Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

National Archives

USS Commodore Perry, a ferryboat converted to a gunboat, Pamunkey River, Virginia, USA – circa 1863.USS Commodore Perry, a ferryboat converted to a gunboat, Pamunkey River, Virginia, USA – circa 1863.

Commodore Perry — an armed, side-wheel ferry — was built in 1859 by Stack and Joyce, Williamsburg, New York; purchased by the Navy on 2 October 1861; and commissioned later in the month, Acting Master F. J. Thomas in command.

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Camp and fort – Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes; circa 1863; U. S. National Archives image. (No other information provided)

Camp and fort – Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes; circa 1863; U. S. National Archives image. (No other information provided)

Confederate Earthworks, Belle Plain, Virginia, James Gardner Collection, photo by Timothy H. O’Sullivan (one of Brady’s photographers); Albumen silver print from glass negative; The Metropolitan Museum of Art image.