Picture No | 10005197 |
Date | 1 June 1813 |
Description | Combat between the 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake' |
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Combat between the 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake'. The latter's Captain Lawrence, dying, begs his men not to give up the ship, but the British take it despite them.
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Source | Alonzo Chappel in Spencer's History of the United States |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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