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File Details: ALVYm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 21.5 Mb

Image ID: ALVY

Credit:

by Barnard (George N.)

Date:

1861.06

Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

flag; oar

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Maryland; Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Navy

Transports:

rowboat; steam frigate USS Pensacola

Sources:

Library of Congress

The War For The Union. Photographic War History 1861-1865. No. 103. U. S. Frigate “Pensacola,” off Alexandria, Va. At the commencement of the war these great Frigates were the most powerful ships of war known, but the little Monitor came and revolutionized the navies of all the world. This is a view of Frigate “Pensacola,” laying in the Potomac River, off Alexandria, Va., in June, 1861. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]

Gardner No. 103.

Anthony No. 103.

Only one half of the original negative survives.

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