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[Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].
Summary
Scale ca. 1:41,000.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 703
From. Report on the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1864). opp. p. 630.
Map shows the "Position of the Kearsarge when she received the first broadside of the enemy," the general direction of the ships during the battle, and the position of the Alabama, when it sank in 45 fathoms of water. Map accompanies "Captain [John A.] Winslow's detailed report of the action" dated July 30, 1864.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Date
01/01/1864
Contributors
United States. Navy.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
