Rainbow Bluff Expedition
| Rainbow Bluff Expedition | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Sinking of the Otsego and blowing up of the Bazeley | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Rear admiral David Porter Lieutenant colonel Innis N. Palmer |
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| Strength | |||||||
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2 Gunboats Tugboat Bazely | Several Water mines | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Otsego and Bazely sunk | none | ||||||
The Rainbow Bluff Expedition took place on December 9, 1864 during the American Civil War. The Confederate water mines and reinforcement of their position on Rainbow Bluff caused the Union naval force to abandon the expedition.