First Battle of Charleston Harbor
- First Battle of Charleston Harbor
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=First Battle of Charleston Harbor
partof=Operations against Defenses of Charleston (1863)
caption=Advance of Ironclads to the Attack, April 7th, 1863
partof=the American Civil War
date=April 7, 1863
place=Charleston County, South Carolina
result= Confederate victory
combatant1= flagicon|USA|1861 United States (Union)
combatant2= flagicon|CSA|1861 CSA (Confederacy)
commander1= Samuel Francis Du Pont
commander2= P.G.T. Beauregard
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=22
casualties2=14
The First Battle of Charleston Harbor was a naval engagement in the American Civil War involving 9 warships that took place April 7, 1863 in Charleston, South Carolina
Background
In April, Maj. Gen. David Hunter prepared his land forces on Folly Island, Cole's Island, and North Edisto Islands to cooperate with a naval bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Battle
On April 7, the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral S.F. Du Pont bombarded Fort Sumter, having little impact on the Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor. Although several of Hunter’s units had embarked on transports, the infantry were not landed, and the joint operation was abandoned. The ironclad warships Keokuk, Weehawken, Passaic, Montauk, Patapsco, New Ironsides, Catskill, Nantucket, and Nahant participated in the bombardment. Keokuk, struck more than 90 times by the accurate Confederate fire, sank the next day.
ee also
*Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
*Passaic class monitor
*List of monitors of the United States Navy
References
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