Battle of Elizabeth City

Battle of Elizabeth City
Part of the American Civil War
USS Commodore Perry's guns, 1864
Date 10 February 1862 Location Camden County / Pasquotank County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Stephen C. Rowan	William F. Lynch
Strength
13 gunboats	Land: ~34 men 4 artillery pieces Sea: 5 gunboats 1 schooner
Casualties and losses
2 steamers damaged 2 killed 7 wounded	1 steamer sunk 1 armed tug captured 1 steamer scuttled 1 armed tug scuttled 1 schooner scuttled 5 killed 7 wounded 34 captured

The Battle of Elizabeth City of the American Civil War was fought in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Roanoke Island. It took place on 10 February 1862, on the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The participants were vessels of the U.S. Navy's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, opposed by vessels of the Confederate Navy's Mosquito Fleet; the latter were supported by a shore-based battery of four guns at Cobb's Point (now called Cobb Point), near the southeastern border of the town. The battle was a part of the campaign in North Carolina that was led by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside and known as the Burnside Expedition. The result was a Union victory, with Elizabeth City and its nearby waters in their possession, and the Confederate fleet captured, sunk, or dispersed.