. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE CONFEDERATE RXM GENERAL PRICE The General Price was one of the Confederate vessels reconstructed as rams for tlie de-fense of the Mississippi upon the suggestion of two Mississi])])i River captains, JNIont-goniery and Townsend. Their ])lan was inferior to that of Ellet, liut the ai)])earance ofthe rams in the Confederate River Defense flotilla gave Pallet the opportunity to demon-strate the superiority of his own ideas. Charles H. Davis, a captain in the United StatesNavy, became Flag-Officer of the Mississijjpi flotilla on May
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE CONFEDERATE RXM GENERAL PRICE The General Price was one of the Confederate vessels reconstructed as rams for tlie de-fense of the Mississippi upon the suggestion of two Mississi])])i River captains, JNIont-goniery and Townsend. Their ])lan was inferior to that of Ellet, liut the ai)])earance ofthe rams in the Confederate River Defense flotilla gave Pallet the opportunity to demon-strate the superiority of his own ideas. Charles H. Davis, a captain in the United StatesNavy, became Flag-Officer of the Mississijjpi flotilla on May 9, 1862, relieving Foote,who had never recovered from the woiuid he had received at Fort Donelson. The nextday, the attack, which had long Ijeen anticipated from the Confederate Ri\er Defenseflotilla, came unexpectedly, l)ut after an hours action at close quarters the gunboats ofDavis signally dclVated the eight rams of the Confederates. As soon as Fort Pillow wasabandoned, Davis moved down the river to ^Memphis, where the Confederate vessels hadmade anothe
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