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.
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