Faces of the Civil War
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Powder Monkey
Apprentice sailors assigned to warships to keep cannoneers supplied with gunpowder were dubbed "powder monkeys." This young man, standing aboard the U.S.S. New Hampshire, was photographed circa 1864-65.
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