Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Arkansas” in entry arkansas-the of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... 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.
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