Engraving clipped from a four-page fold out from the periodical Leslie Frank's Illustrated News Vol. 13, no. 316, Dec. 14, 1861. Depicts the Stone Fleet closing the privateer sally-ports on the southern coast, which sailed from New Bedford, Mass., November 20, 1861. A list of captains/commanders and their respective vessels are listed; from left to right: Flagship Garland, Comm. French; Herald, Capt. Gifford; American, Capt. Beard; Amazon, Capt. Swift; Rebecca Sims, Capt. Willis; Pilot Boat; South American, Capt. Chadwick; Courier, Capt. Brayton; Potomac, Capt. Brown; Leonidas, Capt. Brown; Cutter, firing a salute; Maria Theresa, Capt. Bailey; L. C. Richmond, Capt. Mallay; Archer, Capt. Worth; Harvest, Capt. Taylor; Kensington, Capt. Tilton; Cossack, Capt. Childs.
The Great "Stone Fleet," for closing the privateer sally-ports on the southern coast, which sailed from New Bedford, Mass, November 20, 1981.
