May 30.
The expedition has returned to Vicksburg, marching through in three days. No enemy appeared during the march.
Adams has retired with his whole command across the Big Black, seeking a safer place than the vicinity of McArthur to carry on his military operations.
This accounts for his declining the exchange.
He wished to keep his movements secret till his command were safely across, and the Big Black between himself and McArthur.
The expedition is an entire success, and reflects great credit upon the officers who planned and executed it. The men held up during the long fatiguing march remarkably well, and came into Vicksburg in the same high spirits in which they left.This text is part of:
Table of Contents:
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1868.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.