Second Battle of Sabine Pass
| Second Battle of Sabine Pass | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
Drawing of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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5,000 infantry 4 gunboats 18 transports |
46 infantry + 4 reinforcements 6 artillery pieces 1 fort | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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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. 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."