Battle of Big Bethel
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The Battle of Big Bethel, also known as the Battle of Bethel Church or Great Bethel, was one of the earliest land battles of the American Civil War. It took place on the Virginia Peninsula, near Newport News, on June 10, 1861.
1861
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Battle of Bethel Church; Great Bethel
United States,
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Location: 37.0937, -76.425, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1861 Battle of Big Bethel
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Skirmish at Cedar Lane | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1781 | Siege of Yorktown | United States, Principality of Ansbach, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Loyalist, siege, 2nd Canadian Regiment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1783 | Action of 22 January 1783 | France, naval battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1813 | Battle of Craney Island | United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Battle of Gloucester Point | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Battle of Sewell's Point | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Battle of Pig Point | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1861 | Battle of Big Bethel | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | Battle of Hampton Roads | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | Siege of Yorktown | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | Battle of Williamsburg | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | Peninsula Campaign | battle, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1864 | Battle of Smithfield | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | CSS Virginia | casemate ironclad | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Congress | ship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Cumberland | ship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Theodore Roosevelt | supercarrier, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Whitehall | steamship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Wisconsin | fast battleship, Iowa-class battleship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1962 | USS Enterprise | former entity, Enterprise-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier, aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1998 | USS Harry S. Truman | supercarrier, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1886 | Newport News Shipbuilding | shipyard, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 2011 | Huntington Ingalls Industries | shipbuilding, business, public company, enterprise | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1775 | Fort Norfolk | historic district, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1834 | Fort Monroe | National Park Service, fort, unincorporated community in the United States | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1959 | U.S. Army Transportation Museum | transport museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1994 | Nauticus | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | USS Manta | sunken vessel, attack submarine, Balao-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Captain Wintrop at Big Bethel, 1861 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Captain Wintrop at Big Bethel, 1861 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Big Bethel LCCN2004661029 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battle of Big Bethel LCCN2010634402 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Page from Harper's Weekly, June 29, 1861 (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 4th Massachusetts fortifying Camp Butler | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Confederate Earth-Works at Big Bethel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Confederate Monument, Big Bethel Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia | Commons | ||






