Photo #: NH 63888
Robert E. Lee (Confederate Blockade Runner, 1863)
Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early
American Steamers", Volume I.
Built in Scotland in 1860 as the commercial steamship Giraffe,
Robert E. Lee was captured on 9 November 1863 and later
became USS Fort Donelson. Sold after the Civil War, she
was renamed Isabella. In 1869 she became the Chilean Navy
ship Concepcion.
Courtesy of Erik Heyl.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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