Craney Island, near Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia
Result
American victory
Belligerents
British Empire
United States
Commanders and leaders
George Cockburn John Borlase Warren
Robert Barraud Taylor
Strength
2,500 Infantry and Marines
596 Infantry, Marines and Sailors 91 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
3 killed 16 wounded 62 missing[2]
None[3]
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t
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Chesapeake campaign 1813–1814
1813
Havre de Grace
Craney Island
Ocracoke
1st St. Michaels
2nd St. Michaels
1814
Bladensburg
Washington
Alexandria
Caulk's Field
North Point
McHenry
Farnham Church
Craney Island Blockhouse during the War of 1812[4]
The Battle of Craney Island was a victory for the United States during the War of 1812. The battle saved the city of Norfolk, and the adjacent city of Portsmouth, from British invasion. Especially important to Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, the region was a major hub for American commerce.
^Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 679.
^George, Page 47
^George, Page 47.
^Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 686.
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