Action On Dymers Creek

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.