U.S. Navy Raid on Dumfries Creek on the Potomac, October 11, 1861, artist's impression

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John Osborne, Dickinson College

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11/07/2011

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 7, 2011.

Depicted ContentCivil War at Sea

Depicted ContentUnited States Navy raiding party crosses the Potomac and destroys a Confederate schooner in Dumfries Creek

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engraving

Original caption

Birdseye view of the burning of a Rebel schooner in Quantico or Dumfries Creek, Potomac River, on the night of October 11, by Lieutenant A.D. Harrell, and a detachment from the Potomac Flotilla - from a sketch by an officer in the expedition.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, November 9, 1861, p. 391.