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Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

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Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

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U.S. revenue cutter AIKEN, captured by Confederate and re-named PETREL, being sunk by U.S. frigate St. Lawrence, 1861
Steel engraving by Robert Hinshelwood, b. 1812; after painting(?) by Paul Manzoni, copyrighted by Virtue & Co.
Illus.: The war with the south / Robert Tomes. New York, Virtue [c1862]. Vol. I, between p. 524 and 525.
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Caption card tracings: Civil War Navy; Ships, USS AIKEN; Ships, USS ST. LAWRENCE; Ships PETREL; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations; Warfare, Naval; Frigates; Shelf.

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01/01/1862
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