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Offline subdjoe

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Civil War Naval battle....
« on: May 01, 2010, 07:06:00 AM »
...in Oklahoma?  You bet!   

 Oklahoma's only Civil War naval battle was either a great success, or a tremendous failure.

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On June 15, 1864, Watie and his Confederate Indian Brigade ambushed the J.R. Williams just as it rounded a bend of the Arkansas river near Pheasant Bluff, about five miles below the juncture with the Canadian River.

High above the slow moving river, Stand Watie carefully concealed three light cannons in the brush. They watched with guns at the ready as the J.R. Williams confidently traversed the calm waters of the Arkansas.

6 pounders, they were. 

So, a naval action in a land locked state, with cav (Gen. Waties Mounted Rifles), aided by artillery, taking a ship.  Who says history is dull?

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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 02:48:20 PM »
Oklahoma was not a state back then.........Indian Territory.
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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2010, 04:04:33 AM »
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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2010, 04:54:47 AM »
Actually not much of a "Naval" battle as the J.R. Williams was a steam ferry-boat under charter by the Quartermaster Corps. The army officer in charge of the 25 man detachment was besmirched with a charge of cowardice. The only time the Confederate Cav took a gunboat was up in TN when they took the Undine and Tawah and several supply ships/ Near Johnsonville if my memory serves me.

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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2010, 08:11:32 AM »
General Stand Watie did capture a train, mule train that is...........740 mules, plus other goodies :)
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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2010, 08:38:24 AM »
Quote from: navygunner on May 02, 2010, 04:54:47 AM
Actually not much of a "Naval" battle as the J.R. Williams was a steam ferry-boat under charter by the Quartermaster Corps. The army officer in charge of the 25 man detachment was besmirched with a charge of cowardice. The only time the Confederate Cav took a gunboat was up in TN when they took the Undine and Tawah and several supply ships/ Near Johnsonville if my memory serves me.

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Hey!  It was a ship!  It was moving!  Why should a few little details get in the way of a good story?
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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2010, 09:18:49 AM »
Landlocked fresh water battles are always more dangerous than sea battles; reason: Landshark!
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Re: Civil War Naval battle....
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2010, 09:30:07 AM »
Well the end result is the ship was burned and sank to the bottom depriving the union of transport

in the end that's all that matters
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