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| Credit: | by Cooley (Samuel A.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864-1865 |
| Negative Size: | 4 in. x 6.5 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | block & tackle; cannon; grapeshot; naval carriage (wood); Parrott Rifle gun; rope; scabbard; sword |
| Locations & Lines: | Port Royal Sound SC; South Carolina |
| Military Units: | US Navy |
| Transports: | USS New Hampshire |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Photographic History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. War Views. No. 42. A “Powder Monkey” on the Pawnee [sic]. The Pawnee is a wooden war vessel, called the fighting ship of the U. S. Navy. This view shows one of the boys (powder monkeys so called) whose duty it is to carry cartridges from the magazine to the guns during a fight : these boys know what it is to smell powder; this view is specially interesting to boys. [Taylor Co. stereo card]
Library of Congress says: Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
The MOLLUS collection says: 1865. Port Royal, S.C. U.S.S. “New Hampshire.” 100 lb. Parrott gun. Powder monkey.
Anthony No. 4016?
Etched onto negative: 42.
