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Battle of Wassaw Sound
The Battle of Wassaw Sound (or the Capture of the CSS ''Atlanta'') was an American Civil War naval battle between the Confederate ram CSS ''Atlanta'' and the ''Passaic''-class ironclad monitors USS Weehawken and USS Nahant and the gunboat USS Cimmerone (later named Cimmaron), which took place on 17 June 1863 in Wassaw Sound, a bay in the present day state of Georgia. ''Atlanta'' ran aground while attempting to break the Union blockade, and after a short battle surrendered to the Union forces. Captain Rodgers became a national hero, and he was promoted to Commodore and received the Thanks of Congress as a result of his decisive victory.
==Background==
On 10 June 1863, Rear Admiral Du Pont had received reports ''Atlanta'' was about to descend the Wilmington River for a foray into Wassaw Sound and ordered monitors USS ''Weehawken'' and USS ''Nahant'' and gunboat USS Cimmerone to enter Wassaw Sound to stop the Southern ironclad ram's attack, should she make one, and to prevent her escape. Captain John Rodgers in ''Weehawken'' had overall command of this Union force.〔
Five days later, in the early evening of the 15th, ''Atlanta'' got underway and passed over the lower obstructions in the Wilmington River to get into position for a strike at the Union forces in Wassaw Sound. Webb dropped anchor at 8:00 p.m. and spent the remainder of the night coaling. The next evening ". . . about dark . . .," Webb later reported, he ". . . proceeded down the river to a point of land which would place me in 6 or 7 miles of the monitors, at the same time concealing the ship from their view, ready to move on them at early dawn the next morning."〔Luraghi, ''A History of the Confederate Navy'', 215〕
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