The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cockpit Point , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Freestone Point , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Shipping Point , took place Process_start on January 3 , 1862 , in Prince William County , Virginia , as part of the blockade Besieging of the Potomac River during the American Civil War Military_operation .

In October 1861 , the Confederates constructed Building batteries at Evansport ( now downtown Quantico , consisted of two batteries on the river bank , and another inland ) , a CSA field battery located at the mouth of Chopawamsic Creek where it empties to the Potomac ( now the Marine Corps Air Facility ) , Shipping Point ( now Hospital Point on Quantico , number of guns unknown ) , Freestone Point ( a CSA four-gun battery on the shore of the Potomac River , now within Leesylvania State Park ) , and Cockpit Point ( near the current asphalt plant , consisted of six guns ( one heavy gun ) in four batteries , a powder magazine , and rear rifle pits , on top of a high cliff known as Possum Nose ) .

On January 1 , 1862 , Cockpit Point was shelled Attack by ( Lieutenant Oscar C. Badger commanding Control ) and ( Lieutenant Eastman commanding Control ) , with neither side gaining Getting an advantage , though `` Yankee '' was slightly damaged Damaging .

A landing party Participation from `` Anacostia '' and `` Yankee '' destroyed Destroying abandoned GiveUp Confederate batteries at Cockpit Point and Evansport , Virginia , and found Know CSS `` Page '' blown up Destroying .

Cockpit procedures were also reviewed , contributing Giving to the establishment of crew resource management as a fundamental part of airline pilots ' training Education_teaching .

This was in part caused Causation by the airline electing Choosing to not follow Self_motion the Sterile Cockpit Rule and that a passenger was sitting Motion in a cockpit jump seat during the flight .

Cockpit voice and flight data recorders revealed Reveal_secret the presence Presence of the relief pilot 's 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son on the flight deck .