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| Title: | Gunboats Along The Mississippi |
| Author(s): | Getz, Lowell L. |
| Subject(s): | Brown river navies
Mississippi River Civil War naval battles Fort Pillow Battle for Memphis |
| Geographic Coverage: | Mississippi River |
| Abstract: | Accounts of the two major battles between the Union and Confederate “Brown water fleets” on the Mississippi River, 10 May (Fort Pillow) and 6 June (city of Memphis) 1862. The battle for Fort Pillow was essential a draw. In the city of Memphis engagement, the Union ironclads and rams destroyed or captured six of the seven Confederate River Defense boats. Thereafter, the Confederate river fleet was ineffective as a deterrent to the use of Union river boats as floating cannon platforms in attacks on Confederate strong points along the Mississippi River. |
| Issue Date: | 2015-03-05 |
| Genre: | Essay |
| Type: | Text |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73331 |
| Rights Information: | Text Copyright by Lowell L. Getz. All Rights Reserved |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-03-05 |
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