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Attack on Pig Point Batteries, VA
in the American Civil War
June 5, 1861
Online Books:
Official Records, Reports (Page
74-75)
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 |
| Pig Point, Va., June 5, 1861. Steamer Harriet Lane.
This vessel came within a mile and a half of the Confederate battery
on Pig Point and opened fire. After firing, using some 33 shots from
her 11- and 32-pounder guns, she withdrew out of range, having had 6
men wounded by the return fire of the battery. The only report of the
affair is a Confederate report, which states that no one in the
garrison was killed, although one of the big guns was disabled.
Source: The Union Army, Volume 5, Cyclopedia of Battles,
1908 |
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