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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 57273

Blockade runner Armstrong

19th Century photograph of a painting. Armstrong was captured on 4 December 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina.
Note Confederate flags flown at the steamer's forepeak and stern.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 440 pixels

Note: One qualified authority believes that this painting actually depicts the blockade runner Ella (captured 1 December 1864), rather than the Armstrong.

 

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6 January 2000