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The Tigress Flagpole
1400 Washington Ave., Cairo,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 0' 7.800012",
-89° 10' 16.86"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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The River packet. TIGRESS, commandeered by the Union Army, carried General U. S. Grant up the Tennessee River to the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. A year later the TIGRESS was sunk while running the shore batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The crew survived and returned her flagpole to Cairo.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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