Confederates capture the Union depot at Brashear City
June 23, 1863, Brashear City (Morgan City), Louisiana.
- Date
- June 23, 1863
- Where
- Brashear City (Morgan City), Louisiana
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 70 of 174
Fort Brashear guarded a Federal military depot. On June 23, 325 Confederates landed behind the town by skiff and captured it, taking 1,300 prisoners, 11 heavy siege guns, 2,500 rifles and large quantities of quartermaster, commissary and ordnance stores, along with 200 to 300 wagons.
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