Photo #: NH 67079
Totten (American Merchant Steamship, 1853-1881)
Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1952, painted for use in his book "Early
American Steamers", Volume III.
This steamer was rebuilt in 1857 and subsequently operated under
the name Chesapeake. On 7 December 1863, while en route
from New York to Portland, Maine, she was captured by a group
of Confederate sympathizers who had taken passage in her. They
intended to take her to Wilmington, North Carolina, but the ship
was recaptured in Nova Scotian waters. The authorities at Halifax
subsequently returned Chesapeake to her owners.
Courtesy of Erik Heyl.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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