Escape of the C.S.S. Nashville through the Beaufort, North Carolina blockade, March 17-18, 1862, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

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06/20/2011

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 16, 2012.

Depicted ContentCivil War at Sea

Depicted ContentUnder cover of darkness, the Confederate commerce raider Nashville escapes Beaufort, North Carolina

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engraving

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Original caption

The War in North Carolina - Escape of the rebel steamer Nashville, from the harbor at Beaufort, N.C. on the night of the 17th of March - futile pursuit of the blockading barque Gemsbok and steamer Cambridge - from a sketch by an officer of the Gemsbok

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 12, 1862, p. 352.