The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Memphis" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Battle of Memphis">First Battle of Memphis</a>, a naval engagement fought on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> results in the capture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederates</a>.<sup about="#mwt87" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-15" id="mwgA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgQ">[15]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt91" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-16" id="mwgg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgw">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt84" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1" id="mwBjo"><a class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Ellet#ref199664" id="mwBjs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Charles Ellet (re Battle of Memphis)"</a>. <i id="mwBjw">Encyclopaedia Britannica</i>. Edinburgh<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBj0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBj4">5 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt84" class="Z3988" id="mwBj8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Charles+Ellet+%28re+Battle+of+Memphis%29&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+Britannica&amp;rft.place=Edinburgh&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FCharles-Ellet%23ref199664&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+6"></span></span>