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First Battle of Sabine Pass, a Common card
The First Battle of Sabine Pass, also known as the Bombardment of Fort Sabine, was the first American Civil War bombardment by the United States Navy of a Confederate fort below Sabine City It was the apex in a series of naval and land skirmishes around the mouth of the Sabine River, Texas, and was four weeks before…
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 73
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,200
Power 73 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Besides strengthening the Union naval blockade of the Texas coastline, the shelling and capture of Sabine Pass was to deter Confederate ground forces from moving southwestward on the Texas coast to augment Galveston's defense.
- It was intended to open the way for the Union invasion of Texas, which almost a year later, was attempted by a combined force of Union naval and army forces at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The First Battle of Sabine Pass article was read about 5,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, First Battle of Sabine Pass (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
