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NH 94337 "Engagement of The HAYTIEN CORVETTE 'ALEXANDRE PETION' With the Batteries and Vessels off Petit Goave", 20 Sept 1868.

"Engagement of The HAYTIEN CORVETTE 'ALEXANDRE PETION' With the Batteries and Vessels off Petit Goave", 20 Sept 1868.
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Title: "Engagement of The HAYTIEN CORVETTE 'ALEXANDRE PETION' With the Batteries and Vessels off Petit Goave", 20 Sept 1868.
Caption: Engraving published in "Harpers weekly" 31 Oct 1868, Depiction the action in which the steamer SYLVIEW was sunk and the S.W. Steamer LIBERTE set afire, about 29 miles Westward of Port -Au - Prince, Haiti.
Description: Courtesy of Dr. Robert L. Scheina, 1983.
Catalog #: NH 94337
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Sat, Oct 31, 1868
After this Year: 1860
Before this Year: 1869
Original Medium: BW Photo
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