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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Today" in Tennessee there was a minor river battle at Plum Run Bend, Confederate victory:

Tennessee 1862 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
Feb 6Fort Henry, TNUnion Army of TN + West Flotilla (Grant, Foote ~15,000) & Confederate Army of Cent KY (Tilghman ~3,200)Union 40-total, Confederates 79-total (15 killed)USA
Feb 14-16Fort Donelson, TNUnion Army of the Tennessee + Mississippi River Squadron (Grant, Foote 24,531) & Confederate Army of Central KY + garrison (Floyd, Pillow, Buchner 16,171)Union 2,691-total (507-killed), Confederates 13,846-total (327-killed)USA
April 6-7Shiloh, TNUnion Army of West Tennessee (Grant, Buell ~63,000) & Confederate Army of Mississippi (AS Johnson, Beauregard ~40,335)Union 13,047-total (1,754-killed), Confederate 10,699-total (1,728-killed)USA
April 14Fort Pillowi, TNUnion mortor boats bombard Fort PillownoneCSA
May 10Plum Run Bend, TNUnion MS River Squadron (7-river ironclads), Confederate River Defense Fleet (9-wooden steamboats)none recordedCSA

There were no recorded casualties and Union ironclads went on to complete their mission.

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of May 10, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
South Carolina1113
Virginia512926
North Carolina4105
Florida1001
Louisiana2103
Tennessee3205
Arkansas1012
Georgia1001
Mississippi1001
Total Engagements in CSA19171147

Engagements in Union states/territories:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
Maryland1012
West Virginia92213
Missouri119121
New Mexico48012
Kentucky4329
Oklahoma0303
Total Engagements in Union2925660
Total Engagements to date484217107

4 posted on 05/10/2022 6:25:23 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: BroJoeK

Add to the list of immortal battles - Agincourt, Bunker Hill, The Somme, Normandy, Iwo Jima, PLUM RUN BEND.


6 posted on 05/10/2022 6:33:18 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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