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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 27 (search)
m Vicksburg to Abingdon Phillips's raid to Grenada McPherson advances from Vicksburg Forrest's raid to Jackson W. T. Sherman's advance to Meridian Sovy Smith's failure Osband's fight at Yazoo City Palmer's advance to Dalton Forrest takes Union City repulsed by Hicks at Paducah assaults and carries Fort Pillow bebels, was essentially a failure, because too weak in cavalry. This deficiency was to have been supplied by a strong division sent by Hurlbut, under Gen. Win. Sovy Smith; but that officer, who was to have been here on the 10th, did not leave Memphis till the 11th, and failed to reach even West Point, nearly 100 miles north of Mto Memphis. Sherman was therefore obliged to retrace his steps; leaving Meridian on the 20th, and sending Winslow's cavalry so far north as Louisville to feel for Smith, but without success: so our army slowly returned unmolested to Canton. Feb. 26. Its total loss during the expedition was but 171; while it brought away 400 pri
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Appended notes. (search)
Va., 592. West Point, Ga., 720. White Oak Ridge, Ga., 445. White Oak Road, Va., 731. Williston Station, S. C., 704. Wilson's Wharf, Va., 584. Winchester, Va., 135; do., do., 605. Wise's Forks, N. C., 716. Wood Lake, Minn., 454. Wytheville, Va., 403; 599. Yazoo City, Miss., 318; 617. Yellow Tavern, Va., 574. Zollicoffer, Tenn., 283. Mississippi, railroads broken in, 71-2; Rosecrans in, 75; cavalry raids to Grenada, 615; desultory expeditions between Virginia and the, 615; Sovy Smith's failure in, 617. Missouri, reoccupied by Rebels, 26; guerrilla operations in, 26; 35-6; Pope routs and drives Rebels into Arkansas. 26-7; organization of militia, 35: Unionists advance into Arkansas, 35-6; Shelby's raid into, 453; Marmaduke's raid into, 446 to 448; Quantrell's raid into Western, 450; Cabell's raid in, 453; Rosecrans commands in, 556: Price's last raid into, 557 to 562; Price chased out of, 561. Mitchel, Gen. O. M., at Bowling Green, Ky., 51; advance to Russellville