Confederate Forts & Batteries
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About 1 1/4 mi. NE, now under water, a redoubt housed mainland defense headquarters for Island No. 10. It was flanked by Batteries 2, 3, 4 & 5. commanding the river. Successfully withstanding bombardment for two weeks, these and the island batteries inte
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Capture of Island No. 10
Tiptonville, TN
Covered by Federal gunboats, Maj. Gen. John Pope landed part of his army of 25,000 on the west shore of Madrid Bend, outflanking...
Confederate Burials
In this cemetery, following the siege and capture of Madrid Bend and Island No. 10, about 75 Confederate dead were interred.