Seeing the Civil War
Image ID: AMUP

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Image ID: AMUP

Credit:

by Rondin (Francois S.)
Date:

1864.06
Equipment:

block & tackle; canister shot; cannon; Dahlgren gun; grapeshot; handspike wrench; naval carriage (wood); rope; sabot; scabbard; sword
Locations & Lines:

Cherbourg France; France
Military Units:

US Navy
Persons:

Smith (Sidney L.); Wheeler (James R.)
Transports:

USS Kearsarge
Sources:

J. Paul Getty Museum; Naval History and Heritage Command; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

The MOLLUS Collection says: U.S.S. “Kearsarge.” Cherbourg, France. (Looking aft)

J. Paul Getty Museum says: Officers with 11-inch forward pivot gun on the deck of the U. S. S. Kearsarge.

Naval History and Heritage Command says: USS Kearsarge (1862-1894). View on deck, looking aft along the starboard side in June 1864. Acting Master James R. Wheeler (left) and Assistant Engineer Sidney L. Smith are standing beside the ship’s forward XI-inch pivot gun, which is trained out to starboard, as it was during the action with CSS Alabama on 19 June. Note ammunition for the gun on deck at left, including canister (or a powder charge), shell and grape.

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