Item 82 - Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862
- Item 82 - Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Image Info Several veterans of the 5th Maine Regiment gave this carved gangway board, believed to be from the U.S.S. Hartford, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's flagship during the Civil War.
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The Hartford was used during Union efforts to gain control of the Mississippi River and Gulf ports.
