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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
nstead of bursting in the air, these projectiles buried themselves five or six metres deep into the soft earth of the fort, and their explosion, although not very dangerous to its defenders, greatly injured the construction. On the evening of the 20th, Farragut confided to his flag-officer, the brave Bell, one of the best officers in the American navy, the dangerous mission of proceeding with two gun-boats, the Pinola and the Itasca, to open a breach in the floating bar constructed by the enemm had been lost. The most difficult part of Farragut's undertaking had been accomplished in less than an hour; the battle, however, was not yet won. Through a fortunate chance for the Federals, the Louisiana, which had reached Fort Jackson on the 20th, had sustained some injury to her machinery, and Mitchell was unwilling to take that vessel into action, or even to allow her to be placed in a position where she could support the batteries of the forts. He thus rendered useless the artillerist
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Maryland. (search)
er up, and took possession of Sulphur Bridge or Warrenton Springs, which was only guarded by a small outpost. On the same evening, Early occupied the left bank of the Rappahannock at this point. This movement had not taken Pope unawares. On the 20th he had indicated it to Halleck as very probable, and had explained to his chief how he proposed to parry it. On the morning of the 22d, all doubts on the subject disappeared, and he made all his arrangements accordingly. He determined not to def rear and defend the line of the Opequan, a tributary of the Potomac. Fearing to be too closely watched by the Federals, he determined to deal them an offensive return blow. At the head of two divisions, he surprised Porter on the morning of the 20th, whose troops had not all yet crossed the Potomac. Forming in two lines, A. P. Hill attacked the Federals in front, while Early formed an ambush in the woods adjoining the heights where they were posted. A charge by Hill, which the Union artille
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
t to barricade the streets with the bales of cotton which filled the warehouses, and did not even put his soldiers under arms. Consequently, on the morning of the 20th, when Van Dorn's cavalry came up at a gallop into the streets of Holly Springs, they only found a few sentinels at the entrance of the village; all the passes were the enemy, anxious to get away, would he compelled to set most of them at liberty unconditionally. In fact, Van Dorn had resumed his march on the evening of the 20th, and was moving rapidly toward the north, where he hoped to continue his devastations. A few hours after his departure, the reinforcement sent by Grant, which hadnts; these forces were disposed in three divisions under command of Generals A. J. Smith, M. L. Smith and Morgan. When Sherman gave the order for embarking on the 20th, the preparations for so complicated an operation were not entirely completed. All the steamers that could be found had been collected together on the Mississippi