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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
s troops were full of ardor, feeling the importance of the task which had been assigned to them: for a whole fortnight they were busy in constructing works which extended for nearly two miles. The heat was intense, and constant watching and sickness had decimated the besiegers. They were at last menaced with being besieged in their turn, notwithstanding the efforts of Grierson, who had stationed himself at Clinton for the purpose of covering their movements, and who had succeeded on the 1st of June in defending this village against the attacks of the enemy. In fact, the Confederate cavalry completely blockaded them, and kept them constantly on the watch. Taylor, at the west, gathered his scattered troops together in order to come to the relief of the place. The latter was nevertheless completely hemmed in, and all its communications with the exterior entirely cut off. With the assistance of the navy, guns of heavy calibre were placed in position by the besiegers. A fierce fire w
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Notes. (search)
to him that these bridges would not be available for artillery before night, he decided to defer this passage till next day; that finally, on the morning of the 1st of June, these last-mentioned officers, more prudent than Sumner, had taken advantage of the latitude of action granted them by their chief to relinquish an operation widges shows that even the infantry could not have made use of them on that day. Thanks to their incessant efforts, at a quarter-past eight in the morning on the 1st of June, notwithstanding the rise in the river, a bridge of boats was built alongside the crumbling pier of the New Bridge, and, availing themselves of the old causewaynication with the rest of the army, and probably be attacked in this position by a more numerous enemy. General McClellan, being detained on the morning of the 1st of June among the troops of his left, who had just fought such a hard battle, a witness to the material losses and the demoralization of a portion of his forces, did no
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
avalry. Thielemann's Illinois Battalion, Cos. A and B. 10th Missouri, Co. C. Third division. Brigadier-general John M. Tuttle. First brigade. Brig.-gen. Ralph P. Buckland. Succeeded by Colonel William L. McMillen, June 22. 114th Illinois. 93d Indiana. 72d Ohio. 95th Ohio. Second brigade. Brig.-gen. Joseph A. Mower. 47th Illinois. 5th Minnesota. 11th Missouri. 8th Wisconsin. Third brigade. Brig.-gen. Charles L. Matthies. Succeeded by Colonel Joseph J. Woods, June 1. 8th Iowa. 12th Iowa. 35th Iowa. Artillery. 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery E. Iowa Light Artillery, 2d Battery. Unattached. 4th Iowa Cavalry. Sixteenth army corps. Fourth division. Brigadier-general Jacob G. Lauman. First brigade. Colonel Isaac C. Pug 41st Illinois. 53d Illinois. 3d Iowa. 33d Wisconsin Second brigade. Colonel Cyrus Hall. 14th Illinois. 15th Illinois. 46th Illinois. 76th Illinois. 53d Indiana. Third brigade. Colonel George