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These are the two casualty reports
turned in by Lt. I. N. Brown, Commander of the Arkansas, after the
battles of July 15th and 22nd at Vicksburg. They are taken from the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series I, Vol. 19, pgs. 67-70. On July 15, there were three separate battles between the Arkansas and the fleet -- one in the Yazoo River, one in the Mississippi, and one in the evening while the Arkansas was tied up at the Vicksburg dock. On July 22, the Arkansas was fired upon while at the dock by passing ships of Farragut's fleet returning in defeat from Davis' fleet north of Vicksburg to join their own fleet south of Vicksburg and thus on to New Orleans. |
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Brown reported his crew losses and injuries to William Francis Lynch, his superior and Flag-Officer.
Photo from Naval Historical Center, Photographic Section Collection, #NH66679. |
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The above report was directed to Maj-General Martin Luther Smith, who was in charge of the defenses of Vicksburg after the fall of New Orleans. In the summer of 1862, he was responsible for the 3rd District in the Dept. of South Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana. It was he who responded to Farragut and Davis that the people of Vicksburg had no intention of surrendering to their threats of bombing.
Photo from Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018668294/ |
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