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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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