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Crew of the original "Monitor" on her deck
Gibson, James F., 1828- · July 9, 1862
From "War Memories" catalog: This view shows the crew of the original "Monitor" on the deck of that world famous little "cheese box on a raft," as the Rebels contemptuously called her, until she showed them how easy she could lick their famous "Merrimac." The honest Jack Tars here seen can always congratulate themselves that they took part in the famous fight which revolutionized the navies of all the world.
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