For the 1863 battle in the same location, see Second Battle of Sabine Pass.
First Battle of Sabine Pass
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Date
September 24–25, 1862
Location
Jefferson County, Texas
Result
Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)
Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Crocker
Josephus S. Irvine
Units involved
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Sabine Pass Garrison
Strength
2 schooners, 1 steamer
28 artillerists ~30 cavalry four guns Fort Sabine
Casualties and losses
None
None
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Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast
First Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Corpus Christi
Battle of Galveston Harbor
Battle of Galveston
Action off Galveston Light
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Map of Sabine Pass I Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
The First Battle of Sabine Pass (September 24–25, 1862), also known as the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, was the first American Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City (now Sabine Pass, Texas.) It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, and preceded by four weeks the Union Navy's first armed entry into Galveston Bay called the Battle of Galveston Harbor. Besides strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, the shelling and capture of Sabine Pass was to deter Confederate ground forces from moving southwestward on the Texas coast to augment Galveston's defense. It was intended to open the way for the Union invasion of Texas, which almost a year later, was attempted by a combined force of Union naval and army forces at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass.
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