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Photo # NH 59319 (lower view):  USS Pawnee and other ships investigating Port Royal Sound, S.C., 5 November 1861

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USS Pawnee (1860-1884) --
Actions & Activities after mid-1861


This page features all the views we have concerning USS Pawnee's actions and activities after the middle of 1861.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pawnee (1860-1884).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    NOTE: USS Pawnee is generally quite distant in these images. Read captions carefully and examine images closely before selecting them to represent this ship.

    Photo #: NH 59130

    "Departure of the Great Southern Expedition, under General Butler, from Fortress Monroe."


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, depicting the departure of the fleet on 26 August 1861, en route to attack Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
    Ships identified in the title line are (left to right): USS Harriet Lane; USS Wabash; USS Minnesota; USS Monticello and USS Pawnee.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 142KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 66576-KN (Color)

    "Bombardment of Forts Hatteras & Clark, by the U.S. Fleet"
    "Under the command of Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, on the 28th and 29th of August 1861"

    Colored lithograph by J.P. Newell after a drawing by Francis Garland, Seaman on USS Cumberland, published by J.H. Buford, Boston, Massachusetts, 1862.
    Features identified below the image are (from left to right): USS Susquehanna; transport Fanny; Fort Hatteras; USS Harriet Lane; Fort Clark; USS Cumberland; steamer Adelaide; USS Minnesota; steamer George Peabody; USS Wabash; USS Pawnee; and USS Monticello.
    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59317

    "The Great Expedition -- The Vessels at Anchor at Hampton Roads Previous to the Departure."


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume, page 725. It gives two views of Flag Officer DuPont's squadron at Hampton Roads, Virginia, prior to leaving on 29 October 1861 to capture Port Royal, South Carolina.
    Ships and geographical features, as identified below the images, are (upper engraving, from left): ferry boats, store ship, steamer Marion, USS Seminole, steamer Ben Deford, ship Grapeshot, Fort Monroe, USS Narragansett, USS Alabama, USS Pawnee, and new ("90-Day") gunboats
    (lower engraving, from left): store ship, steamer Vanderbilt, steam tug (foreground), store ship, steamer Winfield Scott, steamer Atlantic, USS Minnesota, steamer Baltic, USS Relief, USS Wabash, USS R.B. Forbes, steamer Oriental, steamer Matanzas, steamer Philadelphia, and the Rip Raps.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 218KB; 900 x 650 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59319

    "Army & Navy Reconnoissance. Tuesday Morning Nov. 5" 1861


    Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume I, page 189, depicting Federal ships investigating Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, prior to their successful attack on Confederate fortifications there.
    Ships and other items identified across the bottom of the print include (from left to right): USS Mercury, with Generals Sherman and Stevens & staff on board; USS Penguin, with Hilton Head Battery beyond; USS Pawnee; Broad River (in distance); CSS Huntress (distance); USS Seneca; steamer Screamer (distance); USS Ottawa with Capt. Rogers & General Wright on board; steamer Everglades (distance, beyond Ottawa; USS Pembina; CSS Lady Davis (distance); Beaufort River (distance); Bay Point Battery (distance); USS Curlew; Confederate camp (distance); USS Isaac Smith.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 280 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59256

    Bombardment and Capture of Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861


    Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume, pages 760-761.
    It depicts Federal warships, under Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, USN, bombarding Fort Beauregard (at right) and Fort Walker (at left). The Confederate squadron commanded by Commodore Josiah Tattnall is in the left center distance.
    Subjects identified below the image bottom are (from left): tug Mercury, Fort Walker, USS Wabash (DuPont's flagship), Screamer (?), USS Susquehanna, CSS Huntsville, Commo. Tattnall, USS Bienville, USS Pembina, USS Seneca, USS Ottawa, USS Unadilla, USS Pawnee, USS Mohican, USS Isaac Smith, USS Curlew, USS Vandalia, USS Penguin, USS Pocahontas, USS Seminole, Fort Beauregard, USS R.B. Forbes and "Rebel Camp".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 300 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1099

    Bombardment and Capture of Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861


    Engraving by W. Ridgway after a drawing by C. Parsons, published by Virtue & Co., New York.
    It depicts Federal warships, under Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, USN, bombarding Fort Beauregard (at left) and Fort Walker (at right). Troop transports are standing by in the distance.
    U.S. Navy ships present and identified include (from left): Mohican, Susquehanna, Augusta, Wabash (Flagship), Unadilla, Pawnee, Bienville, Ottawa, Curlew and Seneca.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59175

    "Landing of General Potter's and Admiral Dahlgren's Troops at Bull's Bay, South Carolina"


    Line engraving, based on a sketch by John Everding, published in "Harper's Weekly", March 1865, depicting the landings made on 16-17 February 1865.
    Ships shown include (as identified below the print, from left to right -- all U.S. Navy): State of Georgia, Pawnee, Juniata, Harvest Moon -- flagship, Wando, Winona, Shenandoah and Canandaigua.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Pawnee (1860-1884).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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