Rare Civil War CDV of 3 Union Navy Warships, Including Monitor USS Kickapoo
Pictured in this CDV by McPherson and Oliver, New Orleans, are three Union Navy vessels at anchor. The monitor at the left is identified in pencil on the verso as being the monitor. A small tender is pulled up astern. Further in the background are two unidentified gunboats, a side-wheel and a stern-wheel. The carte is in very good condition as shown, with remnants of a previous album placement on the verso, along with the artists imprint. Measures about 4 x 2 1/2. Class double-turret ironclad river monitor, was built at Carondelet, Missouri, and commissioned in July 1864. She served off the mouth of the Red River, Louisiana, until October, when she was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Was then sent to Mobile Bay, Alabama, to support the campaign against the city of Mobile. She took part in mine clearance and bombardment operations in the spring of 1865, helping to rescue crewmen from the monitors. When they were sunk by Confederate mines. Went to New Orleans, where she was decommissioned in July. She was twice renamed in 1869, becoming. Please see my other items for more Civil War CDVs.
The item "Rare Civil War CDV of 3 Union Navy Warships, Including Monitor USS Kickapoo" is in sale since Tuesday, December 15, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)\CDVs".
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- Date of Creation: 1860-1869
- Photo Type: CDV
- Subject: Military & Political