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... river , north of Vicksburg . If the invaders chose a water - borne advance down the great river itself , geography stepped in again to block the way . There were a few points along the river where the low - lying country gave way to ...
... river , north of Vicksburg . If the invaders chose a water - borne advance down the great river itself , geography stepped in again to block the way . There were a few points along the river where the low - lying country gave way to ...
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... river , and they shrugged off hits from Confederate cannon . But they proved much less effective against the stronger Fort Donelson , on the Cumberland , where their vulnerability to guns on high ground was exposed . However , Foote's ...
... river , and they shrugged off hits from Confederate cannon . But they proved much less effective against the stronger Fort Donelson , on the Cumberland , where their vulnerability to guns on high ground was exposed . However , Foote's ...
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... river from New Orleans . Many of his ships were quite unsuited to the river war , but with his lighter vessels he headed up - stream in May 1862. His ships scraped and bumped their way over shallows and sandbars and other snags ; his ...
... river from New Orleans . Many of his ships were quite unsuited to the river war , but with his lighter vessels he headed up - stream in May 1862. His ships scraped and bumped their way over shallows and sandbars and other snags ; his ...
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