Status quo of Korean isolationist policies is retained
Belligerents
United States
Joseon
Commanders and leaders
John Rodgers
Winfield Schley
Hugh McKee †
Eo Jae-yeon †
Eo Jae-sun †
Strength
650 men
1 frigate
2 sloops-of-war
2 gunboats
800 men
40 artillery pieces
6 forts
4 shore batteries
Casualties and losses
3 killed
10 wounded
1 gunboat damaged
243 killed (American estimate)[1]
~350 killed (Korean estimate, likely including drowning victims)[1]
20 captured (later released)
40 artillery pieces captured
5 forts destroyed
1 fort damaged
4 shore batteries destroyed
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Foreign interventions in Korea (1800s)
General Sherman incident (1866)
French expedition to Korea (1866)
United States expedition to Korea (1871) (Battle of Ganghwa)
Ganghwa Island incident (1875)
Gapsin Coup (1884)
Port Hamilton incident (1885–1887)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)
United States expedition to Korea
Hangul
신미양요
Hanja
辛未洋擾
Revised Romanization
Shinmiyangyo
McCune–Reischauer
Shinmiyangyo
The United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the Shinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요; Hanja: 辛未洋擾; lit. Western Disturbance in the Shinmi Year) or simply the Korean Expedition, was an American military action in Korea that took place predominantly on and around Ganghwa Island in 1871.
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