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Photo # NH 59179 (lower view):  USS Pawnee off the burning Norfolk Navy Yard, 20 April 1861

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


This page features all the views we have concerning USS Pawnee's actions and activities up to 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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    Photo #: NH 59179

    "Destruction of the United States Navy-Yard at Norfolk, Virginia, by Fire, by the United States Troops, on April 20, 1861"


    Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, providing two scenes of the burning of Norfolk Navy Yard and the destruction of ships located there.
    Ships shown in the lower scene (as identified below the print), from left to right: USS United States (afire); tug Yankee with USS Cumberland (underway, leaving the area); USS Merrimack (afire in left center distance); USS Pawnee (underway, leaving the area), and USS Pennsylvania (afire).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    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.

    Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 365 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 73736

    "The Attack on the Secession Batteries at Aquia Creek, Potomac River, by the U.S. Vessels Pawnee, Live Yankee, Freeborn, Anacostia and Lioness, June 1, 1861."


    Line engraving, based on a sketch by an "Officer of the Expedition" published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", 1861. Ships depicted are (from left to right-center, in the foreground): U.S. Tug Resolute (called "Lioness" in the original text), USS Anacostia, USS Thomas Freeborn, USS Yankee (called "Live Yankee" in the original text) and USS Pawnee. A two-masted schooner is in the right foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1851

    "Attack on Acquia Creek Battery by United States Steamers 'Pawnee', 'Anacostia', and 'Freeborn'", 1 June 1861


    Line engraving published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War". It depicts USS Pawnee, in the foreground, shelling the Confederate battery. USS Anacostia is partially visible beyond Pawnee's stern. USS Thomas Freeborn was also present, but only the tips of her masts are visible, ahead of Anacostia.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 320 pixels

     
    Photo #: LC-USZ62-15652

    "Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac near Aquia Creek by the flotilla for whose destruction they were intended'"


    Sketch by A. Waud from a photograph by James F. Gibson, 1861. It depicts a boat approaching a cask-type floating mine, with USS Thomas Freeborn nearby. A detailed view of the mine is in the foreground and USS Pawnee is in the center distance.

    Collections of the Library of Congress.

    Online Image: 130KB; 540 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59384

    "Infernal Machine picked up on the Potomac by the U.S. Steamer 'Pawnee'"


    Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861, depicting a Confederate mine recovered by USS Pawnee in mid-1861.

    Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 203KB; 740 x 605 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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