Battle of Lucas Bend
The Battle of Lucas Bend took place on January 11, 1862 near Lucas Bend, four miles north of Columbus on Mississippi River in Kentucky as it lay at the time of the American Civil War. In the network of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio rivers, the Union river gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote and General Ulysses S. Grant sought to infiltrate and attack the Confederate positions in Tennessee. On the day of the battle, the Union ironclads Essex and St Louis, transporting troops down the Mississippi in fog, engaged the Confederate cotton clad warships General Polk, Ivy and Jackson and the gun platform New Orleans at a curve known as Lucas Bend in Kentucky. The Essex, under Commander William D. Porter, and the St Louis forced the Confederate ships to fall back after an hour of sk
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Battle of Lucas Bend
The Battle of Lucas Bend took place on January 11, 1862 near Lucas Bend, four miles north of Columbus on Mississippi River in Kentucky as it lay at the time of the American Civil War. In the network of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio rivers, the Union river gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote and General Ulysses S. Grant sought to infiltrate and attack the Confederate positions in Tennessee. On the day of the battle, the Union ironclads Essex and St Louis, transporting troops down the Mississippi in fog, engaged the Confederate cotton clad warships General Polk, Ivy and Jackson and the gun platform New Orleans at a curve known as Lucas Bend in Kentucky. The Essex, under Commander William D. Porter, and the St Louis forced the Confederate ships to fall back after an hour of sk
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The Battle of Lucas Bend took ...... ht well against the ironclads.
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معركة لوكاس بيند (بالإنجليزية: ...... ا يمكن للسفن الاتحاد المتابعة.
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1862-01-11
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Inconclusive, Confederate ships escape.
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* CSS General Polk
* CSSJackson
* CSSNew Orleans
* USS Essex
* USS St Louis
One floating battery
One on-shore battery at Columbus
Threecotton cladgunboats
Twoironcladgunboats
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Porter's USS Essex
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None
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CSA (Confederacy)
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United States
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Admiral Andrew Hull Foote
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Cmdr. John Rodgers
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Cmdr. William D. Porter
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Flag Officer George. N. Hollins
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Battle of Lucas Bend
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1862-01-11
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the Western Theater of the American Civil War
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Lucas Bend, Mississippi River,
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"Indeed, this watery skirmish ...... heavily armoured naval force."
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Inconclusive, Confederate ships escape.
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Three cotton clad gunboats
* C ...... e on-shore battery at Columbus
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Two ironclad gunboats
* USS Essex
* USS St Louis
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The Battle of Lucas Bend took ...... fall back after an hour of sk
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معركة لوكاس بيند (بالإنجليزية: ...... قائد الاتحاد وتراجعت إلى الاما
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Battle of Lucas Bend
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معركة لوكاس بيند
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Battle of Lucas Bend
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