Battle of Aquia Creek

The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries on the Potomac River at its confluence with Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. The battle took place from May 29, 1861 to June 1, 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War. The Confederates set up several shore batteries to block Union military and commercial vessels from moving in the Chesapeake Bay and along the lower Potomac River as well as for defensive purposes. The battery at Aquia also was intended to protect the railroad terminal at that location. The Union forces sought to destroy or remove these batteries as part of the effort to blockade Confederate States coastal and Chesapeake Bay ports. The battle was tactically inconclusive. Each side inflicted little damage and no serious casualties on the other. The Union vessels were unable to dislodge the Confederates from their positions or to inflict serious casualties on their garrisons or serious damage to their batteries. The Confederates manning the batteries were unable to inflict serious casualties on the Union sailors or cause serious damage to the Union vessels. Soon after the battle, on Sunday, July 7, 1861, the Confederates first used naval mines, unsuccessfully, off the Aquia Landing batteries. The Confederates ultimately abandoned the batteries on March 9, 1862 as they moved forces to meet the threat created by the Union Army's Peninsula Campaign. The U. S. National Park Service includes this engagement in its list of 384 principal battles of the American Civil War.

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1861 Battle of Aquia Creek

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1861 Battle of Mathias Point

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1862 Battle of Fredericksburg

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1863 Mud March

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1863 Battle of Salem Church

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1863 Second Battle of Fredericksburg

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1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing

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1864 Harris Farm Engagement

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AquiaCreekLanding

Attack on the Confederate Batteries at Aquia Creek, June 1, 1861

Waud - infernal machines

Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14760685724)

Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14576192819)

Aquia Creek Battlefield Virginia

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Aquia Creek	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Mathias Point	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Fredericksburg	United States, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Mud March	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Salem Church	United States, Confederate States of America, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Second Battle of Fredericksburg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Franklin's Crossing	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Harris Farm Engagement	skirmish	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1985	McQ Inc	arms industry, business	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Freestone Point Confederate Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
commons	image		AquiaCreekLanding		Commons
commons	image		Attack on the Confederate Batteries at Aquia Creek, June 1, 1861		Commons
commons	image		Waud - infernal machines		Commons
commons	image		Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14760685724)		Commons
commons	image		Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14576192819)		Commons
commons	image		Aquia Creek Battlefield Virginia		Commons