Naval bombardment at Aquia Creek, Virginia, June 1, 1861, artist's impression

Download image

Scanned by

Rebecca Solnit, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/20/2010

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 24, 2010.

Depicted ContentAquia Creek Landing, VA

Depicted ContentAquia, VA

Depicted ContentOn the Potomac, U.S. Navy gunboats shell the railroad depot at Aquia Creek, Virginia

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The attack on the secession batteries at Aquia Creek, Potomac River, by the U.S. vessels Pawnee, Live Yankee, Freeborn, Anacosta and Lioness, June 1, 1861

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 15, 1861, p. 73.