[CIVIL WAR]. BLACK, James Wallace (1825-1896) photographer. US Frigate Santee. Boston, MA, ca 1860s.

16 x 12 in. albumen photograph on 20 x 16 in. cardstock mount (toning and fading to print, spotting throughout; toning and some staining to mount, edge and corner wear to mount incl. chipping). Lower margin of mount features J.W. Black's "163 and 173 Washington Street" [Boston] imprint and elegantly inscribed title.

View of the US Frigate Santee (1820-1912), a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the US Navy that was acquired by the Union Navy in 1861 and outfitted with heavy guns and a crew of 480. She was assigned as a gunship in the Union blockade of the Confederacy and saw a great deal of hand-to-hand fighting at sea, which resulted in the capture of a number of Confederate schooners, including the Garonne. In January 1862, the Santee was assigned to Flag Officer David Farragut's new West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and was responsible for blockading the Texas Coast, mainly off Galveston, through the end of August, when she was decommissioned. She later became a training ship for the US Navy.

[With:] 2 Civil War stereoviews. "Interior of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S. C., April 14th, 1865. Gen. Anderson and Gilmore, near the centre of the picture, preparing to raise the old Flag." New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., n.d. -- "The Turret of the Monitor shows fifteen marks where she was hit by Rebel shot leaving dents in the turret some of them large enough to lay a man's head in." Hartford, CT: John C. Taylor, n.d. -- Together, 2 stereoviews, each approx. 6 x 3 1/8 in. on cardstock mounts, with "The War for the Union" series imprint on mount rectos. Versos with affixed paper label featuring image information.

[Also with:] 2 Spanish American War stereoviews. "Major General Wheeler, Col. Wood, Lieut. Col. Roosevelt, Major Brodie, Major Dunn and Chaplain Brown." -- "New York Millionaires of Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders.'" -- Together, 2 stereoviews by Strohmeyer & Wyman, New York, NY, 1898. Each approx. 6 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. on cardstock mounts, with Underwood & Underwood seller's imprint on mount rectos. Blank on versos.

[CIVIL WAR]. BLACK, James Wallace (1825-1896) photographer. US Frigate Santee. Boston, MA, ca 1860s.

[CIVIL WAR]. BLACK, James Wallace (1825-1896) photographer. US Frigate Santee. Boston, MA, ca 1860s.