Confederate forces try to retake the Louisiana capital with the help of a mighty but unreliable ironclad.

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Confederate forces try to retake the Louisiana capital with the help of a mighty but unreliable ironclad.
Former U.S. vice president John C. Breckinridge leads a Confederate force in a campaign to regain the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge.
A new Confederate ironclad blasts through Federal ships and threatens to turn the tide of the war on the Mississippi River.