First battle of Memphis (1862)
After its victory of the April 7th 1862, over Confederate at the time of the battle of Island Number Ten, on the the Mississippi, the fleet of the Union is able to descend the river and to threaten Memphis. To block its advance, the Southerners have hardly than a heteroclite Flottille of small ships to be opposed to him. The Drain-hole S confederated, for the majority of the paddle steamers civil transformed as far as possible into war buildings, in particular by reinforcements of cotton bolls (from where their ironic nickname of " cottonclads": cotton battleships!), are launched against the battleships and the " rams boats" (ships rams or spur ships) northerner. The battle lasts one hour and half and is observed by the civil population massed along banks. The majority of the rebellious ships are captured or run and the survivors fold up themselves on Vicksburg. The disproportion of the losses (180 Southerners put out of combat on a side against one killed northerner out of the other) gives an precise idea of the unequal character of engagement. Exploiting their success, the federal ones unload on the Dock S of Memphis and take the control of the city quickly, thus making it possible their army to have an invaluable logistic base on the Mississippi.
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