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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1902
Page
1
Reconstruction era sketch details the unfinished Confederate ironclad ram Arkansas moored in the Yazoo channel four miles from land. Captain Isaac N. Brown leads improvised crew as machinery and armor lag behind, with a Federal fleet nearby and the ship barely afloat in mid July.
In a naval skirmish, the ram ship Arkansas engages the new tropic clad gunboat Caron delet as Brown orders his pilot to engage. The Tyler and Queen of the West retreat after taking damage while twenty shots are fired and a pipe is cut lowering boiler pressure. Brown, wounded, pushes his crew to pursue as the chase lasts thirty minutes.
In the Yazoo River clash Brown commands the ram Arkansas with a crew of 100 Beamen and 60 Army riflemen. Despite powder wetness and a grounded start, the ram pierces armor in a bold assault, passing nine major Federal ships including Hartford Iroquois and Wissahickon. A deliberate duel ends with the Arkansas pursued by Union ships.
The narrative recounts Lero Brown and his daring crew aboard the Arkansas as they slip past federal forces and threaten New Orleans. Essex and Queen of the West attempt to trap the ram at Vicksburg, but the crew maneuvers away. Brown’s absence prompts the ram’s destruction by fire and enemy bombardment, ending with the Arkansas vanishing from view.
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