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Potomac Flotilla
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The Potomac Flotilla, also called the Potomac Squadron, was a unit of the United States Navy created in the early days of the American Civil War to secure Union communications in the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River and their tributaries, and to disrupt Confederate communications and shipping there.
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![]() Attack on the Confederate Batteries at Aquia Creek by the Potomac Flotilla. | |
Active | 1861 - 1865 |
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Type | naval squadron |
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