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.
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