Battle of Island No. 10 - New Madrid, Missouri
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BruceS
N 36° 35.025 W 089° 31.605
16S E 273938 N 4051669
Marker for important Civil War battle in the New Madrid area.
Waymark Code: WMHQQ2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2013
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Text of marker
Battle of Island No. 10
In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to bypass Island No 10. Transports and smaller boats were taken through this canal while two large gunboats, under cover of darkness, ran the batteries on the island. The Confederate position was no untenable and on April 7, 1862 Confederate forces evacuated the island and marched to Tiptonville, Tenn. Thus, the capture of Island No 10, opened the Mississippi River to the Federal forces and marked a strategic turning point of the war.