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19th Century
Depicting the Civil War naval battle off Cherbourg, France, between the ironclad Union screw sloop steamer USS Kearsarge and the Confederate steamer CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864.
The CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England, by John Laird Sons and Company. Launched as Enrica, she was fitted out as a cruiser and commissioned as CSS Alabama on August 24, 1862. Under Captain Raphael Semmes, Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking, capturing, and burning Union merchant and naval ships in the North Atlantic, as well as intercepting American grain ships bound for Europe.
The USS Kearsarge, was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. She was immediately deployed to European waters, where she spent nearly three years searching for Confederate raiders. In June 1864, under the command of Capt. John Winslow, Kearsarge found CSS Alabama at Cherbourg, France, where they fought a battle that became one of the Civil War's most memorable naval actions. The Kearsarge sank the Alabama in approximately one hour after the Alabama's opening shot.
Unsigned. Oil on Canvas
22” by 27” |
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Roberto Freitas American Antiques |
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Roberto Freitas |
Phone: 860-535-1797 |
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19th Century (1801-1900) |
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| Date: |
19th century |
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American |
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excellent condition |
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| Measurements: |
22” by 27” |
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https://robertofreitas.com/art.shtml#marine |
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