Hull of Mystic-built ironclad Navy steamship Galena

Title supplied by cataloger. Printed description on back: "TAYLOR & HUNTINGTON,/ Sole Owners of the Original War Views./ No. 2 State St., HARTFORD, CONN." Caption reads "This is a view of the United States Gunboat "Galena" after her fight with Fort Darling, on Drewey's Bluff, James River, in July, 1862. The "Galena" is an iron-clad, but the shot and shell from the Rebel guns have pierced her armor in various places." Galena was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook and built by Maxson, Fish & Co. of Mystic. The first seagoing ironclad in the Navy, Galena saw Civil War action several times. Her iron plating having been removed as ineffective, she served as a wooden gunboat the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. Later rebuilt, she remained in Navy service until 1892. Maxson, Fish & Co. was established in 1853 by William Ellery Maxson and Nathan G. Fish of Mystic, together with other partners. The yard was located in West Mystic. The business went bankrupt in 1870, soon after Fish's death. Mounted on orange card, gray on back.