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Blockade of Cherbourg
- When
- June 14, 1864
- Where
- Cherbourg
USS Kearsarge arrived at Cherbourg on June 14, 1864, to find CSS Alabama in port. Kearsarge initiated a blockade instead of attacking immediately.
Kearsarge did not attack because Alabama was in a neutral port. Instead, she waited, initiating a blockade of CSS Alabama in Cherbourg. This occurred after Kearsarge arrived on June 14, 1864, following her grounding near Oostende in early May.
Sources
- USS Kearsarge (1861) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
- Battle of Cherbourg (1864) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04
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