The Battle of Plum Point Bend took place in Tennessee during the American Civil War on May 10, 1862, on the Mississippi River, between ships of the Confederate...
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CSS General Beauregard (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Hart, and seven more of Montgomery's fleet, attacked the Federal Mississippi ironclad flotilla. The Battle of Plum Point Bend witnessed effective ramming...
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CSS Colonel Lovell (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Flotilla. The action of Plum Point Bend which followed witnessed successful ramming tactics by the Confederates, though each of their vessels mounted...
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River Defense Fleet (category Military history of the Confederate States of America)
took part in the battles at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The portion of the fleet in the north took part in the battles at Plum Point Bend and Memphis. Experience...
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CSS General Earl Van Dorn (category Cottonclad rams of the Confederate States Navy)
in the Battle of Plum Point Bend, where she rammed and sank the ironclad USS Mound City. On June 6, General Earl Van Dorn was the only vessel of the River...
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USS Little Rebel (category Ships of the Confederate States of America)
among the force that engaged vessels of the Union Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla at the Battle of Plum Point Bend on May 10, 1862. On June 6, she again...
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Osceola, Arkansas (redirect from History of Osceola, Arkansas)
preparation to assault Fort Pillow and Memphis. On the river, the Battle of Plum Point Bend took place between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and the...
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Confederate States Navy (category 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America)
of Hampton Roads Bahia incident Battle of the Head of Passes Siege of Fort Pulaski Battle of Plum Point Bend Action off Galveston Light By 1862 regulations...
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the Battle of Plum Point Bend, also on the Mississippi. Another civil war military engagement took place in Memphis, namely the Second Battle of Memphis...
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CSS General M. Jeff Thompson (category Cottonclad rams of the Confederate States Navy)
in the Battle of Plum Point Bend in May 1862, before being sunk on June 6 in the First Battle of Memphis. Her wreck remained on the floor of the Mississippi...
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