Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ARSBm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 20.1 Mb

SKU f8e29989b2da Category Field Photographs Tags barrel, by Gibson (James F.), Carter (Siah), cooking pot, cooking stove, James River, monitor, pipe, US Navy, USS Monitor, Virginia

Image ID: ARSB

Credit:	by Gibson (James F.)
Date:	1862.07.09
Negative Size:	4 in. x 10 in. stereo
Equipment:	barrel; cooking pot; cooking stove; pipe
Locations & Lines:	James River; Virginia
Military Units:	US Navy
Persons:	Carter (Siah)
Transports:	monitor; USS Monitor
Sources:	Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Sailors, including an African-american, on deck of USS “Monitor,” James River, VA.

Wikipedia says: …the African American crewman in the right foreground is Siah Carter.

Gardner No. 660.

Etched onto negative: 660.