The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 927
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had come in collision with the Queen worked herself in to shore near
the same place, and I sent a portion of the crew of the Queen, at their
own solicitation, to take the rebel and secure her crew as prisoners.
Our hope at first was to save this rebel gunboat, which is reported to
be a very fine vessel, but she soon settled; but though Commodore
Davis has sent a force to raise her, success, I understand, is regarded
as doubtful.*
Incidents of the naval engagement at Memphis.
U. S. STEAM-RAM SWITZERLAND,
June 10, 1862.
The rebel boats were all rams, provided with guns, so as to serve
both as rams and gunboats. My boats were not provided with guns.
The rebel boats were very heavily plated with railroad iron. My boats
were without iron plating and had been spoken of in ridicule as the
" brown-paper rams." The General Lovell, the boat which was first
struck by the Queen, had a crew of 86 men, of whom 18 only are said
to have been saved. The General price, another rebel boat which also
came into collision with the Queen and was disabled, had a crew of 18
men, according to the count made by the crew of the Queen, to whom
they surrendered. The Queen and the Monarch together struck five
boats, one of which was sunk, simultaneously; another in a few min-
utes; a third floated loig enough to be towed to shore by the boat that
struck her; a fourth, the General Price, sank very slowly, and it was
at first supposed could be easily raised. The fifth was chased to the
shore by the Monarch and received but a slight blow, and will therefore
be saved.
These facts go to show that ram fighting and prizes are scarcely com-
patible. The boilers of the rebel boats, so far as we have had a chance
to see, are placed below decks, and the hulls are consequently weak.
The boilers of our rams were not covered, and their hulls therefore could
be made as strong for ramming as we could desire. * * *
* Report discontinued at this point, "on account of Colonel Ellet's exhaustion,'
and never resumed.927
Cm ar. XXII.]
MEMPHIS, TENN.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 10, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154613/m1/935/?q=Provence: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.