Battle

First Battle of Sabine Pass

24 Sep 1862 – 25 Sep 1862 · 29.74° N, 93.87° W

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When
24 Sep 1862 – 25 Sep 1862
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
29.74° N, 93.87° W
Description
1862 battle of the American Civil War

First Battle of Sabine Pass

Part of the American Civil War

The First Battle of Sabine Pass, also known as the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, was the first American Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, and was four weeks before the Union Navy's first armed entry into Galveston Bay following the Battle of Galveston Harbor.

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