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November 7, 2016

Fort Point’s brick walls in San Francisco, with the concrete south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge under construction behind it, 1934

1863年俄罗斯帝国海军太平洋中队在旧金山

在美国南北战争中,有一个鲜为人知的历史事实与加州的马林县有关。一个俄国舰队在1860年代初,驶入了旧金山湾区。这个舰队最终违反了沙皇的官方命令,停留在湾区,以便支持美国北方政府稀少的海军舰队,因为该舰队担心法国和英国的舰都可能只会支持南方军队。其中一艘船在10英里海滩附近搁浅,机组人员最终步行到旧金山湾区求救。

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Fort Point’s brick walls in San Francisco, with the concrete south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge under construction behind it, 1934

The Pacific Squadron of Imperial Russian Navy at San Francisco in 1863

Fort Point, looking north, circa 1869. Credit: National Archives & Records Administration; Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A Little-Known Chapter of the Civil War: The Russian Navy’s Year in San Francisco There is a little-known piece of Civil War history connected to Marin County. In the autumn of 1863, a Russian squadron sailed into San

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