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	CSS Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The CSS Arkansas was a Confederate Ironclad warship during the American Civil War.
		In April 1862 Arkansas was removed to the Yazoo River in Mississippi to prevent capture as Memphis fell to the Federal Navy.
		Attempts were made to ram the Arkansas by the USS Essex and the USS Queen of the West.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CSS_Arkansas (1315 words)

	CSS Arkansas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The CSS Arkansas was a (A supporter of the Confederate States of America) Confederate (Click link for more info and facts about Ironclad warship) Ironclad warship during the (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865) American Civil War.
		He crewed the Arkansas with about 60 (A midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union) Missouri soldiers.
		The Arkansas departed under the command of her first officer, Lt. (Click link for more info and facts about Charles Read) Charles Read, and without Captain Brown, who was ill at (Click link for more info and facts about Grenada, Mississippi) Grenada, Mississippi.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/CS/CSS_Arkansas2.htm (1493 words)

	USS Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Arkansas (steamer), a wooden-hulled, barkentine-rigged, screw steamer originally named Tonawanda that saw action in the American Civil War.
		The second USS Arkansas (BM-7), the lead ship of her class of single-turreted monitor, was one of the last American monitors.
		The third USS Arkansas (BB-33), a Wyoming-class battleship, saw action in the Mexican-American War, in World War I, and in World War II including the D-Day Landings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Arkansas (172 words)

	SCV - C.S.S Arkansas
		The C.S.S. Arkansas was constructed at Memphis, Tennessee during the winter of 1861-62.
		The Arkansas and its crew of Missouri "sailors" pounded their way through the midst of the enemy fleet and emerged on the other side bound for Vicksburg itself, the stunned Federal fleet did not feel like pursuing.
		Attempts were made to ram the Arkansas by the Essex and the Queen of the West.
	members.tripod.com /~arkansas/rgs1655a.html (1063 words)

	A Forest of Masts and Smokestacks - The Life And Death of the Confederate Ironclad "ARKANSAS"
		Arkansas was reduced to about one or two knots, and indeed it was this lack of speed which convinced Brown not to use her as a ram.
		The Arkansas took an awful pounding from the gunboats, some of which she passed at distances of less than 100 yards, but her broadside 9" Dahlgrens and 32-pounder smoothbores gave as good as they got, and several of the largely unprotected gunboats were heavily damaged.
		Minutes later, the Arkansas, the 'Scourge of the Mississippi' was torn asunder in a massive explosion of flames, iron and splintering wood and sank silently to the bottom of the river.
	www.btinternet.com /~david.manley/naval/ironfire/arkansas.html (5267 words)

	CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After sunrise three Federal vessels were sighted steaming towards ''Arkansas'', the ironclad USS Carondelet (1861)USS ''Carondelet'', the wooden gunboat USS TylerUSS ''Tyler'', and the ram USS Queen of the WestUSS ''Queen of the West''/.
		Attempts were made to ram the Arkansas by the USS Essex (1856)USS ''Essex'' and the USS Queen of the WestUSS ''Queen of the West''/.
		CSS Arkansas Some of the Federal Naval Vessels engaged by CSS ''Arkansas'' at Vicksburg
	www.infothis.com /find/CSS_Arkansas (1341 words)

	CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Arkansas was one of two casemated ironclads laid down near Memphis Tennessee in October of 1861.
		The Arkansas lay at Yazoo City for some time until Lt. Isaac Brown took charge and hurried her to completion.
		At Vicksburg, the Arkansas was attacked by the Queen of the West and the ironclad Essex.
	members.cox.net /ironmonger/arkansas.htm (190 words)

	The Ram Arkansas
		The enemy was seen to be pumping a heavy stream of water both in the Yazoo and the Mississippi, and her smokestack had been so pierced by shot as to reduce her speed to a little over a knot an hour, at which rate, aided by a favoring current, she passed through the two fleets.
		She [the Arkansas] fought her way boldly through, passing between the vessels of war and the transports, firing and receiving the fire of each as she went by, most of the projectiles bounding harmlessly from her sides; but two 11-inch shells came [went] through, killing many and setting on fire the cotton backing.
		The two flag-officers [Farragut and Davis] were much mortified at the success of this daring act, due as it was to the unprepared state of the fleets; and Farragut instantly determined to follow her down and attempt to destroy her as he ran by.
	www.civilwarhome.com /ramarkansas.htm (950 words)

	USS Queen of the West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		USS Queen of the West, a sidewheel steamer built at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854, was purchased by the United States Department of War in 1862 and fitted out as a ram for General 's Ram Fleet which operated on the Mississippi River in the U.S. Civil War in conjunction with the.
		On July 15, Queen of the West, USS Carondelet, and USS Tyler engaged Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas in the Yazoo River.
		On July 22, Queen of the West and USS Essex attacked Arkansas, despite the Southern guns.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/USS_Queen_of_the_West (594 words)

