Battle of Plum Point Bend

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 River Defense Fleet and the Union Western Flotilla. Fighting for control of the Mississippi had been ongoing since the prior year as Union forces pushed downriver to Fort Pillow, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Memphis. The Union had been using mortar boats to bombard Fort Pillow, and had settled into a regular routine. The Union's daily tactic was to send a single mortar boat guarded by an ironclad warship to a position further downriver to shell the fort, while the rest of the fleet remained upriver. On the morning of May 10, the Confederates attacked in the hope of capturing the guard ironclad and then surprising the rest of the Union fleet.

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1862 Battle of Plum Point Bend

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1864 Battle of Fort Pillow

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Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862 LCCN90713004

Engagement at Fort Pillow, Mississippi River, Between Federal and Confederate gun-boats

Four years in Secessia - adventures within and beyond the Union lines - embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war (1865) (14759557941)

Photo by Richard R. Phillips Jr.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Plum Point Bend	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Fort Pillow	battle	Wikidata
commons	image		CSSPriceAtFortPillow		Commons
commons	image		NavalBattleOfFortPillow		Commons
commons	image		Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862 LCCN90713004		Commons
commons	image		Engagement at Fort Pillow, Mississippi River, Between Federal and Confederate gun-boats		Commons
commons	image		Four years in Secessia - adventures within and beyond the Union lines - embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war (1865) (14759557941)		Commons
commons	image		Photo by Richard R. Phillips Jr.		Commons