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    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...
    5 KB (377 words) - 18:24, 26 January 2025
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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...
    16 KB (1,721 words) - 18:24, 26 January 2025
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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...
    4 KB (380 words) - 18:26, 26 January 2025
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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...
    19 KB (2,634 words) - 01:19, 28 April 2024
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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...
    8 KB (909 words) - 18:23, 26 January 2025
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    6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Missouri)
    on Confederate States Navy ships during the Battle of Plum Point Bend on May 10, and later became part of the First Confederate Infantry Regiment on July...
    18 KB (2,252 words) - 16:41, 19 January 2025
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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...
    9 KB (1,013 words) - 01:18, 28 April 2024
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    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...
    28 KB (2,838 words) - 19:34, 23 January 2025
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    Confederate States Navy (category 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America)
    Bahia incident Battle of the Head of Passes Siege of Fort Pulaski Battle of Plum Point Bend Action off Galveston Light Battle of Elizabeth City By 1862...
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    City-class ironclad (category Ironclad warships of the Union Navy)
    Whereas at Plum Point Bend they had entered battle one at a time, this time they were a unified force that was ready for battle. At the First Battle of Memphis...
    29 KB (4,199 words) - 02:17, 27 July 2024
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    USS Sumter (1862) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Tennessee, Montgomery′s fleet of eight vessels attacked a force of Union ironclads. In the resulting Battle of Plum Point Bend, 4 miles (6.4 km) above Fort...
    8 KB (728 words) - 17:45, 30 October 2024
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    USS Benton (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Number Ten in March–April. On 10 May, she was present for the Battle of Plum Point Bend where a Confederate ram flotilla ambushed the fleet, sinking the...
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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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    Fort Pillow State Historic Park (category Battlefields of the Western Theater of the American Civil War)
    National Cemetery. Battle of Plum Point Bend Golddust, Tennessee List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places listings...
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    naval battles of the American Civil War, fought between the Union and the Confederacy, changed the foundations of naval warfare with the first use of ironclads...
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    The Battle of Lucas Bend took place on January 11, 1862, near Lucas Bend, four miles north of Columbus on Mississippi River in Kentucky as it lay at the...
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    The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, also referred to as the Battle of Pecatonica and the Battle of Bloody Lake, was fought on June 16, 1832, in present-day Wisconsin...
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  • William Martin (American sailor, USS Benton) (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    the dead range of the vessel and was punishing her with heavy fire, Boatswain's Mate Martin served courageously throughout the battle until the Benton...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in May 1862 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1862. "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury...
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