Stone Fleet
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The Stone Fleet consisted of a fleet of aging ships purchased in New Bedford and other New England ports, loaded with stone, and sailed south during the American Civil War by the Union Navy for use as
View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford, Nov. 16, 1861
Samuel Francis Du Pont
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Samuel Francis Du Pont was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent du Pont family. In the Mexican–American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was made commander of th
Stone Fleet
…beginning on 19 December 1861. A second fleet of 12 to 20 vessels was sunk in nearby Mafitt's Channel in 1862. The operation was under the direction of Samuel Francis DuPont, Flag Officer commanding the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Confederate general Robert E. Lee called the measure "an abortive expression of the…
Samuel Francis Du Pont by Daniel Huntington, 1867–68, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Painting of Du Pont as a midshipman
Sophie Madeleine du Pont, in a photograph by Mathew Brady
USS Cyane Taking Possession of San Diego Old Town July 1846, by Carlton T. Chapman (detail)