22h 2min, oct 4, 1862 y - 1st Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862)
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The Union had been trying to blockade the city of Galveston, Texas for over a year, but it was still in Confederate hands. After an exchange of fire, Commander William B. Renshaw of the cutter Harriet Lane agreed a truce while the Confederates evacuated the city.
Image: Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862) - Wikipedia. (2018). Google.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018, from https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/USS_Harriet_Lane.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Galveston_Harbor_(1862)&h=470&w=740&tbnid=luKRz0wUBK9OlM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=252&usg=__SRjo44uql9h2ncSZSQksYiOIXsw%3D&vet=10ahUKEwjmkrLZ7e7YAhUDWa0KHZYSBIwQ9QEIKjAA..i&docid=7ML7JMe1EGDBMM&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmkrLZ7e7YAhUDWa0KHZYSBIwQ9QEIKjAA
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