Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 10 Dec 2009

Fort Brooke - 16 Oct 1863

Two Union Navy ships, USS Tahoma and USS Adela, bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16, 1863, as a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master Harris disembarked at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture several...

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Tags : Florida,Naval,Land,Combat

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