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Arkansas, the,

A Confederate “ram,” employed chiefly on the Yazoo River, above Vicksburg. Farragut sent three armored vessels about the middle of July, 1862, to attack her. Six miles up the stream they found and assailed her; but she repulsed the attack, and took shelter under the batteries at Vicksburg. Another attempt to capture her was made on July 22 by the Essex (Captain Porter) and the Queen of the West. Again the attempt was unsuccessful. After the repulse of the Confederates at Baton Rouge, early in August, Porter, with the Essex and two other gunboats, went in search of the Arkansas, and found her 5 miles above that city. A sharp engagement ensued. the Arkansas became unmanageable, when her crew ran her against the river-bank, set her on fire, and she was blown up.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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