JULY 15TH
USS Carondolet, Tyler and Queen of the West engage ironclad CSS Arkansas on the Yazoo River and are forced to withdraw with two ships partially disabled. The Arkansas then runs through the Union fleet and anchors under the guns of Vicksburg.
JULY 16TH
David Farragut, in recognition of his victory at New Orleans, is promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer in the history of the US Navy to hold that rank.
The measure passed by Congress to create the rank also revamped the command structure to include Commodore and Lieutenant Commander and established the number of rear admirals at 9, Commodores at 18, Captains at 36, Commanders at 72, and the remainder through Ensign at 144 each.
Rear Admirals were to rank with Army Major Generals.
Congress approved bill transferring the western gunboat fleet from the War department )Army) to the Navy Department
JULY 17TH
Congress passed an act establishing that every officer, seaman, or Marine disabled in the line of duty should receive for life or duration of the disability, a pension according to the nature and degree of their disability, not to exceed his monthly pay at the time of the injury.
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