Battle of Trent's Reach

When

23 Jan 1865 – 25 Jan 1865

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.36° N, 77.37° W

Description

1865 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War. Beginning on January 23, 1865, a powerful flotilla of Confederate warships bombarded Fort Brady along the James River and engaged four Union Navy ships with the intention of breaking through the blockade to attack City Point, the base of General Ulysses S. Grant who was besieging Petersburg, Virginia.

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