Raiders move upriver in daring Civil War gunboat actions
The saga describes Little Rebel’s river dash from Paducah to Memphis with night passes and a salvo on Federal transports. Ras’s raid targets naval and riverine targets, provoking Army complaints of inter-service rivalry as he pursues Northern ferries and a missing gunboat captain.
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Ras
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Bill Py
Rus
Little Rebel's Run at Fort Donelson
The tale follows Lieut. Erasmus Huger guiding CSN Little Rebel on the Tennessee Cumberland River toward Fort Donelson in 1862. A stowaway Sally Mountain seeks escape, and intense naval combat erupts with rebel and Federal gunboats exchanging fire as the Little Rebel presses forward despite severe damage.
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North Carolina
U.S Naval Academy
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Little Rebel
Fort Donelson
Cumberland River
Sally Mountain
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