Escorts CSS Beaufort (formerly N. C. Navy) in foreground and CSS Patrick Henry in background looking from Norfolk toward Portsmouth, Virginia. CSS Raleigh (also former N. C. Navy and similar to CSS Beaufort, both steam screw tugs) also was an escort involved in the Battle of Hampton Roads. CSS Beaufort and CSS Raleigh both escaped through the Dismal Swamp Canal to Norfolk after the Battle of Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:38:03 +0000