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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of General Forrest of operations against W. Sooy Smith in February , 1864 . (search)
Report of General Forrest of operations against W. Sooy Smith in February, 1864.
headquarters Forrest's cavalry Department, Columbus, Miss., March 8th, 1864.
Colonel — I have the honor to submit the following report of the movements and operations of my command against the Federal forces under command of General Smith, in the engagements of the 20th, 21st and 22d ultimo.
Learning on the 14th ultimo at Oxford that the enemy was moving in heavy force in the direction of Pontotoc, and believing his destination to be the prairies, and from thence a junction with Sherman, I withdrew all my forces from the Tallahatchie and Yazoo rivers and moved rapidly to Starkville, which place I reached on the evening of the 18th ultimo.
On the 19th the enemy were reported at Okalona, but his movements or intended course was not developed; and fearing he might cross the Tombigbee, I ordered Bell's brigade to Columbus, and also dispatched General Ruggles to use all his effective force to pre
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sherman 's Meridian expedition and Sooy Smith 's raid to West point. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General W. T. Sherman 's visit to the Misses L------at Canton, Miss. , in February , 1864 . (search)
General W. T. Sherman's visit to the Misses L------at Canton, Miss., in February, 1864. By General S. D. Lee's Chief Surgeon.
To render the points of interest in the conversation between General Sherman and the young ladies clearly intelligible, I will mention briefly the events which were the subject of discussion.
General Sherman made two campaigns in Mississippi, besides those in which he was under the immediate command of General Grant.
In the first, he came down the Mississippi river with thirty-two thousand men, and landing on Yazoo river, on the side next to Vicksburg, in December, 1862, advanced upon that place by way of Chickasaw bayou.
He was met about six miles from Vicksburg by General Stephen D. Lee, with twenty-five hundred infantry and eight pieces of field artillery, which were posted in a strong position.
After several desperate charges, General Sherman's army was repulsed with considerable loss in killed, wounded and prisoners.
This ended the campaign,