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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)
throughout that section of the river there was not a single bluff to be met, upon which could be erected one of those batteries whose slanting fire was alone dreaded by the gun-boats, Davis felt sure of being able to descend the river as far as the vicinity of Vicksburg whenever he should think proper to do so. The draught of Farragut's sloops-of-war would have sufficed to oblige him to bring them nearer to the mouth of the Mississippi when its waters were at the lowest point. On the 28th of July, he cast anchor before the levees of New Orleans, having left W. D. Porter with the Essex and Sumter below Vicksburg, and the two gun-boats Katahdin and Kineo at Baton Rouge. Williams' troops had been landed near that city, which thus became the last stage of the Federals above New Orleans. Encouraged by this double retreat, Van Dorn sent Breckenridge, with about six thousand men and eleven cannon, to attempt the recapture of Baton Rouge. By seizing the official capital of Louisiana,
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Kentucky (search)
for retiring was when he inspired the greatest fear. He had obtained all the advantages he could possibly have anticipated; the railroad tracks were cut, he had procured nearly three hundred recruits, reconnoitred all the weak points of the enemy and thrown his camps into confusion. He rapidly fell back upon Paris, Winchester, Richmond, Crab Orchard, Somerset and Monticello, picking up arms and ammunition on his route, and releasing the prisoners he had taken on parole. Finally, on the 28th of July, he again entered the Confederate lines, after an expedition in which he had not experienced a single check of any importance. We cannot give the details of the partisan war waged in Tennessee by isolated bands fighting under the Confederate flag at times when the large armies were inactive. The smaller they were, the more were they generally inclined to plunder and to acts of violence. The villages which lacked either the force or the will to protect themselves were constantly occu