hunchback. 3. 765.