Ammunition schooners

[tmh10]

Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ammunition schooners.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1864 Dec.
NOTES
Title from Civil War caption books.
Caption from negative sleeve: Ammunition schooners in Hampton Road's Dec. 1864.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4175.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).

 

[ErnieMac]

There seems to be a pretty good sized river boat in the background and perhaps part of a second one at the very left.

 

[tmh10]

There seems to be a pretty good sized river boat in the background and perhaps part of a second one at the very left.

I wonder how many guys are out on those ships smoking?

 

[donna]

Interesting photo. Is there a list of schooners that carried ammunition?Would these be Union or Confederate ships? I see no flags.

I did find where someone has this photo or one like it for sale of e-bay. The person states it photographed by Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner. He has no other information except the date.

 

[NFB22]

There appears to be a coal carrier/barge between the schooners and the river boat...but not entirely sure. And perhaps the large vessel was a transport or hospital?

 

[tmh10]

Interesting photo. Is there a list of schooners that carried ammunition?Would these be Union or Confederate ships? I see no flags.

I did find where someone has this photo or one like it for sale of e-bay. The person states it photographed by Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner. He has no other information except the date.

These would be Union ships, Donna. Like you I have seen the Civil War pictures on ebay. I wonder how many of them are just copies. You can order copies from the LOC of all the pictures I post for a small fee. At least you could in the past. May take them a while before they are back up and running.