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		To conceal the Arkansas, the ship was painted a deep earth brown to match the color of the Mississippi River but every eyewitness account says she was rust colored due to the poor quality of the pigment in the Confederate paint.
		The Arkansas once docked at Vicksburg was repeatedly attacked by the Union fleet; but her crew repulsed every attempt to sink her giving more than she got on each occasion.
		The Arkansas’ 28 days of glory came to an end when her engines failed while supporting Confederate troops in the land attack on Baton Rouge.
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	CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Arkansas and its crew of Missouri "sailors" their way through the midst of the fleet and emerged on the other side for Vicksburg itself the stunned Federal fleet not pursue.
		The Arkansas arrived at Vicksburg to the sound the enthusiastic cheering of the citizens and sight of the lower Federal fleet.
		The Arkansas departed under the command of her officer Lt. Charles Read and without Captain Brown who was at Grenada Mississippi.
	www.freeglossary.com /CSS_Arkansas (1356 words)

	Coast Guard Responds to Vessel Collision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The collision involved the towing vessel CSS Arkansas, that was northbound and pushing seven barges, and the 737-foot Greek-flagged motor vessel Rodon Amarandon, also northbound and carrying pig iron.
		Following the collision the CSS Arkansas and one of the barges, loaded with coke, a non-hazardous substance, sank.
		All four crew members who were aboard the CSS Arkansas were rescued by good samaritans and transported to local hospitals as a precautionary measure.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,uscg1_021005.00.html (263 words)

	Combatships.com - Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		he CSS Arkansas (1862) was involved in one of the most daring and heroic exploits of the Civil War.
		Leaking steam, she sailed down the Yazoo river where she encountered and ran off the Queen of the West, the Tyler and the Carondelet.
		The Arkansas later ran into engine trouble and her captian was forced to destroy her rather than let her fall into enemy hands.
	www.combatships.com /arkansas.htm (162 words)

	Missouri Volunteers aboard CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "Missouri Volunteers" as Commander Isaac Brown refers to the soldiers from Missouri units that were needed to serve as gunners aboard the ironclad.
		When his company was incorporated into the 6th MO Inf Regt, 1st MO Brigade, he resigned his commission and returned to the Trans-Mississippi Dept. He was assistant surgeon of the 8th MO Cav Regt (Jeffers') from organization until late 1863.
		He reorganized the 13th MO Battery (Griswold's) in late 1863 or early 1864 and fought during the Camden Expedition and Greene's Operations in SE Arkansas during the spring and early summer of 1864.
	www.mmcwrt.org /2001/missourivol.htm (460 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CSS Arkansas was a powerful casemate ironclad ram distinguished particularly for what she accomplished, despite being so imperfectly and incompletely finished that a junior officer, George W. Gift, described her as a "hermaphrodite iron-clad." Plated over with railroad iron and iron plate, she had a 9-ton ramming beak and was considered fast for her size.
		The same night she was again engaged by Farragut's fleet as it put down the river.
		After repairs, Arkansas left for Baton Rouge on August 3, but her engines failed three days later, and she was abandoned and set afire to avoid capture by USS Essex.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_007200_cssarkansas.htm (224 words)

	CO 96-004
		CSS Arkansas, an ironclad ram, was built at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1861-62.
		On 15 July 1862, her enterprising commanding officer, Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, CSN, took Arkansas down the Yazoo, where she encountered the U.S. gunboats Carondelet and Tyler and the ram Queen of the West, leaving the first two badly damaged.
		While carrying out this mission on 6 August 1862, CSS Arkansas suffered a severe machinery breakdown during an engagement with the Essex, drifted ashore and was burned to prevent capture.
	www.milminwh.com /co_96-004.htm (272 words)

	Ironclads
		The CSS Arkansas engages three Union vessels, one being the ironclad Carondelet.
		USS Keokuk: The Keokuk was severely damaged from the guns of Fort Sumter during the ironclad attack of April 7, 1863.
		The CSS Planter was used by Robert Smalls and his group for the daring escape from Charleston.
	www.dowdey.com /photo.htm (327 words)

