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From the photo posted by @ucvrelics at https://civilwartalk.com/threads/css-atlanta-css-nashville-models.183796/#post-2386987 ... don't want to hijack that thread, but this is too good to pass up.
The focus in that thread was on Nashville (yellow arrow), but my eye was drawn immediately to the foreground, where there are very clearly three Canonicus-class monitors in a row; most likely the ones built inland that never saw service. The vessel behind them might be one of the Cascos, which could aid in dating this photo-- they were transferred from Mound City to New Orleans in 1869 IIRC. Beyond there it gets less distinct to me, at least on a first glance. What else can we find?
The focus in that thread was on Nashville (yellow arrow), but my eye was drawn immediately to the foreground, where there are very clearly three Canonicus-class monitors in a row; most likely the ones built inland that never saw service. The vessel behind them might be one of the Cascos, which could aid in dating this photo-- they were transferred from Mound City to New Orleans in 1869 IIRC. Beyond there it gets less distinct to me, at least on a first glance. What else can we find?