Battle of Cherbourg (1864)

Battle of Cherbourg
Part of the American Civil War
Sinking of the CSS Alabama (1922), by Xanthus Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York
Date June 19, 1864 (1864-06-19) Location off Cherbourg, France, English Channel Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
John Winslow	Raphael Semmes
Units involved
USS Kearsarge	CSS Alabama
Strength
1 screw sloop-of-war 163 sailors[1]	1 screw sloop-of-war 149 sailors[1]
Casualties and losses
1 died of wounds 2 wounded[2]	1 ship sunk 19 died (9 KIA, 10 drowned)[1] 21 wounded[1] ~70 captured ~38 to 41 Confederate sailors were rescued by a British yacht and escaped capture.

The Battle of Cherbourg, or sometimes the Battle off Cherbourg or the Sinking of CSS Alabama, was a single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between the United States Navy warship, USS Kearsarge, and the Confederate States Navy warship, CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France.