U.S. Ship Cumberland

1860-1865

Alfred Waud, a renowned illustrator for Harper's Weekly during the Civil War, captured this detailed profile of the USS Cumberland around 1860-1865. This three-masted sailing frigate met a dramatic end in 1862 when it was rammed and sunk by the revolutionary ironclad CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads. Despite being hopelessly outgunned, the Cumberland's crew fought bravely until the very end, making this delicate sketch a poignant historical record of a ship that became a Civil War legend.

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