Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Sailors topside on the USS Monitor — July 9, 1862.

July 9, 2012

Library of Congress

July 9 James River, Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left

James River, Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left; July 9, 1862

 From Wikipedia:

U.S.S. Monitor.

From Library of Congress:

Photographed by James F. Gibson.

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Record page for image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000716/PP/

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