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At this time last year, Vanderbilt entered conference play 3-1, with many holding hopes and expectations that the Commodores were building a program meant to change the culture in the near future. This season, Vanderbilt has barely scraped by, sitting at 2-2 after a humbling by Wake Forest that was followed up by a last-minute...

During the Civil War, the idea of Army and Navy forces operating jointly under a single commander was virtually unheard of. But an operation’s lack of “jointness” did not always spell defeat. In fact, the result could be spectacular victory. Such was the case on 6 June 1862 when Union Army and Navy forces afloat operated independently of each other at the only pure naval battle on the Mississippi. What follows is the Battle of Memphis report of Colonel Charles Ellet Jr., commander of the ...