File:(Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France). LOC 99446351.jpg

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English: Scale ca. 1:41,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 703 From. Report on the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1864). opp. p. 630. Map shows the "Position of the Kearsarge when she received the first broadside of the enemy," the general direction of the ships during the battle, and the position of the Alabama, when it sank in 45 fathoms of water. Map accompanies "Captain [John A.] Winslow's detailed report of the action" dated July 30, 1864. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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[Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France].
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G5831.S56 1864 U3
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/99446351/
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Atlantic Coast · United States · Cherbourg · France
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Civil War Maps · Catalog · Geography And Map Division
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Naval Battles · Cherbourg · Alabama (Screw Sloop) · France · United States · Maps · Kearsarge (Sloop) · Civil War · Atlantic Coast · Naval Operations, Confederate · 19Th Century · History

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