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The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War. Beginning on January 23, 1865, a powerful flotilla of Confederate warships bombarded Fort Brady along the James River and engaged four Union Navy ships with the intention of breaking through the blockade to attack City Point, the base of General Ulysses S. Grant who was besieging Petersburg, Virginia. After two days of fighting the rebels withdrew back up the river without completing their objectives.

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  • Battle of Trent's Reach
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  • The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War. Beginning on January 23, 1865, a powerful flotilla of Confederate warships bombarded Fort Brady along the James River and engaged four Union Navy ships with the intention of breaking through the blockade to attack City Point, the base of General Ulysses S. Grant who was besieging Petersburg, Virginia. After two days of fighting the rebels withdrew back up the river without completing their objectives.
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  • 3(xsd:integer)
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  • Land:
  • River:
  • ~16 artillery pieces
  • ~30 artillery pieces
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Partof
  • the American Civil War
Date
  • --01-23
Commander
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • Charles W. Read
  • Henry H. Pierce
  • John K. Mitchell
Caption
  • --02-11
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • 15(xsd:integer)
  • ~40 wounded
Result
  • United States victory
combatant
  • United States
  • Confederate States
Place
  • Henrico County, Virginia
  • James River,
Conflict
  • Battle of Trent's Reach
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  • The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War. Beginning on January 23, 1865, a powerful flotilla of Confederate warships bombarded Fort Brady along the James River and engaged four Union Navy ships with the intention of breaking through the blockade to attack City Point, the base of General Ulysses S. Grant who was besieging Petersburg, Virginia. After two days of fighting the rebels withdrew back up the river without completing their objectives.
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