C.S.S. Arkansas - Yazoo City MS
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kwashnak
N 32° 51.150 W 090° 25.600
15S E 740822 N 3637870
Marker located on West Broadway (Rt 149/16) just East of Rt. 3 near Marshall Drive. West of Yazoo City.
Waymark Code: WMH5QQ
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2013
Views: 8
C.S.S. Arkansas
Launched on July 14, 1862, from the Navy Yard in Yazoo City, the ironclad ram Arkansas commanded by Lt. Isaac N. Brown successfully engaged the combined Union fleets on the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers helping to end the naval siege of Vicksburg. The ironclad was scuttled north of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862, to prevent capture by Union forces
Mississippi Department of archives and History 1996
Date Installed:: 1996/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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