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Vintage Americana Print - Newport - The sinking of the Cumberland, 1862 – Antique Wall Art

Vintage Americana Print - Newport - The sinking of the Cumberland, 1862 — historic print
Vintage Americana Print - Newport - The sinking of the Cumberland, 1862. Historic print from the Newport collection.

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Step back in time with Vintage Americana Print - Newport - The sinking of the Cumberland, 1862, a historic print rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Vintage Americana Print - Newport - The sinking of the Cumberland, 1862

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Despite the "Newport" in its title, this scene shows the Union sloop-of-war *Cumberland* going down in Hampton Roads, Virginia, near Newport News, not the Rhode Island city. On March 8, 1862, the Confederate ironclad CSS *Virginia* rammed her, and as the water rose, her crew kept firing and her colors were reported still flying. The next day the Union ironclad *Monitor* arrived, and the two armored ships fought the first battle between ironclad warships. The sinking showed how quickly iron-armored vessels could make wooden fleets obsolete.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan1,536 × 1,079 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175103

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