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Image:CW-WaterBattery.jpg|Confederate water battery at [[Pensacola Bay]], [[1861]]
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[[Image:BombardmentCW-fort-pickensWaterBattery.jpg|thumb|right|Bombardment of Confederate water battery at [[Pensacola Bay]], [[Fort Pickens1861]]]]
'''Pensacola''' and the surrounding area was home to several key clashes in the early stages of the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|American Civil War]]. The Confederate Secretary of the Navy, [[Stephen Mallory]], was a Pensacolian and is buried in historic [[Saint Michael's Cemetery]].
==Artillery exchanges==
[[Image:Bombardment-fort-pickens.jpg|thumb|right|Bombardment of [[Fort Pickens]]]] [[Image:Bombardment-fort-pickens-2.jpg|thumb|right|Depiction of various fortifications during the artillery exchanges]]
A series of artillery battles took place during late 1861 and early 1862. On [[November 22]] and [[Novemner 23|23]], 1861, Union and Confederate positions exchanged artillery fire over Pensacola Bay; Union troops expended 5,000 rounds of ammunition while Confederate troops returned some 1,000 shots. Fort Pickens on the Union side sustained little damage, but Confederate-held [[Fort McRee]], its water battery, as well as the navy yard and the village of [[Warrington]] all sustained extensive damage. Federal troops did sustain two deaths and 13 wounded. Federal artillery inflicted even more damage on [[January 1]] and [[January 2|2]], 1862, causing extensive fire damage at the Navy Yard and exploding the powder magazine at [[Fort McRee]].<ref name="PICW" />
Image:CW-TroopsatBayouGrande.jpg|Confederate troops near [[Bayou Grande]], April [[1861]]
Image:Rc02504.jpg|Ninth Mississippi unit, April [[1861]]
Image:Rc04842.jpg|Confederate battery at Pensacola, date unknown
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