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Corinth (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ollowed in force, the flying Confederate detachments found abundant leisure to form a junction. Grant reached Savannah, on the east bank of the Tennessee River, about the middle of March, and in a few days began massing troops at Pittsburg Landing, six miles farther south, on the west bank of the Tennessee; still keeping his headquarters at Savannah, to await the arrival of Buell and his army. During the next two weeks he reported several times that the enemy was concentrating at Corinth, Mississippi, an important railroad crossing twenty miles from Pittsburg Landing, the estimate of their number varying from forty to eighty thousand. All this time his mind was so filled with an eager intention to begin a march upon Corinth, and a confidence that he could win a victory by a prompt attack, that he neglected the essential precaution of providing against an attack by the enemy, which at the same time was occupying the thoughts of the Confederate commander General Johnston. Gener
Knoxville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
. Meantime, Nashville will be abundantly defended by forces from all south and perhaps from here at Manassas. Could not a cavalry force from General Thomas on the upper Cumberland dash across, almost unresisted, and cut the railroad at or near Knoxville, Tennessee? In the midst of a bombardment at Fort Donelson, why could not a gunboat run up and destroy the bridge at Clarksville? Our success or failure at Fort Donelson is vastly important, and I beg you to put your soul in the effort. I shis juncture, events at Washington, hereafter to be mentioned, caused a reorganization of military commands, and President Lincoln's Special War Order No. 3 consolidated the western departments of Hunter, Halleck, and Buell, as far east as Knoxville, Tennessee, under the title of the Department of the Mississippi, and placed General Halleck in command of the whole. Meanwhile, Halleck had ordered the victorious Union army at Fort Donelson to move forward to Savannah on the Tennessee River under
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
opposed to a southward movement in the West. Since the Confederate invasion of Kentucky on September 4, the rebels had so strongly fortified Columbus on the Mississippi River that it came to be called the Gibraltar of the West, and now had a garrison of twenty thousand to hold it; while General Buckner was supposed to have a force on an important campaign in southeast Missouri. Next to Columbus, which the enemy evacuated on March 2, the strongest Confederate fortifications on the Mississippi River were at Island No.10, about forty miles farther to the south. To operate against these, he planned an expedition under Brigadier-General Pope to capture thether of these errors of judgment was Halleck's neglect to seize the opportune moment when, by a vigorous movement in cooperation with the brilliant naval victories under Flag-Officer Farragut, commanding a formidable fleet of Union war-ships, he might have completed the overshadowing military task of opening the Mississippi River.
West Point (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
oops, a pretty formidable demonstration, but no real attack. In point of fact, Halleck had on the previous day, January 6, written to Brigadier-General U. S. Grant: I wish you to make a demonstration in force ; and he added full details, to which Grant responded on January 8: Your instructions of the sixth were received this morning, and immediate preparations made for carrying them out ; also adding details on his part. Ulysses. S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822, was graduated from West Point in 1843, and brevetted captain for gallant conduct in the Mexican War; but resigned from the army and was engaged with his father in a leather store at Galena, Illinois, when the Civil War broke out. Employed by the governor of Illinois a few weeks at Springfield to assist in organizing militia regiments under the President's first call, Grant wrote a letter to the War Department at Washington tendering his services, and saying: I feel myself competent to command a regiment, if the Preside
Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ion- victory at mill River Fort Henry Fort Donelson Buell's tardiness Halleck's activity- ry is ours. . . . I shall take and destroy Fort Donelson on the eighth. Fort Henry had been an e until they could escape capture. To take Fort Donelson was a more serious enterprise. That stronphed Halleck on February 16: We have taken Fort Donelson, and from twelve to fifteen thousand prisotion, telegraphed Halleck: You have Fort Donelson safe, unless Grant shall be overwhelmed frnnessee? In the midst of a bombardment at Fort Donelson, why could not a gunboat run up and destroat Clarksville? Our success or failure at Fort Donelson is vastly important, and I beg you to putst. I ask this in return for Forts Henry and Donelson. The eagerness of General Halleck for supk had ordered the victorious Union army at Fort Donelson to move forward to Savannah on the Tennessfective cooperation. When, at the fall of Fort Donelson, the Confederates retreated from Nashville[5 more...]
