Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 17 Dec 2009

Freestone Point - 3 Jan 1862

Union gunboats shelled Confederate gun emplacements that had been set up as part of the Confederate blockade of the Potomac river (after the Union loss at Bull Run).

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Tags : Virginia,Naval,Land,Combat

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