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.
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