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The Battle of Corpus Christi was fought between August 12 and August 18 1862, during the American Civil War. United States Navy forces blockading Texas fought a small land and sea engagement with Confederate forces in and around Corpus Christi Bay and bombarded Corpus Christi. Union forces defeated Confederate States Navy ships operating in the area but were repulsed when they landed on the coast. ==Background== Texas had been a main source of supplies for Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union naval operations to blockade the Texas coast began. Despite being in a Confederate state, Corpus Christi was home to both rebel and Union sympathizers. Five Union and four Confederate ships were involved in the battle. United States Navy vessels included the sloop USS ''Belle Italia'', the steamer converted to a gunboat USS ''Sachem'', the bark USS ''Arthur'', the schooner USS ''Reindeer'' and an armed yacht named USS ''Corypheus''. Confederate naval forces included at least two armed vessels, a sloop named CSS ''Breaker'', a schooner named CSS ''Elma'', another sloop named CSS ''Hannah'' and a merchant steamer, the ''A.B.'' or ''A. Bee''. USS ''Sachem'' was originally commanded by Captain H. W. Morris, the former U.S. Navy commander of New Orleans, and was armed with one 20lb (0.91kg) parrott rifle and four 32 pounder (15 kg) cannons. The size of her crew was about fifty; she had also participated in several other historic naval engagements such as Hampton Roads and the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Captain Morris is not believed to have fought in this battle. Lieutenant Amos Johnson commanded ''Sachem''. Lieutenant John W. Kittredge was in charge of ''Arthur'', which held over eighty men and was armed with six 32 pounder smooth-bore guns. Kittredge commanded the flotilla and ''Arthur'' was the flagship of the force. ''Corypheus'' mounted one 30 lb (14 kg) rifled gun and one 24 pounder (11 kg) howitzer. She had a crew of twenty-eight men and was commanded by Acting Master A. T. Spear. ''Bella Italia''s armament and crew are not known. ''Reindeer'' mustered six 24 pounder howitzers. Little is known of the Confederate ships. The size of Corpus Christi's garrison included a few militia companies with two 6 pounder (2.7 kg) cannons. They were later reinforced by militia, some mounted, another two 12 pounders (5.4 kg) and one 18 pounder (8.2 kg) gun. A total of 700 rebels were involved in the battle. The militia garrison was commanded by Colonel Charles G. Lovenskiold, but he handed his command over to Major Alfred M. Hobby when he arrived with reinforcements. The garrison was based at the citadel in Fort Kinney. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Corpus Christi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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