File:Bombarding of Port Royal, SC.jpg
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English: 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, USS 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". |
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Link to source[1] and assertion of public domain[2] U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. |
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| 2005-05-27 18:28 | 740×300× (75166 bytes) | Kaisershatner | 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 [[For |
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| current | 11:01, 12 June 2019 | | 5,768 × 2,172 (3.6 MB) | Broichmore | Improved defintion |
| 17:10, 19 February 2017 |  | 740 × 300 (73 KB) | Howicus | Transferred from en.wikipedia |
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