In this colorful marine painting Christopher Blossom presents us with the Flagship of the California squadron during the war with Mexico. Built between 1839 and 1842 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine, the U.S. Frigate Congress served off South America in the 1840's.
The Civil War brought the Frigate Congress back to U.S. waters, joining the blockade of the Confederacy's Atlantic Coast. In March 1862, the US Congress was attacked by the Ironclad CSS Virginia and forced to surrender.
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