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at the mouth of the latter. The never-to-be-realized hope was to reduce that work, and thus open the way down the Yazoo River to the right flank of the defenses of Vicksburg. At the same time another attempt was made, by means of the network of creeks and bayous on the north side of the Yazoo, to pass around and enter the Yazoo above Haines's Bluff; our sharpshooters, availing themselves of every advantageous position, picked off the men upon the boats, and Colonel (afterwards General) Ferguson, with a few men and a section of field pieces, so harassed and beset them that they were driven back utterly discomfited. Admiral Porter had, with his fleet, gone some distance up Deer Creek, and, but for the land forces sent to sustain him, would probably never have returned, an adventurous party having passed in below him with axes to fell trees so as to prevent his egress. He is described as follows: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Vol. I, pp. 310, 311. I soon found Admiral P
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ude toward Confederate states, 312-22. Evans, General, 133, 272, 273, 449, 450, 454. Ewell, General, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 116, 117, 126, 127, 131,133, 134,262, 266, 268, 271, 272, 281,366, 367, 370, 371,372, 373, 375, 378, 433, 434, 435, 437, 438, 439, 550, 552, 562, 563, 564, 573. Burning of tobacco in Richmond, 565-66. F Farragut, Commodore, 173, 180, 187, 333. Action concerning New Orleans, 194-95. Farrand, Commodore, 85, 591. Featherston, General, 131. Ferguson, General, 332. Fishing Creek, Battle of, 17-19. Crittenden's account, 16-17. Fitch, General G. N., 499, 500. Fitzgerald, David, 200. Patrick, 200. Five Forks, Battle of 556. Fizer, Colonel, 296. Flanders, Messrs, 407. Benjamin F., 248, 639. Flemming, James, 200. Flood, John, 201. Florida, reconstruction, 632-33. (ship), 237. Preparation, 217-18. Escape from Mobile harbor, 218-19. Activities, 219. Capture and destruction, 220-21. Floyd, General, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32,