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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59234

"Action at Acquia Creek between United States Vessels and Rebel Batteries"


Engraving, after a sketch by Lieutenant Cash, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861. It depicts USS Pawnee (at right), what appears to be USS Thomas Freeborn (left center), and another warship engaging the Confederate batteries at Aquia Creek, on the Potomac River, probably on 31 May - 1 June 1861.

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6 November 2003