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Gunboats Along The Mississippi

Getz, Lowell L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/73331

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Title
Gunboats Along The Mississippi
Author(s)
Getz, Lowell L.
Issue Date
2015-03-05
Keyword(s)
  • Brown river navies
  • Mississippi River Civil War naval battles
  • Fort Pillow
  • Battle for Memphis
Date of Ingest
2015-03-05T22:04:51Z
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.
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Essay
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73331
Copyright and License Information
Text Copyright by Lowell L. Getz. All Rights Reserved

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