Battle of Sewell's Point
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| Battle of Sewell's Point | |||||||
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| Part of American Civil War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| United States of America | Confederate States of America | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| D.L. Braine | Walter Gwynn Peyton H. Colquitt |
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| Strength | |||||||
| Two gunboats | battery garrison | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 10 total (US and CS) | 10 total (US and CS) | ||||||
| Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay |
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| Sewell's Point β Aquia Creek β Big Bethel |
The Battle of Sewell's Point took place from May 18-May 19, 1861 in Norfolk County, Virginia as part of the blockade of Chesapeake Bay during the American Civil War.
Two Union gunboats, including USS Monticello, dueled with Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point in an attempt to enforce the blockade of Hampton Roads. The two sides did each other little harm.
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