Potomac Flotilla
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.
| Potomac Flotilla | |
|---|---|
Attack on the Confederate Batteries at Aquia Creek by the Potomac Flotilla. | |
| Active | 1861 - 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Type | naval squadron |
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