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Attack on Mathias Point, VA
in the American Civil War
June 27, 1861
Online Books:
Official Records, Reports (Page
135-138)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by the United
States War Department, 1880
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Union Battle Summary |
| Mathias Point, Va., June 27, 1861. Col. Daniel
Ruggles of the Confederate army reports that the Federal steamer
Freeborn attempted to land a detachment of troops on Mathias point
under cover of the fire of guns on board the vessel. The Confederate
pickets were driven back, a landing was effected and the Union men had
begun the building of a sandbag breastwork before the Confederates
rallied and drove them off. No casualties were reported. There is no
Federal mention of the affair.
Source: The Union Army, Volume 5, Cyclopedia of Battles,
1908 |
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