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

National Archives

On the Pamunkey

June 16, 2013

Miscellaneous document sources,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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Encampment and Fortification.

June 15, 2013

Miscellaneous document sources,National Archives

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.