Photo #: NH 54156
"A Prize Disposed and One Proposed"
19th Century cyanotype photographic print of an oil painting
by R.S. Floyd, depicting CSS Florida chasing a merchant
sailing ship, after having set another prize afire (in the right
distance).
This may depict the events of 10 July 1864, when Florida
took four prizes off the Eastern Shore of Maryland: the bark
General Berry, which was captured first and burned; the
bark (not a ship as shown here) Zelinda, captured second
and burned later in the day; the schooner Howard, which
was bonded and released with prisoners from previous captures;
and the steamer Electric Spark, which was scuttled during
the following night.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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