In spring 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas Hindman sent the C.S.S. Maurepas under Capt. Joseph Fry up the White River to destroy Union supplies at Jacksonport and Grand Glaize. Fry arrived on June 2, 1862, and began shelling Jacksonport. Union Col. A.G. Brackett and the 9th Illinois Cavalry did not fire back for fear of harming civilians. Maurepas's crew spent the night burning supplies. Maurepas was scuttled at St. Charles 2 weeks later to block the White River, as was the steamer Mary Patterson, which had taken the Jackson Guards to war in 1861.