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672:. The troops at the battery, having heard the battle, were under fear of immediate land attack by Union troops. Porter loitered around the Confederate positions, and spotted a pair of buoys in the water. One was sunk with a musket shot, the other was hauled aboard and examined. Porter concluded that they either marked locations of Confederate submarine batteries or indicated a safe pathway through enemy minefields.
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The battle marked one of the first occasions where timberclad warships were convincingly outclassed by the newer ironclad warships, and it would be one of the last naval engagements to see timberclad warships perform a major role. The term timberclad is usually reserved for the Union ships
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at any point and time your Honor may appoint and show you that the power is in our hands. An early reply will be agreeable." The ships would meet in the coming weeks, however the
Confederate vessels proved speedier than the Union ironclads. Porter's later account of the engagement was syndicated in
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was another privately owned vessel built in 1849 before being acquired in May 1861 by the
Confederacy and commissioned into active service in June. She was armed with two 32-pounder guns, and was ordered to Columbus on June 6, 1861, to join Hollins in the defence of the Mississippi River. She had
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cut off many of the bends, including Lucas Bend, to straighten the river and prevent flooding. The historical location of these bends is often marked by state boundaries, which sometimes appear to be land boundaries on the "wrong" side of the river. Thus, today, Lucas Bend consists of an area of
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returned to Cairo to replenish and begin ammunition runs, and were relieved by two other vessels which took up guarding Fort Holt. In the days following, Porter used a buoy to float towards the
Confederate positions a challenge: "Hollins: Why don't you accursed, cowardly rebels bring out your
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underwent her conversion to a partly ironclad warship in nearby dockyards. Over several weeks between
December and January, the Union ships had regularly sailed towards the Confederates on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers in order to provoke an engagement, to be frustrated by
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668:, there was a Confederate battery, to which the Confederate ships fell back. Porter, under standing orders not to engage the Confederate guns, ended the pursuit. Porter himself long desired a decisive victory since he assumed command of the
503:. The complex river network provided routes for the Union gunboats into the heart of the Confederate forces; however the water levels – particularly in the Tennessee River – were often not sufficient for gunboats to pass.
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Conestoga which had heavy timber attached as 'armor'. Most Confederate gunboats used cotton bales as their armor. See battle of Plum Run where Confederate 'timberclads' fought well against the ironclads.
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gunboats and fight us. Porter." Confederate
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