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Fort Pillow (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
rondelet on account of the narrowness of the stream; and later again, the gallant gunboat won laurels at Island No.10, Fort Pillow, Memphis, and Vicksburg. The Flag-ship St. Louis viewed from astern The Louisville — a fighter at port. rivenditional force. Toward noon many of McClernand's men ran short of powder and he was forced to recede from his position. Pillow seems then to have lost his head. He felt that the whole Union army was defeated, and though the road to Nashville was othe inside, and nothing was left to the inmates but surrender or slaughter on the morrow. A council was held by Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner. Buckner, who was a master in the art of warfare, declared that he could not hold his position for half an would escape on two little boats that were to arrive from Nashville in the morning. He passed the command to Pillow, and Pillow, declaring that he too would escape, passed it on to Buckner. Floyd and Pillow with their men made good their escape; so
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
ly a thousand miles apart — Virginia and the valley of the great river that divides the continent — and the two definite objects of the Northern armies during the first half of the war period were to capture Richmond and to open the Mississippi. All other movements and engagements were subordinate to the dramas of these two great theaters, incidental and contributory. The South, on the other hand, except for the early threatening of Washington, the Gettysburg campaign, the raid of Morgan in Ohio, and the expeditions of Bragg and Hood into Kentucky and Tennessee, was on the defensive from the beginning of the war to the end. In the East after the initial engagement at Bull Run all was quiet along the Potomac for some months. McClellan had loomed large as the rising hero of the war; but McClellan did not move with the celerity that was expected of him; the North became impatient and demanded that Cairo citizens who may have recalled this day With his hands thrust in his pocke
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
umberland and Tennessee--the greatest flanking movement in the history of warfare. It began at Fort Henry and ended at Vicksburg, covered a year and five months, and cost tens of thousands of human lives and millions of dollars' worth of property —l Lloyd Tilghman, a brave officer who was destined to give his life for the Confederate cause, the following year, near Vicksburg. It covered about three acres and mounted seventeen heavy guns. Grant's plan of attack was to land his army four mileJuly, 1862. Again in command of the Essex he attempted unsuccessfully to destroy the dread Confederate ram Arkansas at Vicksburg on July 22d. Porter and the Essex then joined Farragut's fleet. His shells helped the Union forces to repulse the Cone narrowness of the stream; and later again, the gallant gunboat won laurels at Island No.10, Fort Pillow, Memphis, and Vicksburg. The Flag-ship St. Louis viewed from astern The Louisville — a fighter at port. riven with the shrieks of thei
Tennessee River (United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
he seven flat-bottom ironclads built by Captain Eads at Carondelet, Missouri, and Mound City, Illinois, during the latter half of 1861. When Grant finally obtained permission from General Halleck to advance the attack upon Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, near the border of Kentucky, Flag Officer Foote started up the river, February 2, 1862, convoying the transports, loaded with the advance detachment of Grant's seventeen thousand troops. Arriving before Fort Henry on February 6th, the introns. Each displayed generalship and sagacity and only gave up to the inevitable when holding out meant nothing but wasted slaughter and the sacrifice of men who had been called upon to exert every human effort. Fort Henry, on the banks of the Tennessee, was held by a few thousand men and strongly armed with twenty guns including one 10-inch Columbiad. But on the 6th of February it fairly lay in the possession of the Federals before a shot had actually been fired, for Grant with 17,000 men ha
Cairo, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
ordered by Secretary of War Cameron to occupy Cairo at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Riontraband traffic on the river. The troops at Cairo did not see any campaigning till Grant led thence Drill grounds of the defenders of Cairo, Ill. By this brilliant and important victohe North became impatient and demanded that Cairo citizens who may have recalled this day Witadier-General U. S. Grant winning his spurs at Cairo. Few will recognize in this early and unusuress Brigadier-General's uniform as he came to Cairo to assume command of a military district inclue. On February 2d, 1862, General Grant left Cairo with his army of seventeen thousand men and onte turned over the Fort to him and returned to Cairo with his disabled gunboats. With waving b, in convoy of the Louisville, she returned to Cairo, leaving the Carondelet and Pittsburgh to esco rear of the fortification after his move from Cairo on the 30th of the previous month. The actual
