The United States revenue steamer Hercules, Lt. Commanding Baker, while lying off the Virginia shore, near the mouth of the Great Yeocomico river, was attacked by a large party of Confederates on Monday morning last. The fight lasted about twenty minutes, when the Confederates retreated. The Hercules was struck a number of times, but no one was injured on hoard. It being dark the Confederate loss could not be ascertained.
Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, VA, September 28, 1863
