After six weeks of fighting, Brigadier General John Pope, commanding the compulsory Union Army of the Mississippi, captures Island #10 (Kentucky,) under the command of Major General John Porter McCown.
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References:
The Battle of Island Number Ten – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten
Chronology Of The American Civil War
civilwarhome.com/timeline.htm
American Civil War, 1862
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar3.htm
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