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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 18.114 (search)
Mississippi, 150 miles south-west of Eastport, while Roddey's occupied Montevallo, on the Alabama and Tennessee River railroad, nearly the same distance to the south-east. By starting on diverging roads the enemy was left in doubt as to our real object, and compelled to watch equally Columbus, Tuscaloosa, and Selma. The command moved southward in three columns [see map, p. 414], General Emory Upton's division by Barton's Station, Russellville, and Mount Hope to Jasper, near the Black Warrior River; General Eli Long's, by Cherokee Station, Frankfort, and Thorn Hill to the same point; while General Edward M. McCook's, following Long's route as far as Bear Creek, continued southward to Eldridge, thence moving east to Jasper. From Jasper the whole command moved across the two forks of the Black Warrior and were directed on Montevallo via Elyton. At Elyton, on the evening of the 30th, I directed General McCook to detach Croxton's brigade, with orders to move on Tuscaloosa as rap
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 19: the repossession of Alabama by the Government. (search)
n of the country, Wilson's command moved on — diverging routes, the distances between the divisions expanding and contracting, according to circumstances. The general course was a little east of south, until they reached the waters of the Black Warrior River. Upton marched for Sanders's Ferry on the west fork of the Black Warrior, by way of Russellville and Mount Hope, to Jackson, in Walker County. Long went by devious ways to the same point, and McCook, taking the Tuscaloosa road as far as Eldridge, turned eastward to Jasper, from which point the whole force crossed the Black Warrior River. There, in the fertile region watered by the main affluents of the Tombigbee River, the columns simultaneously menaced Columbus, in Mississippi, and Tuscaloosa and Selma, in Alabama. At that time General Forrest, in command of the Confederate cavalry, was on the Mobile and Ohio railway, west of Columbus, in Mississippi, and so rapid was Wilson's march through Alabama, that the watchful and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
tate east of the Pearl River extends south to the Gulf of Mexico, affording a coast-line of about 80 miles. Alabama forms the entire eastern boundary. It is limited in latitude between 30° 13′ and 35° N., and in longitude between 88° 7′ and 91° 41′ W. Area, 46,340 square miles, in seventy-five counties; population, 1890, 1.289,600; 1900, 1,551,270. Capital, Jackson. Fernando De Soto, on his expedition, enters the present State of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw......December, 1540 Indians attack and burn Chickasaw, which De Soto had fortified and occupied as winter quarters......February, 1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose......April, 1541 Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Carolina......1663 Louis Joliet and Pere Jacques Marquette descend the Mi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson, James Harrison (search)
General Wilson was in command of this cavalry. He left Chickasaw Landing, on the Tennessee River, March 22, with about 13,000 men and six batteries. His men were all mounted excepting 1,500, who were used as an escort for baggage and supply-trains of 250 wagons. There was also a pontoon-train of thirty boats, conveyed by fifty-six mule wagons. This force moved on diverging routes, to perplex the Confederates. Their general course was a little east of south until they reached the Black Warrior River. In the fertile region of the Tombigbee River, the columns simultaneously menaced Columbus, in Mississippi, and Tuscaloosa and Selma, in Alabama. General Forrest, with his cavalry, was then on the Mobile and Ohio Railway, west of Columbus. But so rapid was Wilson's march that the guerilla chief could not reach him until he was far on his way towards Selma, on the Alabama River. Forrest pursued, but the movements of Wilson's troops were erratic, striking a Confederate force her
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 45: (search)
his first lieutenant; and promoted a couple of active and intelligent young seamen, as master's mates, to serve with Mr. Sinclair, as watch officers. Her armament consisted of the two 12-pounder brass rifled guns, which we had captured from the Yankee mandarin, who was going out, as the reader has seen, on board of the Talisman, to join the Taepings; twenty rifles, and half a dozen revolvers. I called the new cruiser, the Tuscaloosa, after the pretty little town of that name, on the Black Warrior River in the State of Alabama. It was meet that a child of the Alabama should be named after one of the towns of the State. The baptismal ceremony was not very elaborate. When all was ready—it being now about five P. M.—at a concerted signal, the Tuscaloosa ran up the Confederate colors, and the crew of the Alabama leaped into the rigging; and taking off their hats, gave three hearty cheers! The cheers were answered by the small crew of the newly commissioned ship, and the ceremony was
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 36. General Rousseau's expedition. (search)
es in less than two weeks. The direction pursued was about the same as before — southeast. The distance marched was about thirty miles, and in the evening the command bivouacked on Sand Mountain, the dividing ridge which separates the waters flowing into the Tennessee river from those flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. The country was generally poor, and afforded but a scanty supply of forage for the horses. July 12th.--Descending Sand Mountain in the morning, the expedition forded Black Warrior river, a tributary of the Tombigbee, and at ten o'clock reached Blountsville, the county seat of Blount county. In the jail here were found two deserters from Johnston's army and four negroes, charged with the crime of seeking their liberty. All were released. A prisoner charged with murder was in confinement in the same jail, and was left to await his trial at the hands of the civil authorities. Beyond Blountsville the road crosses Strait Mountain, the descent of which is remarkably
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 206 (search)
Sanders' ferry, on the west fork of the Black Warrior river. Long's division marched by the way ved at and crossed the two forks of the Black Warrior river. The ford on the west branch was ext rapidly toward Johnson's ferry, on the Black Warrior river, forty miles above Tuscaloosa, threw Jathe seventeenth marched via Arkadelphia to Mulberry Fork, crossing at Hanley's mills; eighteenth, mwenty-ninth. Crossed Locust Fork of the Black Warrior river, marching towards Elyton, and camping sas expected the command would cross the Black Warrior river. I arrived with my battery at this fornty-ninth I moved my battery across the Black Warrior river, complying with the orders of the divisainst twelve o'clock M., and arrived at Black Warrior river. Thirtieth. Crossed the river withon the banks of the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior river, eight and one half miles distant from d divisions over the Locust fork of the Black Warrior river. General Wilson remained in camp all da
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (search)
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama a town of 5,000 pop., on Black Warrior River, at the head of steamboat navigation, surrounded by a rich and fertile cotton growing district, and one of the most important places in the State. Large quantities of cotton are shipped down the river from this point.
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
pected arrival of the enemy, then of the Confederate cavalry after them, are undecided whether to fly or remain, and, stricken with fear, look with amazement upon the passage of these hostile columns that are carrying war into the very heart of the Confederacy. In the mean while, Forrest, after having given his soldiers at Blountsville the rest and food they stand in need of, forces them once more into the saddle, whilst Streight, still hastening the pace of his column, crosses the Black Warrior River, penetrates into that mountainous section of country called Sand Mountain, and does not come to a halt until midnight, after a march of nearly thirty miles. Forrest presses hard upon his rear, and overtakes it at the ford of the Black Warrior, but toward nine o'clock in the evening the pursuit is interrupted by an engagement in which he makes a few prisoners. The Federals thus gain an advance on him, which they soon lose by taking a rest from midnight until daylight on the 2d of May,