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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