List of naval battles of the American Civil War
Battles

List of naval battles of the American Civil War

Section Title: Battles
Table Section Text: None

Battle	Start date	End date	Notes

First Battle of Fort Sumter	April 12, 1861	April 13, 1861	First shots of the naval war fired, first battle of the war

Battle of Gloucester Point	May 7, 1861	May 7, 1861	First naval battle of the war

Battle of Sewell's Point	May 18, 1861	May 19, 1861

Battle of Aquia Creek	May 29, 1861	June 1, 1861	First use of torpedoes by Confederate forces in combat

Battle of Pig Point	June 5, 1861	June 5, 1861

Battle of Mathias Point	June 27, 1861	June 27, 1861

Sinking of the Petrel	July 28, 1861	July 28, 1861	One of the last naval battles in history involving a privateer ship

Battle of Cockle Creek	October 5, 1861	October 5, 1861

Battle of the Head of Passes	October 12, 1861	October 12, 1861	First use of ironclad ram in the war

Battle of Port Royal	November 7, 1861	November 7, 1861	First major naval battle of the war

Battle of Cockpit Point	January 3, 1862	January 3, 1862

Battle of Lucas Bend	January 11, 1862	January 11, 1862	First battle involving Union ironclads in the war

Battle of Fort Henry	February 6, 1862	February 6, 1862

Battle of Elizabeth City	February 10, 1862	February 10, 1862

Battle of Hampton Roads	March 8, 1862	March 9, 1862	First naval battle between two ironclad warships

Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip	April 16, 1862	April 28, 1862	Led to the Union capture of New Orleans

Battle of Island Number Ten	February 28, 1862	April 8, 1862	First Confederate defeat on the Mississippi River

Battle of Plum Point Bend	May 10, 1862	May 10, 1862	First sinking of Union ironclads by Confederate River Defense Fleet

Battle of Drewry's Bluff	May 15, 1862	May 15, 1862

Battle of Memphis	June 6, 1862	June 6, 1862	Confederate River Defense Fleet destroyed by Union rams and ironclad gunboats

Battle of Saint Charles	June 17, 1862	June 17, 1862

Battle of Tampa	June 30, 1862	July 1, 1862

Battle of Corpus Christi	August 12, 1862	August 18, 1862

Battle of Galveston Harbor	October 4, 1862	October 4, 1862

Battle of Crumpler's Bluff	October 3, 1862	October 3, 1862

Battle of Fort Hindman	January 9, 1863	January 11, 1863	Led to the largest surrender of Confederate troops west of the Mississippi River prior to the end of the war

Battle off Galveston Lighthouse	January 11, 1863	January 11, 1863

Battle of Fort McAllister	March 3, 1863	March 3, 1863

Battle of Fort Pemberton	March 11, 1863	March 11, 1863

First Battle of Charleston Harbor	April 7, 1863	April 7, 1863

Battle of Wassaw Sound	June 17, 1863	June 17, 1863

Battle of Portland Harbor	June 27, 1863	June 27, 1863

First Battle of Fort Wagner	July 10, 1863	July 11, 1863

Second Battle of Fort Wagner	July 18, 1863	July 18, 1863

Second Battle of Charleston Harbor	August 17, 1863	September 8, 1863

Second Battle of Sabine Pass	September 8, 1863	September 8, 1863	Most one-sided Confederate victory of the war

Second Battle of Fort Sumter	September 9, 1863	September 9, 1863

Attack on USS New Ironsides	October 5, 1863	October 5, 1863	CSS David becomes the first torpedo boat to make a successful attack on an enemy warship in combat

Battle of Fort Brooke	October 16, 1863	October 18, 1863

Sinking of USS Housatonic	February 17, 1864	February 17, 1864	H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat

Battle of Fort Pillow	April 12, 1864	April 12, 1864

Battle of Plymouth	April 17, 1864	April 20, 1864

Battle of Albemarle Sound	May 5, 1864	May 5, 1864

Battle of Cherbourg	June 19, 1864	June 19, 1864	Led to the sinking of the Confederate raider CSS Alabama

Battle of Mobile Bay	August 2, 1864	August 23, 1864	Greatest Union naval victory of the war

Bahia Incident	October 7, 1864	October 7, 1864	Led to the capture of the Confederate raider CSS Florida, international incident with Brazil

Capture of Plymouth	October 29, 1864	October 31, 1864

Jamesville Incident	December 9, 1864	December 9, 1864

Second Battle of Fort Fisher	January 13, 1865	January 15, 1865	Largest amphibious assault of the war

Battle of Trent's Reach	January 23, 1865	January 25, 1865	Final major naval battle of the war

Blockade of the South	April 19, 1861	1865	Part of the Anaconda Plan

Sentence(s)

The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War.

final_sentence: The Battle of Trent's Reach was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War.