Cumberland Gap (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
ucky, in the early days of 1862, was also in considerable ferment. Colonel James A. Garfield had driven the Confederate commander, General Humphrey Marshall, and a superior force into the Cumberland Mountains, after a series of slight encounters, terminating at Paintsville on the Big Sandy River, on January 10th. But one later event gave great encouragement to the North. It was the first substantial victory for the Union arms. General Zollicoffer held the extreme Confederate right at Cumberland Gap and he now joined General George B. Crittenden near Mill Springs in Central Kentucky. General Buell, in charge of the Army of the Ohio, had placed General George H. Thomas at Lebanon, and the latter promptly moved against this threatening Confederate force. A sharp engagement took place at Logan's Cross Roads near Mill Springs on January 19th. The Confederate army was utterly routed and Zollicoffer was killed. The Union loss was about two hundred and sixty, and the Confederate over tw
Fort Warren (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
dered, a greater number than ever before laid down their arms upon the continent, Grant was so generous, that then and there began the friendship that grew as close as if the two men were brothers of the blood. Most of the prisoners were paroled. Each one was allowed to retain his personal baggage, and the officers to keep their side arms. Grant had known Buckner in the Mexican War, and received him after the battle as his guest. For a short time General Buckner was kept a prisoner at Fort Warren until he was exchanged. But the friend-ship between the two leaders continued. When General Grant, after having been twice President, failed in his business career, Buckner sent him a check, trusting that it might be of use in his time of trouble. Grant, shortly before his death, wrote his old-time comrade and antagonist requesting that Buckner do him the final honors by becoming one of his pallbearers. General Lloyd Tilghman. Buckner, the defender of Donelson He declared t
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
this threatening Confederate force. A sharp engagement took place at Logan's Cross Roads near Mill Springs on January 19th. The Confederate army was utterly routed and Zollicoffer was killed. The Union loss was about two hundred and sixty, and the Confederate over twice that number. It was not a great Captain Clark B. Lagow Dr. James Simons. Brigadier-General U. S. Grant winning his spurs at Cairo. Few will recognize in this early and unusual photograph the man who at Appomattox, wore plain fatigue dress in striking contrast with the fully uniformed Lee. Here Grant appears in his full-dress Brigadier-General's uniform as he came to Cairo to assume command of a military district including southern Illinois, September 4, 1861. Grasping at once the problems of his new post he began the work of reorganization, assisted by a well-chosen staff. Without waiting for permission from Fremont, his immediate superior, Commander of the Department of the West, Grant pushed fo
Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
vements of the short, vigorous campaign of Fort Donelson. There were two great battle-grounds of These were the fall of Fort Henry and of Fort Donelson. After Missouri had been saved to the U the country and seize the road leading to Fort Donelson, while Foote should move up the river with decided to save his army by sending it to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. This he did, reed. Grant had failed to reach the road to Fort Donelson until the Confederates had escaped. The S his flagship, entered the zone of fire at Fort Donelson. In the confined space of her smoke-fille up the Cumberland, to support his army at Fort Donelson. On the 14th, about three in the afternooa. She was present both at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. stronger than his own, decided, after csome three thousand in number, had reached Fort Donelson, twelve milesaway--General Tilghman hauledms, as he pronounced them, and surrendered Fort Donelson and the army, consisting of at least fourt[8 more...]
Louisville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.10
e times was this brave vessel struck. But her armored sides withstood the heavy shocks although the plating, dented and bent, bore record of each impact. Nearer and nearer grew the forts as up the narrow channel the flag-ship led the way, the Louisville, the Carondelet, and the Pittsburgh belching their fire at the wooded heights, as though endeavoring to attract the attention of the Confederate gunners to themselves and save the flag-ship from receiving more than her share. Up in the pilot-hgment of the shell — a wound from which he never fully recovered. Helpless now, the current swept the St. Louis' bow around, and past her consorts that were still fighting, she drifted down the stream and out of action; later, in convoy of the Louisville, she returned to Cairo, leaving the Carondelet and Pittsburgh to escort the transports. Meanwhile on shore, Grant was earning his first laurels as a soldier in a big battle. The disabling of the gunboats caused the Confederates to make the fa
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