Island Number Ten (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ill River Fort Henry Fort Donelson Buell's tardiness Halleck's activity- victory of Pea Ridge Halleck Receives General command Pittsburg Landing Island no.10 Halleck's Corinth campaign Halleck's mistakes Toward the end of December, 1861, the prospects of the administration became very gloomy. McClellan had in in southeast Missouri. Next to Columbus, which the enemy evacuated on March 2, the strongest Confederate fortifications on the Mississippi River were at Island No.10, about forty miles farther to the south. To operate against these, he planned an expedition under Brigadier-General Pope to capture the town of New Madrid as g Landing with emotions of deep satisfaction. To this was now joined the further gratifying news that the enemy on that same momentous April 7 had surrendered Island No.10, together with six or seven thousand Confederate troops, including three general officers, to the combined operations of General Pope and Flag-Officer Foote.
Cumberland Gap (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
At first that general would scarcely listen to it; but, returning to Cairo, Grant urged it again and again, and the rapidly changing military conditions soon caused Halleck to realize its importance. Within a few days, several items of interesting information reached Halleck: that General Thomas, in eastern Kentucky, had won a victory over the rebel General Zollicoffer, capturing his fortified camp on Cumberland River, annihilating his army of over ten regiments, and fully exposing Cumberland Gap; that the Confederates were about to throw strong reinforcements into Columbus; that seven formidable Union ironclad river gunboats were ready for service; and that a rise of fourteen feet had taken place in the Tennessee River, greatly weakening the rebel batteries on that stream and the Cumberland. The advantages on the one hand, and the dangers on the other, which these reports indicated, moved Halleck to a sudden decision. When Grant, on January 28, telegraphed him: With permissio
Columbus, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
seems to me that a real or feigned attack on Columbus from up-river at the same time would either prevent this, or compensate for it by throwing Columbus into our hands. Similar questions also weember 4, the rebels had so strongly fortified Columbus on the Mississippi River that it came to be ctle of Belmont on the Missouri shore opposite Columbus. The demonstration ordered by Halleck wasby eight thousand men within a mile or two of Columbus, and sent three gunboats up the Tennessee Rivre about to throw strong reinforcements into Columbus; that seven formidable Union ironclad river gately counteracted, render both Nashville and Columbus untenable, resolved, to use his own language,rself and Buell, acting in full cooperation. Columbus will not get at Grant, but the force from Bowhe town of New Madrid as a preliminary step. Columbus and Nashville were almost sure to fall as thed from Nashville toward Chattanooga, and from Columbus toward Jackson, a swift advance by the Tennes[4 more...]
New Madrid, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
s forced into a rapid and damaging retreat from Springfield toward Arkansas. While forcing this enterprise in the southwest, Halleck had also determined on an important campaign in southeast Missouri. Next to Columbus, which the enemy evacuated on March 2, the strongest Confederate fortifications on the Mississippi River were at Island No.10, about forty miles farther to the south. To operate against these, he planned an expedition under Brigadier-General Pope to capture the town of New Madrid as a preliminary step. Columbus and Nashville were almost sure to fall as the result of Donelson. If now he could bring his two Missouri campaigns into a combination with two swift and strong Tennessee expeditions, while the enemy was in scattered retreat, he could look forward to the speedy capture of Memphis. But to the realization of such a project, the hesitation and slowness of Buell were a serious hindrance. That general had indeed started a division under Nelson to Grant's assis
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
risen to $2,000,000 a day, and. a financial crisis was imminent. Buell would not move into East Tennessee, and Halleck seemed powerless in Missouri. Added to this, McClellan's illness completed a she upper Cumberland dash across, almost unresisted, and cut the railroad at or near Knoxville, Tennessee? In the midst of a bombardment at Fort Donelson, why could not a gunboat run up and destroy t If now he could bring his two Missouri campaigns into a combination with two swift and strong Tennessee expeditions, while the enemy was in scattered retreat, he could look forward to the speedy capaciously to his views and requests, explaining to McClellan that he himself proposed going to Tennessee: That is now the great strategic line of the western campaign, and I am surprised that ss fortifications about Corinth. He despatched Buell's wing of the army on a march toward eastern Tennessee, but under such instructions and limitations that long before reaching its objective it wa
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