The Confederate States Ship "Rappahannock", Calias, France, November, 1863, artist's impression

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Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 17, 2014.

Depicted ContentCivil War at Sea

Depicted ContentThe newly purchased Confederate ship "Rappahannock" slips out of its English Channel port at midnight

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Rebel Screw Steamer "Rappahannock," Lying at Calais, France

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, January 16, 1864, p. 44.

Source note

This illustration first appeared in the Illustrated London News on December 19, 1863 with the title " The Confederate Screw-Steamer Rappahannock , Lying at Calais Pier."