The Fleets at the Battle of Memphis, 6 June 1862
The Union Fleet
Gun-boats
Name |
Captain |
Benton (Flagship) |
Flag Officer Charles Henry Davis
Lieutenant S. L. Phelps |
Louisville |
Commander B. M. Dove |
Carondelet |
Commander Henry Walke |
Cairo |
Lieutenant N. C. Bryant |
St. Louis |
Lieutenant Wilson McGunnegle |
Rams
Name |
Captain |
Queen of the West (Flagship) |
Colonel Charles Ellet |
Monarch |
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred W. Ellet |
Switzerland |
First Master David Millard |
Casualties
Gun-boats: 3 wounded
Rams: 1 wounded (Colonel Ellet, who later died of his wounds
The Confederate Fleet
Name |
Captain |
Fate |
Little Rebel (flag-ship) |
Captain J.E. Montgomery |
Captured |
General Bragg |
Captain William H. H. Leonard |
Captured |
General Sterling Price |
First Officer J. E. Henthorne |
Captured |
Sumter |
Captain W. W. Lamb |
Captured |
General Earl van Dorn |
Captain Isaac D. Fulkerston |
Escaped |
General M. Jeff. Thompson |
Captain John H. Burke |
Destroyed |
General Lovell |
Captain James C. Delaney |
Sunk |
General Beauregard |
Captain James Henry Hunt |
Sunk |
Confederate casualties are unknown
How to cite this article:
Rickard, J (20 June 2007), The Fleets at the Battle of Memphis, 6 June 1862 , http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/navies_memphis.html