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Civil War Illustrations

Explosion of Torpedoes

A soldier riding a horse rearing back as a torpedo explodes nearby

Caption: Explosion of torpedoes and infernal machines left by the retreating chivalry [sic] in Yorktown. From a sketch by A. Lumley. (See page 75 [for related story].)

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, June 7, 1862, page [65].