Battle Of City Point or Trent's Reach

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January 23, 1865 - Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach). A Confederate fleet sails from Richmond, VA, down the James River to attack the Federal supply depot at City Point, only to have the Drewry, CSS Richmond, Scorpion, and Virginia No. 2 run aground.

 

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From battlefields.org

Trent's Reach Fleet Burned

The fleet that attacked Trent's Reach was burned when the Confederacy abandoned Richmond.

The Battle of Trent's Reach | January 23-25, 1865
While Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant faced each other down from the trenches around Petersburg, a squadron of Confederate warships sailed to attack City Point, Virginia, an important supply base for the besieging Union army. Although the squadron made early gains, four ironclads ran aground near Trent's Reach and a minefield deterred further progress by those ships still afloat. A determined counterattack forced the Confederate ships to withdraw, leaving Robert E. Lee to continue his desperate land defense around Petersburg unaided.
 
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