Alfred W. Ellet
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Alfred Washington Ellet was a brigadier general in the Union Army who commanded the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade during the American Civil War.
Alfred W. Ellet
Ellet commanded the USS Monarch and forced the surrender of the CSS General Price during the First Battle of Memphis
First Battle of Memphis
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The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately north of the city of Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War. The engagement was wi
Alfred W. Ellet
…the spring of 1862. Alfred became lieutenant colonel and second in command of the ram fleet. On June 6, Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr. led the rams in the First Battle of Memphis as captain of USS Queen of the West with Alfred W. in command of the USS Monarch. The Ellets had not coordinated a plan of attack with Charles H. Davis…
USS (ex-CSS) Little Rebel
(Ex CSS) USS General Bragg probably photographed at Cairo or Mound City, Illinois, circa 1862–63.