Sewell's Point
- Other Name:
- Campaign:
- Union Blockade of Chesapeake Bay
- Date(s):
- May-June 1861
- Principal Commanders:
- Lieutenant Daniel Braine [US] Brigadier General Walter Gwynn [CS]
- Forces Engaged:
- 0 total (US 0; CS 0;)
- Estimated Casualties:
- 0 total (US 0; CS 0;)
- Description:
- Two Union gunboats, including USS Monticello, dueled with Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point in an attempt to enforce the blockade of Hampton Roads. The two sides did each other little harm.
- Results:
- Indecisive
- CWSAC Reference #:
- VA001
- Preservation Priority: