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{{American Civil War

{{ACWbattle

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|name=Battle of Sewell's Point

| conflict    =  

|image=

| partof      =Eastern Theater<br/>Blockade of Chesapeake Bay

|begin=18 May 1861

| date        =18-19 May 1861

|end=19 May 1861

| location    =Sewell's Point, near Norfolk, Virginia

|place=Sewell's Point, near Norfolk, Virginia

| outcome    =Inconclusive  

|theater=Eastern Theater

| combatant1  =USS ''Monticello''<br/>USS ''Thomas Freeborn''  

| combatant2  =Light Guard, 6th Georgia Regiment

|result=Inconclusive  

| commander1  =Henry Eagle<br/>Captain, USN<br/>D.L. Braine<br/>Lieutenant, USN  

|combatants1=USS ''Monticello''<br/>USS ''Thomas Freeborn''

| commander2  =Walter Gwynn<br/>Brigadier General, CSA<br/>Peyton Colquitt<br/>Captain, CSA  

|combatants2=Light Guard, 6th Georgia Reg.

| strength1   =  

|commanders1=Henry Eagle<br/>Captain, USN<br/>D.L. Braine<br/>Lieutenant, USN

| strength2   =  

|commanders2=Walter Gwynn<br/>Brigadier General, CSA<br/>Peyton Colquitt<br/>Captain, CSA

| casualties1 =None  

|strength1=Two Union gunboats

| casualties2 =Wounded: 1

|strength2=Battery garrison

|casualties1=None

|casualties2=Wounded: 1

}}

}}

The '''Battle of Sewell's Point''' was a minor duel fought in May, 1861, between Union warships enforcing the [[Union blockade]] and a small Confederate battery mounted near the shoreline at Sewell's Point, part of a promontory of land just north of Norfolk, Virginia.  This first battle of the [[American Civil War]] after [[Battle of Fort Sumter|Fort Sumter]] ended in a draw, with few casualties

The '''Battle of Sewell's Point''' was a minor duel fought in May, 1861, between Union warships enforcing the [[Union blockade]] and a small Confederate battery mounted near the shoreline at Sewell's Point, part of a promontory of land just north of Norfolk, Virginia.  This first battle of the [[American Civil War]] after [[Battle of Fort Sumter|Fort Sumter]] ended in a draw, with few casualties