File:USS Seneca destroying guns.jpg

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English: "Destruction of Guns at the Confederate Arsenal, Beaufort, S.C., by Captain Amman, of the U.S. Gunboat 'Seneca.'"
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From U.S. Navy public domain - Photo #: NH 58799

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.

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http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/seneca.htm
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2008-01-30 23:24 738×555× (239325 bytes) Wikited {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} From U.S. Navy public domain - 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", Vol

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