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Shimonoseki Campaign

Shimonoseki Campaign
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The Shimonoseki campaign was a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control the Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of…

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Timeline

  1. Battle of PueblaMay 5, 1862
  2. Peninsula CampaignJuly 1862
  3. Battle of CamarónApril 30, 1863
  4. Battle of ChickamaugaSeptember 20, 1863
  5. Shimonoseki Campaign (this page)July 20, 1863 – September 6, 1864
  6. Sherman's March to the SeaNovember 15, 1864 – December 21, 1864

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