Add to ORKGAccounts 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.Ope
Under the image is written: An Officer writes "The sight of this attack was awfully grand, the river...
A Look at Great Britain’s Role in Building the Confederate Navy In 1860, the United States had t...
New Acquisitions in theLouisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,LSU Libraries\u27 Special ...
Accounts of the two major battles between the Union and Confederate ???Brown water fleets??? on the ...
Soon after the start of the Civil War, the Union began planning to drive Confederate forces from Ken...
By the summer of 1864, Mobile Bay was the only major port east of the Mississippi River still in Con...
In the spring of 1864, the Union conducted an ill-planned/executed campaign along the Red River in L...
The Union Navy\u27s Campaign to Control the Mississippi River Although it has received less attentio...
Navigating the Mississippi River Campaign A recent documentary on the Civil War noted that the first...
Admiral David D. Porter's ironclads running past the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi...
War on the Mississippi In the growing body of literature on the naval aspects of the American Civil...
The Confederate States Navy built wooden gunboats throughout the American Civil War. Within Civil Wa...
Describes the ironclads built by the South to defend Charleston harbor and to attempt to break the U...
During the Civil War, the Union Navy’s primary mission was to prevent the South from marketing her p...
Illustrations of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, published on page 37 of The Illustrated London News in it...
Under the image is written: An Officer writes "The sight of this attack was awfully grand, the river...
A Look at Great Britain’s Role in Building the Confederate Navy In 1860, the United States had t...
New Acquisitions in theLouisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,LSU Libraries\u27 Special ...
Accounts of the two major battles between the Union and Confederate ???Brown water fleets??? on the ...
Soon after the start of the Civil War, the Union began planning to drive Confederate forces from Ken...
By the summer of 1864, Mobile Bay was the only major port east of the Mississippi River still in Con...
In the spring of 1864, the Union conducted an ill-planned/executed campaign along the Red River in L...
The Union Navy\u27s Campaign to Control the Mississippi River Although it has received less attentio...
Navigating the Mississippi River Campaign A recent documentary on the Civil War noted that the first...
Admiral David D. Porter's ironclads running past the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi...
War on the Mississippi In the growing body of literature on the naval aspects of the American Civil...
The Confederate States Navy built wooden gunboats throughout the American Civil War. Within Civil Wa...
Describes the ironclads built by the South to defend Charleston harbor and to attempt to break the U...
During the Civil War, the Union Navy’s primary mission was to prevent the South from marketing her p...
Illustrations of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, published on page 37 of The Illustrated London News in it...
Under the image is written: An Officer writes "The sight of this attack was awfully grand, the river...
A Look at Great Britain’s Role in Building the Confederate Navy In 1860, the United States had t...
New Acquisitions in theLouisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections,LSU Libraries\u27 Special ...