Yesterday, I wrote about the capture of Yazoo City, Mississippi, and destruction of its navy yard.
I looked it up and wasn't aable to find out much about it.
It was established in 1862 and the ironclad CSS Arkansas was launched there July 14, 1862. It was burned and destroyed by Lt. Isaac Brown and occupied May 21, 1863. The vessels Mobile and Republic were seized (I had also read that these two ships had been burned). No other mention of the "monster ship" being built there.
I also saw mention that the Yazoo City Navy Yard had been moved there from Memphis before that city fell.
That's About It. --Old B-Runner
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