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Battle of Cockpit Point (view source)
Revision as of 23:29, December 2, 2010
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|name=Battle of Cockpit Point
|image=
|begin=January 3, 1862
|end=Same day
|place=Prince William County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Blockade of the Potomac River
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=[[USS Anacostia|USS ''Anacostia'']]<br/>[[USS Yankee|USS ''Yankee'']]
|combatants2=Battery garrison
|commanders1=[[Robert H. Wyman]]<br/>Lieutenant, USN
|commanders2=[[Samuel G. French]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=None
|casualties2=None
}}
After victory at First Manassas, the Confederate army established a defensive line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River. In October, the Confederates constructed batteries at Evansport, Freestone Point, Shipping Point, and Cockpit Point to close the Potomac River to shipping and isolate Washington. By mid-December, the Confederates had 37 heavy guns in position along the river. On January 3, Cockpit Point was shelled by Anacostia and Yankee with neither side gaining an advantage. Union ships approached the point again on March 9 but discovered that the Confederates had abandoned their works and retired closer to Richmond, after effectively sealing off the Potomac River for nearly five months. (''NPS summary'')
==References==
*[http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/november/merrimac-story.htm ''Harper's Weekly'' of November 2, 1861, via SonoftheSouth.com]
*[http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/march/rebel-batteries-cockpit-point.htm ''Harper's Weekly'' of March 22, 1862, via SonoftheSouth.com]
*[http://www.historycentral.com/NAVY/cwnavalhistory/March1862.html Naval History of the Civil War March 1862]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wV7QOSrhH6MC&dq=samuel+g+french&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=zgLqmcNxTI&sig=G5RCES5sxe-_FTA1z31CcGOBYWQ#PPA140,M1 ''Two Wars, an Autobiography of General Samuel G. French'']
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4820 Freestone Point Earthworks] Civil War Trails Historical Marker
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[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Cockpit Point
|image=
|begin=January 3, 1862
|end=Same day
|place=Prince William County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Blockade of the Potomac River
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=[[USS Anacostia|USS ''Anacostia'']]<br/>[[USS Yankee|USS ''Yankee'']]
|combatants2=Battery garrison
|commanders1=[[Robert H. Wyman]]<br/>Lieutenant, USN
|commanders2=[[Samuel G. French]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=None
|casualties2=None
}}
After victory at First Manassas, the Confederate army established a defensive line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River. In October, the Confederates constructed batteries at Evansport, Freestone Point, Shipping Point, and Cockpit Point to close the Potomac River to shipping and isolate Washington. By mid-December, the Confederates had 37 heavy guns in position along the river. On January 3, Cockpit Point was shelled by Anacostia and Yankee with neither side gaining an advantage. Union ships approached the point again on March 9 but discovered that the Confederates had abandoned their works and retired closer to Richmond, after effectively sealing off the Potomac River for nearly five months. (''NPS summary'')
==References==
*[http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/november/merrimac-story.htm ''Harper's Weekly'' of November 2, 1861, via SonoftheSouth.com]
*[http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/march/rebel-batteries-cockpit-point.htm ''Harper's Weekly'' of March 22, 1862, via SonoftheSouth.com]
*[http://www.historycentral.com/NAVY/cwnavalhistory/March1862.html Naval History of the Civil War March 1862]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wV7QOSrhH6MC&dq=samuel+g+french&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=zgLqmcNxTI&sig=G5RCES5sxe-_FTA1z31CcGOBYWQ#PPA140,M1 ''Two Wars, an Autobiography of General Samuel G. French'']
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4820 Freestone Point Earthworks] Civil War Trails Historical Marker
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[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]