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Battle of Trent's Reach
Part of the American Civil War
A Sketch dated February 11, 1865 from Harper's Illustrated showing the battle at Trent's Reach.
Date January 23-25, 1865 Location James River, Virginia Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Melancthon Smith Henry Larcom Abbot	John McIntosh Kell
Strength
Land: ~30 artillery pieces 1 fort 3 shore batteries Sea: 1 monitor 2 gunboats 1 torpedo boat	Land: 16 artillery pieces 2 shore batteries Sea: 3 ironclads 5 gunboats 3 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
unknown	~8 killed ~12 wounded 1 gunboat sunk 1 torpedo boat sunk 2 ironclads damaged 1 torpedo boat damaged

The Battle of Trent's Reach^[1], or the Second Battle of Fort Brady^[2], was one of the final major naval battles of the American Civil War. Beginning on January 23, 1865, a poweful flotilla of Confederate warships bombarded Fort Brady on the James River and engaged four Union Navy ships with the intention of breaking through the blockade to attack a supply base of General Ulysses S. Grant. After two days of fighting the rebels withdrew back up the river without completing their objectives.^[3]

United States Navy:

• USS Onondaga, monitor, 2,592 tons, 4 guns, flagship
  
• USS Massasoit, gunboat, 974 tons, 10 guns
  
• USS Hunchback, gunboat, 512 tons, 4 guns
  
• USS Spuyten Duyvil, torpedo boat, 207 tons, 3 guns
  

Confederate States Navy:

• CSS Richmond, ironclad, 850 tons, 6 guns, flagship
  
• CSS Fredericksburg, ironclad, 2,500 tons, 4 guns
  
• CSS Viginia II, ironclad, 600 tons, 4 guns
  
• CSS Hampton, gunboat, 166 tons, 2 guns
  
• CSS Drewry, gunboat, 166 tons, 2 guns
  
• CSS Nansemond, gunboat, 166 tons, 2 guns
  
• CSS Beaufort, gunboat, 85 tons, 1 gun
  
• CSS Torpedo, gunboat
  
• CSS Scorpion, torpedo boat, 2,147 tons, 1 gun
  
• CSS Wasp, torpedo boat, 1 gun
  
• CSS Hornet, torpedo boat, 1 gun
  

• Naval battles of the American Civil War