sep 24, 1862 - 1st Battle of Sabine Pass
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Was the first Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City (now Sabine Pass, Texas.) Besides strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, the shelling and capture of Sabine Pass was to deter Confederate ground forces from moving southwestward on the Texas coast to augment Galveston's defense. And, it was to open the way for the Union invasion of Texas, which almost a year later was attempted by a combined force of Union naval and army forces at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass.
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