Mississippi River Squadron information

The Mississippi River Squadron was the Union brown-water naval squadron that operated on the western rivers during the American Civil War. It was initially...

Blockading Squadron, covering the coastlines and inland waters of Virginia and North Carolina, and finally the Mississippi River Squadron. As a cousin...

The Mississippi River campaigns, within the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, were a series of military actions by the Union Army during...

advanced to the rank of (acting) rear admiral in command of the Mississippi River Squadron, which cooperated with the army under Major General Ulysses S...

to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position, he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry...

Mississippi River Squadron during the Union brown-water navy battle against the Confederate River Defense Fleet for control of the Mississippi River and...

in coordination with the Mississippi River Squadron during the Union brown-water navy battle against the Confederate River Defense Fleet and land based...

flotilla was transferred to the Navy and she became part of the Mississippi River Squadron, where she remained until the end of the war. While with the Western...

The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately north of the city of Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862, during...

Mississippi River Squadron during the Union brown-water navy battle against the Confederate River Defense Fleet for control of the Mississippi River and...

blockade of the Southern ports and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two. Because the blockade would be rather passive...

squadrons. During the American Civil War Phelps advanced to the rank of lieutenant commander and served with distinction during the Mississippi River...

three batteries, all of whom operated from Mississippi River gunboats as part of the Mississippi River Squadron. The Republic of Texas Marine Corps – Although...

steamer "Stella Whipple", on a trip down the Chippewa to the Mississippi and up the Wisconsin River to Madison, Wisconsin. They arrived on the 6th and were...

Grant's Army of the Tennessee and Rear Admiral David D. Porter's Mississippi River Squadron in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Grant's objective...

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km2) inundated...

1864) whose work building Bailey's Dam saved the Union navy's Mississippi River Squadron. 1 Regiment of Heavy Artillery (later converted into the 10th...

service during the war. During the American Civil War, the control of the rivers of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America was...

the seacoast and the main rivers such as the Mississippi River and the Tennessee River, using the Mississippi River Squadron of powerful small gunboats...

as it was by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, although riverboats also played a role in the East with its various rivers and canals. There...