Battle of Tampa

| Battle of Tampa
Yankee Outrage at Tampa

| Began:|

June 30, 1862

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| Ended:|

July 1, 1862

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| Location:|

City of Tampa, Florida

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| Theater:|

Lower Seaboard Theater

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| Campaign:|

Operations against Tampa, June–July 1862

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| Outcome:|

Confederate victory

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Combatants

1 gunboat

Osceola Rangers

Commanders

A.J. Drake
Captain, USN

J.W. Pearson
Captain, CSA

Strength

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Casualties

None

None

On June 30, a Union gunboat came into Tampa Bay, turned her broadside on the town, and opened her ports. The gunboat then dispatched a launch carrying 20 men and a lieutenant under a flag of truce demanding the surrender of Tampa. The Confederates refused, and the gunboat opened fire. The officer then informed the Confederates that shelling would commence at 6:00 pm after allowing time to evacuate non-combatants from the city. Firing continued sporadically into the afternoon of July 1, when the Federal gunboat withdrew. (NPS summary)

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Battles of the American Civil War: 1862

Eastern Theater|

Cockpit Point \-- Hancock \-- Roanoke Island \-- Elizabeth City \-- New Bern \-- Fort Macon \-- 1st Kernstown \-- Hampton Roads \-- Yorktown \-- South Mills \-- Williamsburg \-- Eltham's Landing \-- McDowell \-- Princeton Court House \-- Drewry’s Bluff \-- Front Royal \-- 1st Winchester \-- Hanover Court House \-- Seven Pines \-- Tranter's Creek \-- Cross Keys \-- Port Republic \-- Oak Grove \-- Beaver Dam Creek \-- Gaines' Mill \-- Garnett's and Golding's Farms \-- Savage's Station \-- Glendale \-- White Oak Swamp \-- Malvern Hill \-- Cedar Mountain \-- 1st Rappahannock Station \-- Manassas Station Operations \-- Thoroughfare Gap \-- 2nd Bull Run \-- Chantilly \-- Harpers Ferry \-- South Mountain \-- Antietam \-- Shepherdstown \-- Fredericksburg \-- Kinston \-- White Hall \-- Goldsborough Bridge

Western Theater|

Middle Creek \-- Mill Springs \-- Fort Henry \-- Fort Donelson \-- Island Number Ten \-- 1st Memphis \-- Shiloh \-- Siege of Corinth \-- 1st Chattanooga \-- 1st Murfreesboro \-- Richmond, KY \-- Munfordville \-- Iuka \-- Corinth \-- Hatchie's Bridge \-- Perryville \-- Hartsville \-- Jackson, TN \-- Chickasaw Bayou \-- Parker's Cross Roads \-- Stones River

Trans-Mississippi Theater|

Roan's Tan Yard \-- Valverde \-- Pea Ridge \-- Glorieta Pass \-- Stanwix Station \-- Albuquerque \-- Peralta \-- Picacho Pass \-- Dragoon Springs \-- Saint Charles \-- Cotton Plant \-- Apache Pass \-- Moore’s Mill \-- Kirksville \-- Compton's Ferry \-- 1st Independence, MO \-- 1st Sabine Pass \-- 1st Galveston \-- Lone Jack \-- 1st Newtonia \-- Old Fort Wayne \-- Island Mound \-- Clark's Mill \-- Cane Hill \-- Prairie Grove

Lower Seaboard Theater|

Fort Pulaski \-- Forts Jackson and St. Philip \-- New Orleans \-- Secessionville \-- Simmon's Bluff \-- Tampa \-- Baton Rouge \-- 1st Donaldsonville \-- Saint John's Bluff \-- Georgia Landing