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![[Text describing action of four ships in South Carolina and Florida]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdGV4dC1kZXNjcmliaW5nLWFjdGlvbi1vZi1mb3VyLXNoaXBzLWluLXNvdXRoLWNhcm9saW5hLWFuZC1mbG9yaWRhLTEwMjQuanBn/320/111/jpg "[Text describing action of four ships in South Carolina and Florida]")
![[View of boats and ships at wharf, Charleston, South Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvdmlldy1vZi1ib2F0cy1hbmQtc2hpcHMtYXQtd2hhcmYtY2hhcmxlc3Rvbi1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS05YWQ0MGEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[View of boats and ships at wharf, Charleston, South Carolina]")
![[Waterfront at Charleston, South Carolina, with sketches of three ships]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvd2F0ZXJmcm9udC1hdC1jaGFybGVzdG9uLXNvdXRoLWNhcm9saW5hLXdpdGgtc2tldGNoZXMtb2YtdGhyZWUtc2hpcHMtMWY4NjlkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/15/webp "[Waterfront at Charleston, South Carolina, with sketches of three ships]")
![[Morris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Fleet offshore]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvbW9ycmlzLWlzbGFuZC1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS11cy1mbGVldC1vZmZzaG9yZS02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Morris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Fleet offshore]")
![[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showing ships, sailboats, and five men in a rowboat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvdmlldy1vZi1jaGFybGVzdG9uLXNvdXRoLWNhcm9saW5hLXBlcmhhcHMtbG9va2luZy1zb3V0aHdlc3Qtc2hvd2luZy1zaGlwcy1zYWlsYm9hdHMtYWU1MzVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[View of Charleston, South Carolina, perhaps looking southwest, showing ships, sailboats, and five men in a rowboat]")
![[Waterfront at Charleston, South Carolina, with sketches of three ships]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvd2F0ZXJmcm9udC1hdC1jaGFybGVzdG9uLXNvdXRoLWNhcm9saW5hLXdpdGgtc2tldGNoZXMtb2YtdGhyZWUtc2hpcHMtOGZlOTRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/14/webp "[Waterfront at Charleston, South Carolina, with sketches of three ships]")
![[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZm91ci1uYXZhbC1zY2VuZXMtOTg1YjcxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/11/webp "[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing")
