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U.S. Navy Lt. S.L. Phelps (in
1885)
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U.S.S. Lexington
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Very shortly after Fort Henry was captured
on Feb. 6, 1862, Lt. Seth Ledyard Phelps was directed to take the three
"timberclad" (wooden) gunboats (Conestoga, Lexington, Tyler) up the
Tennessee River, destroying RR bridges and capturing or destroying all
of value to the Confederacy. The official report by Phelps of
this raid may be found here; the
precise
reference is, The Official Records,
Vol. VII, pp. 153--156. This map is taken from page 136 of Grant Invades Tennessee (University
Press of Kansas, 2016).
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U.S.S. Tyler
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