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Photo # NH 58735:  Engraving of USS Passaic in the Hudson River, New York, firing at the Palisades, Nov. 1862

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USS Passaic (1862-1899) --
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  • USS Passaic (1862-1899).


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    Photo #: NH 58735

    USS Passaic
    (1862-1899)

    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting Passaic "trying her large gun at the Palisades", during gunnery trials in the Hudson River on 15 November 1862.
    The ship was armed with two large Dahlgren smooth-bore guns: one XI-inch and one XV-inch.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59288

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 196, depicting the bombardment of Fort McAllister by the U.S. Navy monitors Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant. The engraving is based on a sketch by "an eye-witness" on board USS Montauk, which is in the right center foreground. In the left foreground, firing on the fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59287

    Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Georgia, 3 March 1863


    Line engraving, after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 39. It depicts the U.S. Navy monitors Patapsco, Passaic and Nahant firing on Fort McAllister (at far left) from the Ogeechee River. Other U.S. Navy ships are in the foreground. Montauk is the monitor in this group (farthest from the artist). Firing on the fort from the right foreground are mortar schooners, including C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion, all screw steamers.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59278

    "Map of the Environs of Savannah, on the South ..."


    Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume 7, January-June 1863, page 164.
    The map shows the position of the Confederate Privateer Rattlesnake (ex-CSS Nashville, 1861-1862), the Ogeechee River, Beulah Battery and "the present Field of Operations of the 'Passaic' and other Ironclads under Commodore Dupont".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 59269

    "Panoramic View of Charleston Harbor. -- Advance of Ironclads to the Attack, April 7th, 1863"


    Line engraving published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume II, page 172, with a key to individual ships and land features shown.
    U.S. Navy ships present are (from left to center): Keokuk, Nahant, Nantucket, Catskill, New Ironsides, Patapsco, Montauk, Passaic and Weehawken.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 60906

    Monitors engage Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina.


    Photographed from one of the Confederate emplacements, the ships are identified as (from left to right): USS Weehawken, USS Montauk and USS Passaic. The monitor on the right appears to be firing its guns.
    Date is given as 8 September 1863, when other U.S. Navy ships were providing cover for Weehawken, which had gone aground on the previous day. She was refloated on the 8th after receiving heavy gunfire from the Confederate fortifications.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 51964

    Monitors engage Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina.


    Photographed from one of the Confederate emplacements, the ships are identified as (from left to right): USS Weehawken, USS Montauk and USS Passaic. The monitor on the right appears to be firing its guns.
    Date is given as 8 September 1863, when other U.S. Navy ships were providing cover for Weehawken, which had gone aground on the previous day. She was refloated on the 8th after receiving heavy gunfire from the Confederate fortifications.
    This image is a detail of that seen in Photo # NH 60906.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    For additional views of and on board USS Passaic, see:,

  • USS Passaic (1862-1899).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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