Captain Gillespie and officers of flagship Philadelphia, Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Smoke-stack of the Rebel Ram "Virginia"

Admiral Dahlgren and staff on the "Pawnee"

U.S. steamer "Massasoit," in James River, 1864

The original "Monitor" after her fight with the "Merrimac"

U.S. Frigate "Pensacola," off Alexandria, Va.

U.S.S. Genesee at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863

Rebel Ram Stonewall

U.S. ironclad gunboat Essex

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

Gun-boats at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863

Waiting for a load of exchanged prisoners at Aiken's Landing, James River, March, 1865

Where prisoners were exchanged

Two monitors and Old Ironsides firing on Sumter

Crew of Monitor, Hampton Roads, Va. 1862

East side.

Detail of a bas relief at the base of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.