	Charles Read (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Read was initially assigned to the CSS McRaeCSS ''McRae'' at New Orleans, Louisiana/ as a midshipman and participated in the naval battles that led to the fall of the city.
		Read served as acting commander of the CSS ArkansasCSS ''Arkansas'' during her final battle supporting the Confederate States ArmyConfederate Army assaulting Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 6 August 1862/.
		In January 1865 he was assigned to the CSS WebbCSS ''Webb'' at Shreveport, Louisiana with the intention that she become a raider in the Pacific Ocean.
	www.infothis.com /find/Charles_Read (787 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aboard the Arkansas, dismay at having to fight the day’s third battle, tied to bank and with less than half her crew still functional, gave way to elation as the action progressed.
		When the flames reached the gundeck, the loaded guns began to explode: so that the Arkansas not only kept the Essex at a respectful distance during her death throes, but administered her own coup de grace and fired her own salute as she went down.
		With the rough facilities available for building the Arkansas, there was no way to bend armor, so the areas of railroad track armor were very angular.
	www.steelnavy.com /OSNArkansas.htm (11629 words)

	USS Tyler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During 1861 and early 1862, she participated in operations on the Ohio, Upper Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers, firing her guns at Confederate forces on several occasions and participating in the capture of a number of enemy vessels and strategic positions.
		She was formally transferred from the Army to the Navy in October 1862.
		From mid-1863 to the end of the Civil War she was mainly active in the Arkansas area and engaged an enemy shore battery at Clarendon, Arkansas, on 24 June 1864.
	members.cox.net /ironmonger/tyler.htm (395 words)

	Missourians Aboard the CSS Arkansas
		The Arkansas was the first constructed under the act, and was towed up the Yazoo after the fall of New Orleans.
		A very long letter from the paymaster of the Richmond to his wife, described the attack of the Arkansas, and was unsparing on Farragut and Davis, accusing them of incapacity and negligence, remarking that Porter was the only man present who had brains as well as courage.
		I turned around and there was the Arkansas coming down very leisurely, when we let fly a broadside of fourteen guns loaded with solid shot, each weighing 110 pounds.
	www.missouridivision-scv.org /mounits/cssark.htm (7938 words)

	Css Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		El CSS Arkansas era un buque de guerra acorazado confederado durante la guerra civil americana.
		En abril 1862 el Arkansas fue quitado al río de Yazoo en Mississippi para prevenir captura mientras que Memphis cayó a la marina federal.
		El Arkansas llegó Vicksburg al sonido de animar entusiástico de los ciudadanos y dentro de la vista de la flota federal más baja.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/cs/Css%20Arkansas.htm (1436 words)

	Confederate Ships--CSS Arkansas (1862-1862)
		On 15 July 1862, her enterprising commanding officer, Lieutenant Isaac Newton Brown, CSN, took Arkansas down the Yazoo, where she encountered the U.S. gunboats Carondelet and Tyler and the ram Queen of the West, leaving the first two badly damaged.
		While at Vicksburg on 22 July, Arkansas was attacked by the Queen of the West and ironclad Essex, but was not severely damaged.
		This page features views of CSS Arkansas and provides a link to images of that ship's actions.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/arkansas.htm (347 words)

	CSS Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		> Story of the C.S.S. Arkansas > > The C.S.S. Arkansas was constructed at Memphis, Tennessee during the winter of 1861-62.
		> The Arkansas arrived at Vicksburg to the sound of the enthusiastic cheering of the citizens and within sight of the lower Federal fleet.
		> The Arkansas under the command of her first officer broke down within sight of the Federal fleet in front of Baton Rouge.
	users.cgiforme.com /NIKS/messages/378.html (2147 words)

	ACW Types Pg2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her name was CSS Albemarle - and she had indeed been built in a cornfield on a riverbank far up the Roanoke River by Confederate naval officers and a resourceful contingent of southern farmers and carpenters.
		The CSS Arkansas, a homebuilt Confederate ironclad covered in railroad iron, descended the Yazoo River in Mississippi and steamed alone with guns blazing through two combined Union naval forces which barred the Ironclad's course.
		The mission of the Arkansas on that day was to reach Vicksburg located on the Mississippi River and help defend the city from an immense Union force.
	www.rodlangton.com /acw/types2.htm (436 words)

	Civil War Navy Hall of Fame
		Jones, Catesby ap Roger: (1821-1877; Lieutenant, Commander) For the command of CSS Virginia in the battle with USS Monitor; for the organization of Confederate naval gun foundries.
		Parker, William Harwar: (1826-1896; Lieutenant) For the command of CSS Beaufort in the Carolina Sounds and Hampton Roads; for service aboard CSS Palmetto State in the attack on the blockaders off Charleston; for the establishment and administration of the Confederate Naval Academy on the schoolship CSS Patrick Henry.
		Waddell, James Iredell: (1824-1886; Lieutenant) For the command of CSS Shenandoah; for the circumnavigation of the globe under the Confederate flag.
	www.wideopenwest.com /~jenkins/ironclads/halloffame.htm (1000 words)

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