The Battle of Cherbourg, or sometimes the Battle off Cherbourg or the Sinking of CSS Alabama, was a single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and a Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France.
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| - The Battle of Cherbourg, or sometimes the Battle off Cherbourg or the Sinking of CSS Alabama, was a single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and a Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France.
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| - Naval battles of the American Civil War fought in foreign waters
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Caption
| - Sinking of the CSS Alabama , by Xanthus Smith,
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.
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| - Naval battles of the American Civil War fought in foreign waters
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Battles
| - Battle of Cherbourg - Bahia Incident
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- ~40 killed
- ~70 captured
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| - *38 to 41 Confederate sailors were rescued by a British yacht and escaped capture.
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- CSA (Confederacy)
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| - The Battle of Cherbourg, or sometimes the Battle off Cherbourg or the Sinking of CSS Alabama, was a single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and a Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France.
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