Photo #: NH 58725
CSS Virginia (1862-1862)
Halftone of an artwork published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor
Engagement", Norfolk, Va., 1907. It depicts the ship steaming
past the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, on her way to
engage USS Cumberland and USS Congress off Newport
News, 8 March 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42218
CSS Virginia destroying USS Congress, 8 March 1862
Painting by Xanthus Smith, depicting Virginia at left,
firing into the Congress. The masts of the sunken USS
Cumberland are in the right background. Other Confederate
warships are visible in the distance, toward the left.
Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 55328
Burning of USS Congress, 8 March 1862
Line engraving after a painting by J.O. Davidson, published 1892
with the permission of C. Klackner, New York. It depicts Congress
burning, with crewmen swimming toward shore, after she was attacked
by CSS Virginia, which is visible in the right background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Note that the original print has been damaged by abrasion
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Photo #: NH 42216
CSS Virginia engages USS Congress, 8 March 1862
Oil painting by F. Muller, photographed in the offices of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee during the later 1920s or the
1930s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42224
"Virginia returning to Hampton Roads from James River to
attack Congress. Newport News Batteries silenced"
Halftone reproduction of an artwork, published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor
Engagement", Norfolk, Va., 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia's
destruction of USS Cumberland and USS Congress
off Newport News, Virginia, on 8 March 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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