Vicksburg's view of Arkansas drives away replacements

The Missouri artillerymen who had received emergency naval-gunnery training left Arkansas after the fighting. Van Dorn allowed Brown to recruit replacements from the Vicksburg garrison, but volunteers could see the ship's damage and the human cost inside her. Few were willing to join a vessel that had already suffered so heavily against the Union fleet. The resulting manpower shortage helps explain why Arkansas could man only two guns in the next attack despite surviving as a physical hull.