Battle of Suffolk Hill’s Point Fort Huger |
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Suffolk, Virginia
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Longstreet’s Tidewater Operations
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8th Connecticut (detachment) 89th New York (detachment)
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17 (April 19) Killed: 6 Wounded: 11 1,160 casualties for both sides during entire seige
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143 (April 19) Killed: 1 Wounded: 11 Missing: 1 Captured: 130
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On April 19, a Union infantry force landed on Hill’s Point at the confluence of the forks of the Nansemond River. This amphibious force assaulted Fort Huger from the rear, quickly capturing its garrison, thus reopening the river to Union shipping. On April 24, Brig. Gen. Michael Corcoran’s Union division mounted a reconnaissance-in-force from Fort Dix against Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett’s extreme right flank. The Federals approached cautiously and were easily repulsed. On April 29, Gen. Robert E. Lee directed Longstreet to disengage from Suffolk and rejoin the Army of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg. By May 4, the last of Longstreet’s command had crossed the Blackwater River en route to Richmond. (NPS summary)
Battles of the American Civil War: 1863 |
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| Eastern Theater | | | Western Theater | | | Trans-Mississippi Theater | | | Lower Seaboard Theater | | | Naval | |
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