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Depicted content:
- Captain W.H. Nelson of the Harvey Birch, Sworn protest at the November 19, 1861 destruction of his ship, November 22, 1861
- In the Atlantic, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville burns the U.S. merchantman Harvey Birch
- In southern England, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville docks for repairs in the port of Southampton
- At Beaufort, North Carolina, Confederate commerce raider Nashville returns home
- Under cover of darkness, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville escapes Beaufort, North Carolina
- Civil War at Sea
Image type:
engraving
Original caption:
Burning of the American merchantman "Harvey Birch," of New York, in the British Channel by the Confederate steamer "Nashville," November 17, 1861.
Source citation:
Frank Leslie's Scenes and Portraits of the Civil War ... (New York: Mrs Frank Leslie, 1894), 162.
Source note:
The illustration's caption gives the date of the capture and burning as November 17, 1861. All official records give the actual date as November 19, 1861.