Outgunned and unable to properly maneuver in heavy currents, Du Pont’s fleet eventually withdrew from the harbor after taking over 500 hits by Confederate guns. Only one Union soldier was killed during the battle, but one of the ironclads,Keokuk, sank the next day. ...
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Location: Norfolk City Campaign: Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay (May-June 1861)next battle in campaign Date(s): May 18-19, 1861 Principal Commanders: Lt. D.L. Braine U.S.N. [US]; Brigadier General Walter Gwynn and Captain Peyton Colquitt [CS] Forces Engaged: Two gunboats [US]; batte...
An area of low, swampy ground, the location of Fort Henry provided a clear field of fire for two miles down the river but was dominated by hills on the far shore. Though many officers opposed the location, construction on the five-sided fort began with enslaved people and the 10th Tenness...
Location: Stewart County and Henry County, Tennessee, and Calloway County, Kentucky Campaign: Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers (1862)Next Battle in CampaignCampaigns Date(s): February 6, 1862 Principal Commanders: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag-Officer A.H. ...
General Outcome/Significance First Bull Run (Virginia) Shiloh (Tennessee) Ironclads Virginia vs Monitor Seven Days. Major Battles of the Civil War. Fort Sumter A Fort in Charleston Harbor, SC Bombarded April 12-13, 1861 by Confederate troops. Unit 1 Section 2. UNIONCONFEDERACY 1. Population...
Most of the casualties came after a Confederate shell ruptured the boiler aboard Essex, scalding its commander and killing many of its crew. The poorly located fort, however, was no match for the gunboats. To Grant's chagrin, the Confederates evacuated Fort Heiman and the ironclads pounded ...
On March 9, 1862, the Monitor and the Merrimack (correctly, the Virginia) fought their historic duel off Hampton Roads, Va., the first battle between ironclads. A number of refinements in the years following converted the ironclad into the battleship (q.v.). ...
In the exchange of fire, both the Austin and the Wharton suffered a good deal of structural damage, but the sailing ships’ broadsides took a heavier toll on the ironclads’ Mexican and British crews. Although the battle was largely a draw, the Texans returned to a heroes’ welcome in ...
A Union naval expedition using ironclads (May–June 1862) to subdue the Confederate batteries failed, as did an attempt to take the city by land from the north by Gen.William Tecumseh Sherman(December 1862) and an attempt by Grant to cut a canal around Vicksburg that would divert the river...