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Other Name: None
State: Virginia
Location: Norfolk City
Campaign: Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay (May-June 1861)
Dates: May 18-19, 1861
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Lt. D.L. Braine U.S.N.
confederate  Confederate States: Brig. Gen. Walter Gwynn and Capt. Peyton Colquitt
Forces Engaged: union  Union States: Two gunboats
confederate  Confederate States: battery garrison
Estimated Casualties: 10 total 10 total 10 total
Results: Result(s): Inconclusive
Description:

Two Union gunboats, including USS Monticello, dueled with Confederate batteries on Sewell’s Point in an attempt to enforce the blockade of Hampton Roads. The two sides did each other little harm.

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