Battle of Cherbourg (1864)

Battle of Cherbourg
Part of the American Civil War

Sinking of the CSS Alabama (1922), by Xanthus Smith,
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York
DateJune 19, 1864 (1864-06-19)
Location
off Cherbourg, France, English Channel
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States Confederate States of America Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
United States John Winslow Confederate States of America 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.

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.

  1. ^ a b c d On authority of CSS Alabama Executive master John McIntosh Kell "Cruise and Combats of the Alabama" Johnson & Buel 1888, Vol. IV, p. 614
  2. ^ Seaman William Gowin died of wounds; two others wounded. Ref: Johnson & Buel 1888, Vol. IV, pp. 622–623