The Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries on the Potomac River at its confluence with Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virgini
"The Attack on the Secession Batteries at Aquia Creek, Potomac River, by the U.S. Vessels Pawnee, Live Yankee, Freeborn, Anacostia and Lioness, June 1, 1861."
Aquia Creek Landing under Union control in February 1863 during the American Civil War; this position swapped hands between the two armies during 1861 and 1862, until the Union established a logistical supply point at Aquia Creek for the Army of the Potomac.