Photo #: NH 59315
"The Great Naval Expedition" to capture Port Royal,
South Carolina, November 1861
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December
1861 volume, pages 696-697.
It depicts Federal warships and transports, under Flag Officer
Samuel F. DuPont, USN, departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, en
route to Port Royal.
Ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from left):
(illegible), Oriental, Baltic, USS O.M. Pettit,
USS Gem of the Sea, Great Republic, USS Wabash
(DuPont's flagship), USS Seneca, USS Pembina, USS
Connecticut, tug Mercury, USS Unadilla,
USS Augusta, USS Alabama and (illegible).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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