File:USS Thomas Freeborn.jpg
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English: The tug gunboat USS Thomas Freeborn, during an engagement with Confederate forces at Matthias Point, Viriginia, 1861. Thomas Freeborn was built for merchant service as a tugboat in Williamsburg, New York, by Lawrence & Foulks in 1860, and requisitioned by the US Navy for service as a gunboat in 1861. This image is a detail from a much larger image published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1861. |
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| Source | NH 59242 "Engagement between the Gunboat Flotilla, Freeborn and Reliance, under the Command of Captain James H. Ward, and a Secession Force at Mathias Point, Va., on the Potomac River -- Death of Captain Ward.", 27 June 1861. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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| current | 09:02, 12 May 2021 | | 2,256 × 1,244 (388 KB) | Gatoclass | Uploaded a work by United States Navy from [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-59000/NH-59242.html NH 59242 "Engagement between the Gunboat Flotilla, Freeborn and Reliance, under the Command of Captain James H. Ward, and a Secession Force at Mathias Point, Va., on the Potomac River -- Death of Captain Ward.", 27 June 1861]. Naval History and Heritage Command. with UploadWizard |
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