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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59160

"New Advance upon Charleston -- The Gunboat Com. M'Donough, and a Mortar Boat, shelling the Rebel Position on James Island, S.C., Feb. 9."


Line engraving after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", 1865.
It depicts USS Commodore McDonough (probably seen distantly at right) another steamer and a mortar schooner in action during operations against Charleston, South Carolina, on 9 February 1865.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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14 April 2003