Difference between revisions of "Battle of Fort Brooke"

Battle of Fort Brooke

Began:

October 16, 1863

Ended:

October 18, 1863

Location:

Tampa, Florida

Theater:

Lower Seaboard Theater

Campaign:

Expedition to Hillsborough River

Outcome:

Union victory

Combatants

Naval landing force

Company A,
2nd Florida Infantry Battalion

Commanders

A.A. Semmes
Lieutenant Commander, USN

John Westcott
Captain, CSA

Strength

USS Tahoma
USS Adela

Casualties

Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade running steamer Scottish Chief and sloop Kate Dale. The Rebels destroyed the steamer A.B. Noyes to preclude her capture. On its way back to the ship, Harris's force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing casualties. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater	Fort Anderson -- Kelly's Ford -- Washington, NC -- Suffolk -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Stoneman's Raid -- Chancellorsville -- Salem Church--2nd Marye's Heights -- Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Middleburg -- Aldie -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- Droop Mountain -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- Mine Run -- Charlestown

Western Theater	Arkansas Post -- Dover -- Thompson's Station -- Vaught's Hill -- Brentwood -- 1st Franklin -- Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Day's Gap -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Jackson, MS -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Hoover's Gap -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena -- Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville -- 2nd Chattanooga -- Cumberland Gap -- Davis' Cross Roads -- Chickamauga -- Blountsville -- Wheeler's Raid -- Blue Springs -- Brown's Ferry -- Wauhatchie -- Collierville -- Campbell's Station -- Chattanooga -- Ringgold Gap -- Fort Sanders -- Bean's Station -- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater	2nd Galveston -- 2nd Springfield -- Hartville -- Cape Girardeau-- Chalk Bluff -- Cabin Creek -- Honey Springs -- Raid on Lawrence -- Devil's Backbone -- 2nd Sabine Pass -- Bayou Forche -- Baxter Springs -- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater	1st Fort McAllister -- 1st Charleston Harbor -- Fort Bisland -- Irish Bend -- Vermillion Bayou -- Plains Store -- Port Hudson -- LaFourche Crossing -- 2nd Donaldsonville -- 1st Fort Wagner -- Grimball's Landing -- 2nd Fort Wagner -- 2nd Charleston Harbor -- 2nd Fort Sumter -- Kock's Plantation -- Stirling's Plantation -- Fort Brooke

Naval	Alabama vs Hatteras

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-Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade running steamer ''Scottish Chief'' and sloop ''Kate Dale''. The Rebels destroyed the steamer ''A.B. Noyes'' to preclude her capture. On its way back to the ship, Harris’s force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing casualties. (''NPS summary'')
+Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade running steamer ''Scottish Chief'' and sloop ''Kate Dale''. The Rebels destroyed the steamer ''A.B. Noyes'' to preclude her capture. On its way back to the ship, Harris's force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing casualties. (''NPS summary'')
 {{ACW Battles of 1863}}
 [[Category:American Civil War Battles]]

Difference between revisions of "Battle of Fort Brooke"

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