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  1. Union Navy Deemed Superior at Fort Wright

    Date(s): May 10, 1862 Location: TIPTON, Tennessee Tag(s): Anaconda Plan, Fort Wright, Union Navy, Mississippi River 

    As part of the Union’s effort to create a blockade of the South and to execute tactical operations, the Rebels and the Yanks fought on the sea and on major rivers.  On May 10, 1862, a Confederate force attacked a section of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River near Fort Wright, Tennessee.  According to The Presbyterian Banner, a newspaper in Pittsburgh, eight Rebel gunboats attacked the USS...