Aaron Sheehan-Dean
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924 appearances
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 24 Aug
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But she says that our sole dependence, she says, was on the Arkansas.
And, you know, she's young, but a very acute observer, which is we're not going to win this battle without that ship.
She's 16 in 1860, and she is really a brilliant writer.
And the diary is a remarkable object.
It's really one of the best diaries that we have for the war, certainly from a civilian observer.
And as you know, she watches.
She sees most of what's happening in both this battle and in the occupation of Baton Rouge, and she writes with a very sharp pen about it.
That is correct.
They have men posted on the roof of the old state capitol trying to help gunners on the ships get their trajectory.
That's all prepared in advance.
And as you say, defensive lines in front of the river.
So it's a measured retreat.
a kind of retreat into a position already secured.
And really at that point, it is impossible for the Confederate infantry to overcome the artillery advantage presented by those ships.
Once the Union soldiers are sort of within the effective range of those guns, the Confederate infantry cannot break through.
And so at that point, they basically retreat and the battle concludes as a Union victory.
It's hard fought, as you note, the commanding officer is killed there in it.
Much of Baton Rouge has seen destruction.
And were it not for those gunships, probably the Confederates would have won.
That is, were it not for the Arkansas being disabled and destroyed, the Confederates might well have recaptured Baton Rouge.
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