[Fifteen officers on deck of the original Monitor"]" – Antique Wall Art
![[Fifteen officers on deck of the original Monitor"]", [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ed/ed35f34b1fe0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Fifteen officers on deck of the original Monitor"]"
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Fifteen officers gather on the deck of the Union ironclad Monitor in a picture taken during the Civil War and printed at a later date. The ship's low profile and rotating gun turret, designed by John Ericsson, made it a novelty, and it gained lasting fame in March 1862 when it fought the Confederate ironclad Virginia at Hampton Roads, the first battle between ironclad warships. The crowded deck hints at the cramped working conditions of a vessel that sat low in the water and was built around its turret. The Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras at the end of 1862 while under tow.
| Created / published | [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Monitor (Ironclad)--1860-1870. Armored vessels--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Union. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,682 × 3,766 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221452 |
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