Dymers Creek
as it appears today. In the distance is the Chesapeake Bay. The
red circle marks the spot where the Harriet De Ford came to rest
and was burned to the waterline.
This is the George house that was
one of the houses shelled on Dymers Creek. It is located about
three quarters of the way up the Creek from the Bay. Brainard
Edmond's oral history account of the event as told to him
by a woman that witnessed the event took place on and around this
house.
This is an unexploded shell that
was found in a field at the head of Dymers Creek in the mid 1990s.
It is believed to be a shell that was fired from a Union Gunboat
(perhaps the Thomas Freeborn) during the event. The shell was
detonated by a bomb removal squad. The explosion it created was
heard for miles around the area.
On the far right are shown pieces
of metal from the Harriet De Ford. Next to them is a piece of
coal also from the Harriet De Ford. These objects were retrieved
from the spot where the Harriet De Ford was burned.
