Destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia, May 11, 1862, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/19/2011

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, May 21, 2012.

Depicted ContentIn Richmond, the Confederate Navy convenes a court of inquiry over the destruction of the Merrimac

Depicted ContentIn Virginia, the famous and feared Confederate ironclad "Merrimac" is burned to avoid its capture

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engraving

Original caption

The End of the Merrimac - Destruction of the Rebel Iron-Clad Merrimac, blown up by it commander, on the morning of May 11 - from a sketch taken at Sewell's Point

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 24, 1862, p. 81.