The CSS Arkansas

Prolific author Myron J. Smith, Jr., is emeritus library director and professor at Tusculum University, Greeneville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments      viii

Foreword by George Wright     

Introduction     



1. Beginnings     

2. The Upper River Ironclads     

3. A Frustrating Start, August–December 1861     

4. From Memphis to Yazoo City, January–May 1862     

5. Five Weeks Up the Yazoo, Early May–Late June 1862     

6. Descending the Yazoo, June 25–July 15, 1862     

7. Morning (Part I), July 15, 1862: Dawn Fight in the Yazoo     

8. Morning (Part II), July 15, 1862: Running the Gauntlet     

9. Surviving Farragut’s Charge: Night, July 15, 1862     

10. Arkansas vs. Essex, Round One: July 16–22, 1862     

11. Arkansas vs. Essex, Round Two: Finale Off Baton Rouge, July 23–August 6, 1862     



Epilogue     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index