US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April -August
US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April -August, 1862. Iron-clad gunboat USS GALENA, and her crew after their shelling by Confederates at Drewrys Bluff, on May 15, 1862. The armored boat received 28 hits, 13 of which penetrated her armor or ports, killing 13 of her crew, and wounding 11. The mission determined that wooden troop transports would never survive such bombardment
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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