Battle of Aquia Creek
The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries on the Potomac River at its confluence with Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. The battle took place from May 29, 1861 to June 1, 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War. The Confederates set up several shore batteries to block Union military and commercial vessels from moving in the Chesapeake Bay and along the lower Potomac River as well as for defensive purposes. The battery at Aquia also was intended to protect the railroad terminal at that location. The Union forces sought to destroy or remove these batteries as part of the effort to blockade Confederate States coastal and Chesapeake Bay ports. The battle was tactically inconclusive. Each side inflic
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Battle of Aquia Creek
The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries on the Potomac River at its confluence with Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. The battle took place from May 29, 1861 to June 1, 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War. The Confederates set up several shore batteries to block Union military and commercial vessels from moving in the Chesapeake Bay and along the lower Potomac River as well as for defensive purposes. The battery at Aquia also was intended to protect the railroad terminal at that location. The Union forces sought to destroy or remove these batteries as part of the effort to blockade Confederate States coastal and Chesapeake Bay ports. The battle was tactically inconclusive. Each side inflic
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Bataille d'Aquia CreekFichier: ...... t de déplacer leurs batteries.
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De Slag bij Aquia Creek vond p ...... rden de batterijen weggehaald.
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The Battle of Aquia Creek was ...... les of the American Civil War.
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アキアクリークの戦い(英: Battle of Aquia ...... は、この戦闘を南北戦争の主要戦闘384件の1つに加えている。
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阿維亞溪之役作为南北战争的一部分,於1861年5月29日至6 ...... 小戰役。北軍軍官為詹姆斯·沃德,南軍則有丹尼爾 ·拉格爾斯。
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1 gunboat damaged
1 sloop-of-war damaged
∼ 9 wounded
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1861-05-29
1861-06-01
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Inconclusive
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1sloop-of-war
2shore batteries
∼ 13artillery pieces
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Bataille d'Aquia CreekFichier: ...... urs de la guerre de Sécession.
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De Slag bij Aquia Creek vond p ...... rden de batterijen weggehaald.
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The Battle of Aquia Creek was ...... inconclusive. Each side inflic
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アキアクリークの戦い(英: Battle of Aquia ...... は、この戦闘を南北戦争の主要戦闘384件の1つに加えている。
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阿維亞溪之役作为南北战争的一部分,於1861年5月29日至6 ...... 小戰役。北軍軍官為詹姆斯·沃德,南軍則有丹尼爾 ·拉格爾斯。
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Bataille d'Aquia Creek
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Battle of Aquia Creek
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Slag bij Aquia Creek
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アキアクリークの戦い
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阿維亞溪之役
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Battle of Aquia Creek
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