Second Battle of Sabine Pass

For the 1862 battle in the same location, see First Battle of Sabine Pass.
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War

Drawing of the battle
DateSeptember 8, 1863 (1863-09-08)
Location
Jefferson County, Texas
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States Confederate States of America Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
William B. Franklin
Frederick Crocker		 Richard W. Dowling
Leon Smith
Units involved
West Gulf Blockading Squadron Company F ("Jeff Davis Guards"), 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment
Strength
5,000 infantry
4 gunboats
18 transports		 46 infantry + 4 reinforcements[1]
6 artillery pieces
1 fort
Casualties and losses
Over 350 killed, wounded, or captured
2 gunboats captured		 None

The Second Battle of Sabine Pass (September 8, 1863) was a failed Union Army attempt to invade the Confederate state of Texas during the American Civil War.[2] The Union Navy supported the effort and lost three gunboats during the battle, two captured and one destroyed.

It has often been credited as the war's most one-sided Confederate victory. Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote in 1876 that he "considered the [second] battle of Sabine pass the most remarkable in military history."[3]

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  3. ^ Jefferson Davis (2012). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871–1879. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3908-0. OCLC 1124457723.