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The Sea Fencibles were naval fencible (a shortening of defencible) units established to provide a close-in line of defence and obstruct the operation of enemy shipping, principally during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. They were modelled on similar British corps (see Sea Fencibles).

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  • Sea Fencibles (American) (en)
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  • The Sea Fencibles were naval fencible (a shortening of defencible) units established to provide a close-in line of defence and obstruct the operation of enemy shipping, principally during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. They were modelled on similar British corps (see Sea Fencibles). (en)
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  • United States Sea Fencibles (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captain_Samuel_Doten_Fencible_Certification.jpg
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  • "... within the five cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk, there are a large number of seafaring men, who from their hardihood and habits of life, might be very useful in the defense of the seaboard, particularly in the management of the great guns...." (en)
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  • Coastal defence (en)
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  • c. 1,000 men (en)
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  • — Report, U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee, June 1813 (en)
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  • United States Sea Fencibles (en)
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  • The Sea Fencibles were naval fencible (a shortening of defencible) units established to provide a close-in line of defence and obstruct the operation of enemy shipping, principally during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. They were modelled on similar British corps (see Sea Fencibles). (en)
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  • c. 1,000 men
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