Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2019 August 27

= August 27 =

Gunboats in the American Civil War
I've just now discovered Mississippi River Squadron and its redirect Western Gunboat Flotilla. Did this squadron comprise all Union Army/Navy riverine presence in the Mississippi system, or were there other squadrons/flotillas/etc. as well? Context: when I wrote Pulaski County Courthouse (Illinois), I referred to the county prospering due to a gunboat-repair facility and provided a link to gunboats in the American Civil War, figuring that it might be a logical article topic, but now I'm wondering whether I might just link the squadron article. Nyttend (talk) 22:22, 27 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861–65 refers to both a Mississippi Squadron and a New Orleans Squadron (that is, one team for the lower river and one for the upper). 70.67.193.176 (talk) 22:47, 27 August 2019 (UTC)