Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AHWT

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:

1864.07
Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo
Equipment:

12-pounder Dahlgren rifle gun; cannon; field carriage; solid shot; sponge and rammer staff
Locations & Lines:

James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Navy
Transports:

side-wheeler; USS Hunchback
Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; Naval History and Heritage Command; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback.

National Archives says: Gun squad on deck of monitor [sic].

Naval History and Heritage Command says: Loading drill on a Dahlgren 12-pounder rifled howitzer, mounted on an iron field carriage, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65. Note Hunchback’s walking beam mechanism, combination sponge/ramrod in use and man at right with ammunition container.

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