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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
e Mount Vernon arsenal, and, without striking a blow, walked into Forts Morgan and Gaines, which their respective garrisons surrendered to them; on the same day, the Georgians took possession of Forts Pulaski and Jackson, and on the 6th the arsenals of Fayetteville and Chattahoochee fell into the hands of the authorities of North Carolina and Florida. A few militia troops of the latter State assembled at Pensacola; the commandant of the arsenal allowed himself to be captured by them on the 12th, but an energetic officer, Lieutenant Slemmer, was in command of Forts McRae and Pickens. Not being able to defend both with a handful of men, he followed the example of Anderson, eluded the vigilance of the enemy who was watching him, and abandoned the first to retire into the second, which was thus wrested for ever from the hands of the Confederates. On the same day Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi were delivered up to the authorities of Louisiana, and on the following day
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ery numerous defenders. In the mean time, Price was advancing by forced marches, and on the morning of the 11th of September he reached Warrensburg with his cavalry; but the Federal regiment which had been left there, and which he had hoped to surprise, had quitted the place a few hours before. His infantry followed it with all possible speed, leaving baggage, provisions, and stragglers far behind, and subsisting upon whatever they could obtain from the inhabitants of the country. On the 12th he appeared before Lexington with his cavalry. On the afternoon of the 13th his army was drawn up in the vicinity of that town, and he at once invested all the positions in which Mulligan had entrenched himself. A lively fire was kept up on both sides. The Confederates occupied the city; but being worn out by their marches, and soon finding themselves short of ammunition, they did not press the Federals very close; they took up their position for the night at a certain distance, but yet in
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
litary blunders his adversaries were about to commit; it may be, also, that, being aware that the latter were commanded by Pillow, he relied upon the incapacity of that individual, proverbial among his companions in arms of the Mexican war. On the 12th of February the steamers, which had remained in front of Fort Henry, rapidly descended the Tennessee, with instructions to turn back whatever reinforcements they might meet on their way and direct them to rendezvous at Smithland. On the same dayr a small army; but this line is sometimes liable to the objection of being traced half-way up the hillsides, thus exposing the reserves placed in the rear along their flanks. The little town of Dover was comprised within this enceinte. On the 12th, before the close of a short winter day, Grant's soldiers had invested these entrenchments, which bristled on every side with the bayonets of the enemy. This investment on the part of the Federal chief was a new act of daring; for as he was obli