Category:Gun boat on the Pamunkey River, Va

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Gun boat on the Pamunkey River, Va

The images (here) of the gunboat from the stern (comprise two views from the same angle, one of which has been altered into a third version)

Morse[edit]

This image identified as the USS Morse by MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection Volume 64. See http://cdm16635.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16635coll12/id/12649/show/12641/rec/4 It was attributed to be the Morse on the card the images were mounted on.

Commodore Perry[edit]

Later the Metropolitan Museum of Art at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/268275https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/268275 states that it is U.S. Gunboat "Commodore Perry" on Pamunkey River,1861–65, and the Artist as Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882); former Attribution:Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York). Date:1861–65 https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-63000/NH-63898.html Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers, vol. IV. sketched picture at https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-63000/NH-63898.html is different from this image.

Commodore Morris[edit]

A book "Warships in the Civil War" (Paul Silverstone, Navy Institute Press, 1989) list's this photo as the Commodore Morris. The Naval History and Heritage Command website says it is the Commodore Morris, makes a note of the battery of nine inch guns (Dahlgren). However it warns that it could be the image USS MORSE. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-55000/NH-55307.html The sketched outline in Erik Heyl's book, Early American Steamers, vol. IV. is almost identical to the Morris https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-63000/NH-63898.html

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