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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: May 2, 2009
Caption: Map of Chesapeake Bay.
Additional Description: The September 5, 1781, “Battle of the Capes” between British and French fleets ended in a draw but the French sealed off the Chesapeake Bay. The British ships returned to New York and their army was soon surrounded at Yorktown. Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Submitted: May 7, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p62260
File Size: 1.440 Megabytes

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