Battle of Cherbourg (1864)
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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 the United States Navy warship, USS Kearsarge, and the Confederate States Navy warship, CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France.
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Battle of Cherbourg | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Sinking of the CSS Alabama (1922), by Xanthus Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Confederate States | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Winslow | Raphael Semmes | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
USS Kearsarge | CSS Alabama | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 screw sloop-of-war 163 sailors[1] |
1 screw sloop-of-war 149 sailors[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 died of wounds 2 wounded[2] |
1 ship sunk 19 died (9 KIA, 10 drowned)[1] 21 wounded[1] ~70 captured ~38 to 41 Confederate sailors were rescued by a British yacht and escaped capture. |
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