Original sentence: 10 and other Confederate losses to the north and east of Confederate Fort Pillow, the main Union flotilla on the Mississippi River proceeded down river.Although the Confederate gunboats were victorious, the Union gunboats were soon able to proceed down river and attack  Memphis the following month.Early in the morning on May 10, 1862, the Confederate River Defense Fleet, which consisted of a number of wooden sidewheel paddleboats converted to naval rams, attacked the Union flotilla, which consisted of a number of ironclads, that had moved up to support mortar boat attacks on Fort Pillow.The naval battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee (sometimes known as the engagement at Plum Point Bend) took place on the Mississippi River between the  Confederate River Defense Fleet and  Federal ironclads approximately four miles above Fort Pillow, Tennessee on 10 May 1862, during the American Civil War
Edited sentence: 10 and other Confederate losses to the north and east of Confederate Fort Pillow, the Union squadron proceeded down river.Although the Confederates were victorious, the Union squadron was able to proceed down river and attack  Memphis the following month.Early in the morning on May 10, 1862, the Confederate River Defense Fleet attacked the Union squadron that had moved up to support mortar boat attacks on Fort Pillow.The Confederates then withdrew.The naval battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee (sometimes known as the engagement at Plum Point Bend) took place on the Mississippi River between the  Confederate River Defense Fleet, which consisted of a number of wooden sidewheel paddleboats converted to naval rams, and the Union (American Civil War Mississippi River Squadron, which consisted of a number of ironclads, approximately four miles above Fort Pillow, Tennessee on 10 May 1862, during the American Civil War