Island No. 10 surrenders, opening the Mississippi to Fort Pillow
April 8, 1862, Island No. 10, New Madrid Bend, Tennessee.
- Date
- April 8, 1862
- Where
- Island No. 10, New Madrid Bend, Tennessee
- What happened
- Surrendered
- Event
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The Confederate garrison at Island No. 10 depended on a single road for supplies and reinforcements. After the gunboats Carondelet and Pittsburg ran past the batteries, John Pope's army crossed the river and trapped the defenders, who surrendered. The river was then open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, above Memphis.
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