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-Eads’ Ironclads: Winning Control of the Mississippi River-

This is the story of the rise and fall of the Radical Republicans in Missouri.

Topics

• Federal plan to gain control of Mississippi River
• Gunboat contract won by Eads
• Ironclad construction
• Survey of battles for control of Mississippi River
• Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island No. 10, Plum Point Bend, Memphis, Vicksburg Campaign, Red River Campaign
• Epilogue

Protagonists

• James Buchanan Eads
• Andrew H. Foote
• Ulysses S. Grant
• John Pope
• Henry Walke
• Charles H. Davis
• Charles Ellet Jr.
• David D. Porter
• Joseph Bailey