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Battle of Fort Brooke (view source)
Revision as of 02:22, December 16, 2010
, 02:22, December 16, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Fort Brooke |image= |begin=October 16, 1863 |end=October 18, 1863 |place=Tampa, Florida |theater=Lower Seaboard Theater |campaign=Expedition to Hill..."
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|name=Battle of Fort Brooke
|image=
|begin=October 16, 1863
|end=October 18, 1863
|place=Tampa, Florida
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Expedition to Hillsborough River
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Naval landing force
|combatants2=Company A,<br/>2nd Florida Infantry Battalion
|commanders1=[[A.A. Semmes]]<br/>Lieutenant Commander, USN
|commanders2=[[John Westcott]]<br/>Captain, CSA
|strength1=USS ''Tahoma''<br/>USS ''Adela''
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade running steamer ''Scottish Chief'' and sloop ''Kate Dale''. The Rebels destroyed the steamer ''A.B. Noyes'' to preclude her capture. On its way back to the ship, Harris’s force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing casualties. (''NPS summary'')
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[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Fort Brooke
|image=
|begin=October 16, 1863
|end=October 18, 1863
|place=Tampa, Florida
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Expedition to Hillsborough River
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Naval landing force
|combatants2=Company A,<br/>2nd Florida Infantry Battalion
|commanders1=[[A.A. Semmes]]<br/>Lieutenant Commander, USN
|commanders2=[[John Westcott]]<br/>Captain, CSA
|strength1=USS ''Tahoma''<br/>USS ''Adela''
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade running steamer ''Scottish Chief'' and sloop ''Kate Dale''. The Rebels destroyed the steamer ''A.B. Noyes'' to preclude her capture. On its way back to the ship, Harris’s force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing casualties. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]