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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 3: political affairs.--Riots in New York.--Morgan's raid North of the Ohio. (search)
rty thousand Confederate captives, were in the possession of General Grant; See pages 628 and 630, volume II. and the discomfited army of General Lee, who, when that sentence was written, was expected to lead his troops victoriously to the Schuylkill, and perhaps to the Hudson, was flying from Meade's troops, to find shelter from utter destruction, beyond the Potomac. And before the disheartening harangues of the Opposition orators were read by the gallant soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi,. that great stream was opened, and the Imperial was making her way, without impediment, from St. Louis to New Orleans. See page 687, volume II. Such was the commentary on that speech; and the speedy response to it by the inhabitants of the city of New York; to whom it was addressed, was the sending of thousands of more troops to the field in defense of the Constitution and laws, and the life of the Republic. But there was an immediate response in the City of New York to the utteran
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 5: the Chattanooga campaign.--movements of Sherman's and Burnside's forces. (search)
battle at Wauhatchie, 153. the soldiers' steamboat, 154. battle of Blue Springs operations in East Tennessee, 155. Longstreet invades the East Tennessee Valley, 156. he invests Knoxville, 157. Sherman's troops move eastward from the Mississippi River, 158. they approach Chattanooga, 159. Grant and Bragg prepare for battle Thomas moves to attack, 160. seizure of Orchard Knob, 161. the Nationals scale Lookout Mountain, 162. battle on Lookout Mountain, 163. Sherman crosses the Tenned Fort Curtis. The exterior defenses, on bluffs a mile in rear of the town, were under the immediate command of General F. Salomons, at whose suggestion they had been constructed. Helena lies upon flat ground, on the western bank of the Mississippi River. Back of it are high ridges, running parallel with the river, and commanding the city and approaches. Fort Curtis was erected on the low ground, and being commanded by these bluffs, it was thought proper to place Strong batteries upon the
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
me. Harrison, for lack of horses, could not pursue. His foe had inflicted on him a loss of seventy-one men (four killed), and he had received in exchange fifty-five prisoners, fifty horses, and a hundred shot-guns. Meanwhile Marmaduke had gone to Little Rock, and there, with the chief Conspirators and military leaders in Arkansas, he planned a raid into Missouri, having for its chief objective the capture or destruction of a large depot of National stores at Cape Girardeau, on the Mississippi River. With a force of about eight thousand men, in four brigades, known as Price's First Corps of the Trans-Mississippi Department, he pushed rapidly into Missouri, and following the general line of the St. Francis River, reached Fredericton, between Pilot Knob and Cape Girardeau, on the 22d of April. 1868. There he turned quickly to the southeast, and marched on Cape Girardeau; but General John McNeil, who, at Bloomfield, in Stoddard County, had heard of the raid and divined its object,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 8: Civil affairs in 1863.--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River. (search)
Chapter 8: Civil affairs in 1863.--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River. The National finances, 226. Financial measures adopted, 227. finances of the Confederates, 228. retaliatory measures proposed by the Confederates, 229. Emancipation of the slaves, the Government policy, 230. the lank, and Rosecrans, who was succeeded by Thomas in the command of the Army of the Cumberland, is at the head of the Department of the Missouri. Between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian chain of mountains little more than guerrilla operations are seen; while near the southern extremity of that chain of hills, at and near n us. Before considering the great campaigns of the principal armies, let us notice other important movements in the country between the mountains and the Mississippi River, and beyond that stream. When General Sherman was ordered to the assistance of Rosecrans, he left General McPherson in command at Vicksburg. Page 158.
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 9: the Red River expedition. (search)
ove, 259. battle of Pleasant Hill, 261. retreat of the Nationals to Grand Ecore ordered, 262. retreat of the War vessels impeded, 263. the Army and Navy at Grand Ecore, 264. battle at Cane River, 265. a fight on the Red River, 266. the Red River Dam, 267. passage of the Red River rapids, 268. end of the Shreveport or Red River expedition, 269. General Steele's Army in Arkanass battle at Jenkinson's Ferry, 272. Steele's Army at little Rock, 273. Let us now look across the Mississippi River and see what was occurring there in 1864. We left General Banks at New Orleans, after his failure to repossess Texas in the autumn and early winter of 1863, engaged in planning another expedition to that State, the first important work to be the capture of Galveston. While so engaged he received Jan. 23, 1864. a dispatch from General Halleck, dated the 4th of January, informing him that it was proposed to operate against Texas by the line of the Red River, that route having the fa
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 19: the repossession of Alabama by the Government. (search)
port. Early in February, it went in transports, accompanied by Knipe's division of cavalry, five thousand strong, by the waters of the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, to New Orleans, where it arrived on the 21st, February. after a travel of over thirteen hundred miles in the space of eleven days. There the corps remaine hastened April 6, 1865. to Cahawba, the ancient capital of Alabama, This was the place where De Soto crossed the Alabama River, on his march toward the Mississippi River, which he discovered in the year 1541. a few miles down the stream, to meet General Forrest, under a flag of truce, by appointment, for the purpose of makings errand in that great metropolis of the Gulf region, he reluctantly bade adieu to his traveling companions for ten days (Mr. and Mrs. Hart), and embarked on the Mississippi River for Port Hudson and Vicksburg, in the steamer Indiana. That voyage has already been considered. See page 688, volume II. Tail-piece — artesian wel
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 21: closing events of the War.--assassination of the President. (search)
the horn of plenty in one hand, and the shield of the Republic in the other. Across the face of the latter, on a ribbon, is the name, Fort Donelson. Beneath is a group of military trophies. Around all, and forming a broad circle, is the Mississippi River, on which are gun-boats of different forms; and outside of the whole, at the edge of the medal, are thirteen stars. would be too few The Grant medal. to attest their appreciation of him as one of the chief instruments of the: Almighty in auxiliary, or wholly a secondary force, when, in truth, it was an equal, if not the chief power in gaining a victory. Without it, what might have been the result of military operations at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh and all along the Mississippi River, especially at Vicksburg, Port. Hudson, and New Orleans; what at Mobile, Pensacola, Key West, along the Florida sea-board, the sea-coast Islands, Charleston, and the borders of North Carolina, and even in holding Fortress Monroe and Norfol
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Index. (search)
ed by, 1.88. Hoffman, Col. J. W., battle of Gettysburg opened by, 3.59. Hollins, Capt., attacks with the Manassas the blockading fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, 2.113. Holly Springs, capture of arms and stores at by Van Dorn, 2.574. Holmes, Gen., repulsed at Helena by Prentiss, 3.149. Holt, Joseph, made Secretarmies at the time of the movement on, 1.581-1.583; evacuation of by the Confederates, 2.358. Manassas, ram, attacks the blockading fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, 2.113; in the naval battle below New Orleans, 2.334; destruction of, 2.338. Manassas Junction, strategical importance of, 1.479; escape of Jackson from, 2.4r secession, 1. 59; secession movements in, 1.162; preparations for war in, 1.164; author's experiences in, 1.848. Mississippi City, capture of, 2.327. Mississippi River, blockade of at Vicksburg, 1.164; plans for obstructing (note), 2.61; naval operations on to the capture of Memphis, 2.296-2.299; naval and military operatio