Crewmen of the uss monitor relaxing on deck, while the ship was in the james river, virginia, on 9 july 1862. View looks forward on the starboard side, with the gun turret beyond. Note: men playing checkers at right. Another man is reading a newspaper by the starboard smokestack. Original caption (now removed) reads: photo # nh 574 crewmen on deck of uss monitor, july 1862. Date: July 1862.
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