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| Battle of Cockle Creek | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
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 Alexander Murray | Unknown | ||||||
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| USS Louisiana (98) | Schooner Venus and two sloops (300+) | ||||||
The Battle of Cockle Creek, October 5, 1861, was a minor naval engagement off Chincoteague, Virginia early in the American Civil War.