The Battle of St. Charles was a naval engagement during the American Civil War. It was fought on June 17, 1862, between 8 Union ships including the USS Mound City, and several Confederate shore guns. A Confederate gun hit the Mound City's steam drum, causing an explosion which resulted in heavy casualties[1]. The USS Mound City was then towed back to Memphis, TN for repairs. There is evidence the ship then went on the fight other battles. Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Charles Hovey William P. Benton Thomas C. Hindman William Parsons Strength 1st and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Southwest unknown Casualties 63 245 The Battle of Cotton Plant (also known as the Battle of Hills Plantation or... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The ironclad screw steamer U.S.S. Mound City was built in Mound City, Illinois by James Buchanan Eads. ...
Charles, who was then twenty-six, was not excluded from the succession on account of his birth, Theodoald himself being the son of a concubine, but through the influence of Plectrude, Theodoald's grandmother, who wished the power invested in her own descendants exclusively.
In October, 732, Charles met Abd-er-Rahman outside of Tours and defeated and slew him in a battle (the Battle of Poitiers) which must ever remain one of the great events in the history of the world, as upon its issue depended whether Christian Civilization should continue or Islam prevail throughout Europe.
In 735, after the death of Eudes, Charles entered Aquitaine, quelled the revolt of Hatto and Hunold, sons of the deceased duke, and left the duchy to Hunold, to be held in fief (736).
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