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Here is a link about the Gunboats firing on the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh... the USS Lexington and USS Tyler...
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On the morning of April 6th, Tyler was at Pittsburg Landing, and Lexington was six miles north at another landing called Crump’s Landing. At dawn, Confederate forces attacked Federal camps west and south of Pittsburg Landing, taking the U.S. troops by surprise, and driving them northeast toward Pittsburg Landing. Tyler went into action, shelling the Confederate left as the Rebels drove back the Federals. Lexington left Crump’s Landing and arrived at the scene of the fighting in mid-morning, but then returned to Crump’s to provide cover fire if needed for General Lew Wallace’s infantry division. Upon learning that Wallace had taken an inland route to the battlefield, Lexington again steamed for Pittsburg Landing. In the late afternoon, Tyler’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Gwin, received orders from Major General Ulysses S. Grant to use his own discretion in terms of firing on the enemy as a final defensive line of artillery and infantry assembled near the river.
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At about the same time, Lexington returned and the two gunboats targeted Confederate artillery batteries, helping the Federal land based artillery to stop a final Confederate attack before General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered his forces to end the assault and pull back for the night to rest and prepare to resume the attack in the morning. At about 9:00 p.m. Tyler began firing periodically on Confederate positions to harass the enemy, and at 1 a.m., Lexington took over and continued the shelling until dawn on April 7th. Overnight, thousands of reinforcements from the Army of the Ohio arrived on the scene, and the next morning, a Union counterattack drove the Confederates from the field.
There is more so go to the link...
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On the morning of April 6th, Tyler was at Pittsburg Landing, and Lexington was six miles north at another landing called Crump’s Landing. At dawn, Confederate forces attacked Federal camps west and south of Pittsburg Landing, taking the U.S. troops by surprise, and driving them northeast toward Pittsburg Landing. Tyler went into action, shelling the Confederate left as the Rebels drove back the Federals. Lexington left Crump’s Landing and arrived at the scene of the fighting in mid-morning, but then returned to Crump’s to provide cover fire if needed for General Lew Wallace’s infantry division. Upon learning that Wallace had taken an inland route to the battlefield, Lexington again steamed for Pittsburg Landing. In the late afternoon, Tyler’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Gwin, received orders from Major General Ulysses S. Grant to use his own discretion in terms of firing on the enemy as a final defensive line of artillery and infantry assembled near the river.
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At about the same time, Lexington returned and the two gunboats targeted Confederate artillery batteries, helping the Federal land based artillery to stop a final Confederate attack before General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered his forces to end the assault and pull back for the night to rest and prepare to resume the attack in the morning. At about 9:00 p.m. Tyler began firing periodically on Confederate positions to harass the enemy, and at 1 a.m., Lexington took over and continued the shelling until dawn on April 7th. Overnight, thousands of reinforcements from the Army of the Ohio arrived on the scene, and the next morning, a Union counterattack drove the Confederates from the field.
There is more so go to the link...