Following the Federal capture of Fort Pillow, Flag Officer Charles H. Davis USN, commanding the Mississippi River Squadron, pressed on without delay and appeared off Memphis with a superior force on 6 June. Montgomery, unable to retreat to Vicksburg, Mississippi because of his shortage of fuel, and unwilling to destroy his boats, determined to fight against heavy odds. In the ensuing Battle of Memphis, "General Price" charged the Federal ram but instead collided with the Confederate ram , also attacking "Monarch". "General Price" lost her wheel and was disabled. While the two Confederate vessels were entangled, Federal rams attacked them mercilessly. "General Price" collided with the Federal ram under Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., commander of the United States Ram Fleet. As "Queen of the West" captured her crew, "General Price" sank slowly onto a sand bar. She was later raised by the Union army and taken into Federal service.