 On 10 May 1862, off Fort Pillow, "General Price" under First Officer J. E. Henthorne (or Harthorne), in company with seven other vessels under Captain Montgomery attacked the ironclad gunboats of the Union Mississippi River Squadron.In the action of Plum Point Bend, which followed, the Confederate ram CSS "General Bragg" struck halting her retreat.This allowed "General Price" to violently ram the Federal gunboat, taking away her rudder, stern post, and a large piece of her stern, decisively disabling her.