BATTLE OF FORT PILLOW (NAVAL)

The naval battle at 'Fort Pillow, Tennessee' (sometimes known as the engagement at 'Plum Point Bend') took place on the Mississippi River between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and Federal ironclads approximately four miles above Fort Pillow, Tennessee on 10 May 1862, during the American Civil War.
Following the fall of Island No. 10 and other Confederate losses to the north and east of Fort Pillow, the main U.S. Navy flotilla on the Mississippi River proceeded down river. On May 10, 1862, the Union flotilla met the Confederate River Defense Fleet in the naval battle of Plum Point Bend within sight Fort Pillow. During the battle, the Union's ''Cincinnati'' was sunk and the ''Mound City'' was badly damaged. Although the Confederate gunboats were victorious, the Union gunboats were soon able to proceed down river and attack Memphis the following month.

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★ National Park Service history of Fort Pillow

★ Reports on the Naval Engagement at Plum Point