Campaign : Longstreet’s Tidewater Operations.
Date : April 13-15, 1863.
Principal Commanders : Brig. Gen. John Peck [US]; Lt. Gen. James Longstreet [CS].
Estimated Casualties : (1,160).
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (Confederates), besieged the Union garrison at Suffolk.
The Union garrison was manned by 25,000 men.
On April 13, the Confederate troops pushed to the Nansemond River and constructed a battery on Hill’s Point.
This closed off the Union garrison to shipping.
The Union constructed their own batteries.
On April 15, these batteries opened fire, forcing the Confederates out.
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