The Battle of Norfleet House took place from April 13 to April 15, 1863, as part of the Siege of Suffolk.

Battle

In cooperation with Major General

D. H. Hill Lieutenant general, Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 – September 24, 1889), commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Th ...

's advance on Washington, North Carolina, Longstreet with divisions under Major Generals John Bell Hood and George Pickett besieged the Union garrison at

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

commanded by Brigadier General

John J. Peck John James Peck (January 4, 1821 – April 21, 1878) was a United States soldier who fought in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. Early life Peck was born on January 4, 1821, in Manlius, New York. His father, John W. Peck, who had ...

. The Union works were formidable and manned by 25,000 men, opposed to Longstreet's 20,000. On April 13, the Confederate troops pushed their left flank to the

Nansemond River The Nansemond River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the James River in Virginia in the United States. Virginian colonists named the river ...

and constructed a battery on Hill's Point, which closed off the garrison to Union shipping. On April 14, Union gunboats attempted to run the batteries at the Norfleet House slightly upstream, but the was crippled. The Federals, at the same time, constructed batteries to command the Confederate works at Norfleet House. On April 15, these batteries were unmasked and opened fire, driving the Confederates out of this important position.

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National Park Service battle description

CWSAC Report Update

Official Records
1863 in Virginia April 1863 events Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Battles of Longstreet's Tidewater Campaign of the American Civil War Conflicts in 1863 Inconclusive battles of the American Civil War Suffolk, Virginia {{AmericanCivilWar-battle-stub