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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
d this sojourn. Chalmers was not long returning into Mississippi, taking with him the Fort Pillow prisoners. Forrest, summoned at last by Polk, set out on the 2d of May to proceed on his track with the Buford division. His force had wonderfully increased by recruiting, for in spite of its losses it numbered one thousand combataoration, and to protect the train which he was impatiently awaiting, set out slowly on the march. His famished soldiers finally saw the train arrive, and on the 2d of May they re-entered in low spirits the capital of Arkansas. So, then, their campaign had miscarried, but through the fault of another. It was time that it closedil he had taken position on the right bank of Red River a little above Fort de Russy and within reach of Marksville, where he had his base of operations. On the 2d of May, West's horse-battery, composed of four pieces, had joined him. On the next day the steamboat City Belle, with three hundred Ohio soldiers who were on their way