The Potomac River was brown, and unusually rough Saturday as a group of history lovers ventured out on the water.
"All of the sustained winds we're getting out here makes it choppy, but we're into fall now, and conditions change out here with the weather," said Capt. Mark Perry, who ferried sightseers about on his Miss Rivershore boat.
All wanted a look several artillery batteries dating back to the Blockade of the Potomac River, which took place from Sept. 25, 1861, to March 8, 1862. Historians have called it one of the most significant events in the early years of the Civil War in Virginia.
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