Second Battle of Sabine Pass

Second Battle of Sabine Pass
	Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the; American Civil War
	; Drawing of the battle
Date	September 8, 1863
Location	Jefferson County, Texas
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States	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; 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]

^ Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae, Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
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^ Jefferson Davis (12 March 2012). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871-1879. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3908-0. OCLC 1124457723.

[books.google.com-1] Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae, Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

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[Davis2012-3] Jefferson Davis (12 March 2012). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871-1879. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3908-0. OCLC 1124457723.

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