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During the Civil War, the idea of Army and Navy forces operating jointly under a single commander was virtually unheard of. But an operation’s lack of “jointness” did not always spell defeat. In fact, the result could be spectacular victory. Such was the case on 6 June 1862 when Union Army and Navy forces afloat operated independently of each other at the only pure naval battle on the Mississippi. What follows is the Battle of Memphis report of Colonel Charles Ellet Jr., commander of the Army’s Ram Fleet, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. 1 I left the shore at daybreak on the morning of the 6th, keeping four of my strongest steamers in the advance prepared for any emergency. On approaching Memphis I found the gunboats under Commodore Davis anchored across the channel.

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