May 16, 1864: Action Near Ratliff's Landing, Mississippi

MAY 16TH, 1864:  Ships of the Mississippi Squadron were constantly occupied with safeguarding river transportation from Southern attack.  Side-wheeler USS General Price, Acting Lieutenant  Richardson, engaged a Confederate battery which had taken transport steamer Mississippi under fire near Ratliff's Landing, Mississippi.

The USS Lafayette, Acting Lieutenant Cyrenius Dominy, converged upon the battery and the three heavy steamers forced the Confederate gunners back from the river, enabling the transport to proceed.

--Old B-Runner