Loring had time to set up the defense because the progress of the Union flotilla was painfully slow.

A fortnight later all but one of the rams had joined the Union flotilla above Fort Pillow ready for action.

After Lieutenant Bache also climbed into the boat, they towed it to the safety of a Union flotilla.

The results were predictable: lone rebel warships could not prevail against Union flotillas.

Lynch used the time that the Union flotilla was anchored to arrange his own ships for the coming battle.

About two blocks had been consumed when sailors from the Union flotilla arrived and were able to save the rest.

Attacked Union flotilla during the battle for Memphis, and was heavily damaged before sinking along the west bank of the Mississippi River, 1862.

The Union flotilla repulsed an attack by five Confederate vessels on 28 January and the next day completed invaluable survey work.

Now on fire, Manassas slipped off the bank and drifted down the river past the Union mortar flotilla.

The enemy guns inflicted severe damage on the Union flotilla, forcing most of the ships to turn back.