Outdoor albumen group portrait of officers and crew of the USS Sangamon. Visible 5 x 8 in., framed to 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. 

A large photograph of officers and crew of the USS Sangamon, a Passaic-class ironclad. Taken on the James River, some fifteen Navy men posed for this picture just behind the vessel's enormous anchor chain, while a cannon and presumably its crew can be seen in the background.

This ship was assigned to both North Atlantic and South Atlantic Blockade Squadron duty and played a pivotal role in shelling artillery positions and clearing mines during the Union's final thrust to capture Richmond.

Tastefully framed, this is a very striking War-period image of a well-fought monitor and her crew. 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Navy, Naval History, Brown Water Navy, David Glasgow Farragut, David Dixon Porter, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of New Orleans, Blockade, Confederate Blockade]