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NH 58799 "Destruction of Guns at the Confederate Arsenal, Beaufort, S.C., by Captain Amman, of the U.S. Gunboat 'Seneca.'"

Photo #: NH 58799 "Destruction of Guns at the Confederate Arsenal, Beaufort, S.C., by Captain Amman, of the U.S. Gunboat 'Seneca.'"
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Title: "Destruction of Guns at the Confederate Arsenal, Beaufort, S.C., by Captain Amman, of the U.S. Gunboat 'Seneca.'"
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Description: Photo #: NH 58799 Destruction of Guns at the Confederate Arsenal, Beaufort, S.C., by Captain Amman, of the U.S. Gunboat 'Seneca.' Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume I, page 179. It depicts the crew of USS Seneca, led by their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Daniel Ammen, destroying enemy ordnance during the capture of Beaufort in November 1861. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 58799
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