Civil War & Reconstruction
Civil War
Stafford's Confederate Year
USS Pawnee
USS Pawnee
While the Confederate forces were reinforcing Aquia Landing in Stafford, the U.S. Navy, in April of 1861, had sortied the USS Pawnee to control the Potomac opposite Alexandria. The Pawnee, under Commander S.C. Rowan, was a 15 gun ship. Added to the Pawnee were the steamers USS Anacostia and USS Pocahontas.
