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==Initial contact==

The expedition consisted of about 650 men (over 500 sailors and 100 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]) and five ships<ref>The number of ships is confirmed by Lee (1984), p. 264.</ref>: [[USS Colorado (1856)|USS ''Colorado'']], [[USS Alaska (1868)|USS ''Alaska'']], [[USS Palos (1865)|USS ''Palos'']], [[USS Monocacy (1864)|USS ''Monocacy'']], and [[USS Benicia (1868)|USS ''Benicia'']]. On board the ''Colorado'', Rear Admiral [[John Rodgers (naval officer, Civil War)|John Rodgers']] flag ship, was [[Frederick Low|Frederick F. Low]], the [[United States Ambassador to China]].<ref>Lee (1984), loc. cit.</ref><ref name=colorado>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c11/colorado-i.htm Colorado] [[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]</ref> The Korean forces, known as "Tiger Hunters," were led by general [[Eo Jae-yeon]] ([[Hangul]]: 어재연 [[Hanja]]: 魚在淵).

 

 

==The assault==

 

On [[June 10]], [[1871]], the Americans attacked [[Choji Garrison]] on Ganghwa and met nearly no opposition; they camped nearby overnight. The next morning, they finished destroying the fort and its guns. (This same fort had previously been destroyed and rebuilt following the [[French Campaign against Korea, 1866|French incursions of 1866]], and was later shelled again by the Japanese in [[1876]] in the events leading to the [[Treaty of Ganghwa]].) The Korean forces banded together as guerilla units but, armed with only [[matchlock]]s, and kept in check by American 12 pound howitzers, were unable to get within effective firing range. The US troops moved on toward the next objective, [[Deokjin Garrison]] (Fort Monocacy).