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Captain Isaac N. Brown's Casuality Report:
Report of Lieutenant Brown, C. S. Navy, commanding C. S. ram Arkansas, giving list of casualties. C. S. S. ARKANSAS. At Vicksburg, Miss., July 16, 1862. SIR: I have the sad duty to-day to furnish you with a report of the names of the brave men who fell killed and wounded in our three actions of yesterday with the enemy's fleet on the Mississippi River, to wit: Killed.--
William Perry, captain of forecastle;
Charles Lewis, ordinary seaman;
Henry Dunn, ordinary seaman;
Private John Kane, Pinkney's Louisiana Volunteers;
Private Charles Madden, Clinch's Battalion Artillery;
Private Henry Shields, Twenty-eighth Louisiana Volunteers, Company E;
Private Antonio Florez, Twenty-eighth Louisiana Volunteers, Company G; Private Danl. Sullivan, Twenty-eighth Louisiana Volunteers, Company A; Private A. J. Blankenship, Missouri Volunteers, Company D;
Private Stephen Murton, Missouri Volunteers;
Edward Cusick, fireman; and
William Gilmore, pilot, from Jonesville, Ky.
These two last named fell in the action with the enemy's fleet as they passed us at Vicksburg after the morning conflicts.
The following-named men and officers were wounded, to wit:
John Kelly, seaman;
James Anderson, cockswain;
John Pledge, ordinary seaman;
Patrick Norton, landsman;
Nicholas Davis, seaman;
Peter Caulfield, coal heaver;
William Alexander, private, from Clinch's Battalion, Louisiana Volunteers; Edward Long, ordinary seaman;
Thomas Lynch, sergeant, from Clinch's Battalion, Louisiana Volunteers;
John Sullivan, private, from Clinch's Battalion, Louisiana Volunteers;
Bernard Martinez, private, Twenty-eighth Louisiana Volunteers, Company E; Felix Thomure, private, Missouri Volunteers. Company B, lost a leg--since dead;
John Snider, private, Missouri Volunteers, Company B, lost an arm--since dead; C. D. Paul, corporal, Missouri Volunteers, Company B;
Berry Watson, private, Missouri Volunteers, Company B;
Thomas Senere, private, Missouri Volunteers, Company C;
Second Assistant Engineer Covert, slightly in face;
Master's Mate Wilson, stunned and slightly contused;
Midshipman Tyler, slightly stunned;
Mr. Pilot Hodges, mortally in head;
Mr. Pilot Shacklett, slightly in head;
Lieutenant George W. Gift, C. S. Navy, arm and shoulder;
Third Assistant Engineer Jackson, slightly bruised. Recapitulation.--
Killed, 12; badly wounded, 3; wounded, 15. Total, 30.
Very respectfully, I. N. BROWN, Lieutenant, Commanding Arkansas. Flag-Officer WM. F. LYNCH, Commanding, etc., Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. -----

Report of Lieutenant Brown, C. S. Navy, commanding C. S. ram Arkansas, regarding casualties during the engagement of July 22, 1862. C. S. S. ARKANSAS, Vicksburg, July 23, 1862. SIR: I have to perform the sad duty of submitting to you a report of the names of the brave men who fell yesterday, combating for their country, in action with the enemy's ironclad gunboat Essex, of 14 guns, assisted by a ram, name unknown, to wit: Killed.--
Francis Harter, captain hold;
Samuel Heaton, officer's steward;
R. Rankin, seaman;
John Thorhell, fireman;
William Dills, volunteer from Third Kentucky Regiment;
W. Woodward, volunteer from Third Kentucky Regiment--
6. Wounded.--
Daniel Clifford, seaman;
Charles Hardee, officer's steward;
Arnold Beecher, ordinary seaman;
Henry Evans, volunteer from Army;
J. R. Hill, volunteer from Army;
John Johnson, sergeant, Louisiana Volunteers,
badly--6. I am, very respectfully, I. N. BROWN, Commander, C. S. Navy. source: Navy O.R.-- Series 1--Volume 19 [S# 19] West Gulf Blockading Squadron. From July 15, 1862, To March 14, 1863. pp. 50-101

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