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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
thick bed of grass. Platforms were constructed in like manner to answer the purpose of a camp for the supporting troops. Finally, after three weeks of this rough work, prosecuted in the mud, under a burning sun, everything was ready on the 23d of August to place the cannon in position. As its weight would have caused to sink the only boats that could be navigated on the bayou, it was carried by hand across the swamp. Wooden cylinders, thick enough to leave free play to the trunnions, were levated spot, whence he could easily continue the campaign against the capital of Arkansas. The vessels which had joined Steele at Clarendon transported the sick and the trains to Devall's Bluff; the infantry went by land, and reached there on August 23d, whilst the cavalry was marching direct toward Brownsville, a town situated on the line which the army was to follow in advancing against Little Rock. Thanks to the protection of the gunboats and the movement of the cavalry, the transportation