DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 61902
USS Atlanta (1864-1869)
On the James River, Virginia, circa 1864-65.
She was the former Confederate ironclad Atlanta, captured
in June 1863.
Note signal tower on the hill beyond the ship's bow.
Courtesy of the National Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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