Battle of Plum Point Bend

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The Battle of Plum Point Bend was an 1862 American Civil War riverine engagement on the Mississippi River in which Confederate rams attacked and damaged Union ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

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Battle of Plum Point Bend canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Plum Point ⓘ
Battle of Plum Run Bend ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaign Union campaign to open the Mississippi River ⓘ
casualtiesDescription light casualties on both sides ⓘ
commandedByConfederate James E. Montgomery ⓘ
commandedByUnion Charles H. Davis ⓘ
ConfederateShipInvolved CSS General Beauregard ⓘ
CSS General Bragg ⓘ
CSS General Earl Van Dorn ⓘ
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson ⓘ
CSS General Sterling Price ⓘ
CSS General Sumter ⓘ
linked to: CSS Sumter
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 10, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Memphis ⓘ
fortificationNearby Fort Pillow ⓘ
involved Confederate River Defense Fleet ⓘ
Union Mississippi River Squadron ⓘ
involvedVesselType Confederate rams ⓘ
Union ironclads ⓘ
location Mississippi River ⓘ
near Fort Pillow, Tennessee ⓘ
near Fort Pillow ⓘ
notableFeature first major test of Confederate River Defense Fleet rams ⓘ
objective Confederate attempt to disrupt Union river operations ⓘ
partOf Riverine operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Union capture of Island Number Ten ⓘ
primaryCombatType riverine engagement ⓘ
result Confederate tactical victory ⓘ
river Mississippi River ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved ironclad gunboats ⓘ
timberclad gunboats ⓘ
side Confederacy ⓘ
Union ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
strategicImportance control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
tacticsUsed ramming attacks ⓘ
surprise attack from upriver ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionShipDamaged USS Cincinnati ⓘ
USS Mound City ⓘ
UnionShipInvolved USS Benton ⓘ
USS Carondelet ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Confederate States Navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Plum Point Bend ⓘ
Confederate River Defense Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Plum Point Bend ⓘ