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Unvexed Waters: Mississippi River Squadron, Part 2

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Dwight Hughes

Part I of this post introduced the unprecedented U.S. Army Western Gunboat Flotilla—soon to be reorganized as the U.S. Navy Mississippi River Squadron—and carried it through the victorious battles of Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, in February 1862. The next … Continue reading →

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Into the Volcano with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

Part I of this tale left the lonely Arkansas and Captain Isaac N. Brown on July 15, 1862, facing a gauntlet of Yankee deep-water warships, steam rams, river ironclads, gunboats, and bomb vessels as he ran down the Mississippi toward Vicksburg. … Continue reading →

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Down the Yazoo with the Ironclad CSS Arkansas

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

Running downriver with the surging Mississippi in the CSS Arkansas on July 15, 1862, Captain Isaac N. Brown peered through the morning mist and saw: “A forest of masts and smoke-stacks—ships, rams, iron-clads, and other gun-boats on the left side, … Continue reading →

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