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"The Steamship

Caption: "The Steamship 'Sassacus' Ramming The Rebel Ram 'Albemarle'"
Additional Description: Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 4 June 1864, depicting USS Sassacus ramming CSS Albemarle, during the Confederate ironclad's engagement with U.S. Navy gunboats in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, 5 May 1864. Naval History and Heritage Command
Submitted: July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p210109
File Size: 0.119 Megabytes

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