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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 1057 CSS Virginia's Last Engagement, 8 May 1862 Painting after a sketch made on the scene by Colonel Samuel Wetherill, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, depicting the Virginia's sortie to challenge Federal ships that had been bombarding the Confederate batteries at Sewall's Point. Presented by Mrs. M.K.W. Davis, Colonel Wetherill's daughter, 15 June 1939. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 470 pixels

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9 May 2001