The unhealed wound that stopped the fleet
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The unhealed wound that stopped the fleet
This episode explores the strategic importance of Island Number Ten during the Civil War, a Confederate fortification that controlled a critical bend in the Mississippi River. It delves into the Union's desperate attempts to overcome this obstacle and the unexpected challenges they faced.
Date: April 4, 1862
Location: Mississippi River
Union Commander: Henry Walke
Confederate Commander: John P. McCown
Union General: John Pope
- The Carondelet warship was disguised with a coal barge and rerouted steam exhaust for a silent approach.
- Island Number Ten, a mile long and 450 yards wide, was fortified with 52 Confederate guns.
- The Mississippi River's double bend forced Union vessels into a mile-long arc of Confederate fire.
- Union Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote, wounded and in pain, refused to run the batteries with his gunboat flotilla.
- Union engineers attempted to dig a canal east of New Madrid to bypass the island, but it proved too shallow for gunboats.
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