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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 604 2 Browse Search
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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Introduction. (search)
d loyalty. The Tennessee and Cumberland, rising in the recesses of the Alleghany mountains, flow southward into the state of Tennessee, and then run west for hundreds of miles, the larger river making a wide detour into Alabama and Mississippi; when, turning to the north again, they traverse Kentucky side by side, and empty into the Ohio, near the point where that still greater stream becomes itself a tributary, and pours the waters of its hundred affluents into the Mississippi. The Mississippi, recipient and greatest of them all, divides the continent for four thousand miles; bounds ten different states, and enriches all the region between the Rocky and the Alleghany mountains. In these regions, and for the mastery of these rivers and states, the earliest battles of Ulysses S. Grant were fought; from this field, he was taken to command the national armies. It will be my endeavor to show—first, why he was selected to command those armies, and afterwards how he performed the task
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 1: (search)
s: this doubtless occasioned the error. Young Grant applied to the authorities at West Point and tIllinois. Thus, when the civil war broke out, Grant was a private citizen, earning his bread in ane thought he recollected a young officer named Grant, who behaved gallantly in the Mexican War; ands infantry. Before receiving his colonelcy, Grant went to Cincinnati to visit Major-General McClnown each other in the old army, and although Grant had no intention of making any application, he Washburne, of Galena, who had never spoken to Grant until after the fall of Fort Sumter, suggestednd threatened Paducah, within three days after Grant assumed his new command. All these places werhe Kentucky shore; but on the 2d of September, Grant arrived at Cairo, and on the 5th, heard of theto report direct to Fremont, at St. Louis, and Grant was rebuked for corresponding with the legislaent, St. Louis, September 6, 1861. Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, Cairo, Illinois: I am directed[15 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
ults of the battle of Shiloh Reflections. On the 15th of February, Grant was assigned to the new military district of West Tennessee, with limits not defined, General orders, no. 1. headquarters, District of West Tennessee, Fort Donelson, February 17, 1862. By virtue of directions from headquarters, Department of the Missouri, dated February 15, 1862, the undersigned has been assigned to the command of the new military district of West Tennessee. Limits not defined. (Signed) U. S. Grant, Major-General Commanding. and Brigadier-General William T. Sherman to the command of the District of Cairo. Sherman had been at West Point with Grant, but graduated three years earlier, and they had not since been intimate; their first official intercourse occurred during the siege of Fort Donelson, when Sherman forwarded troops and supplies to Grant with extraordinary dispatch. Sherman was the senior, but, on the 13th of February, he wrote: I will do every thing in my power to hurry
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 4: (search)
ty-six men in killed and wounded. The fighting was heavy, though confined almost entirely to Hamilton's division. Rosecrans, however, held his own until dark; but at ten and a half that night, he sent word to Grant, who was still at Burnsville, that it would be necessary to attack in the morning and in force. Push in on to them, he said, until we can have time to do something. headquarters army of the Mississippi, two miles South of Iuka, September 19, 1862—10 1/2 P. M. Major—General U. S. Grant: General—We met the enemy in force just above this point. The engagement lasted several hours. We have lost two or three pieces of artillery. Firing was very heavy. You must attack in the morning and in force. The ground is horrid, unknown to us, and no room for development. Couldn't use our artillery at all; fired but few shots. Push in on to them until we can have time to do something. We will try to get a position on our right which will take Iuka. W. S. Rosecrans, Brig<
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
ication with Admiral Porter, and arrange with him for his cooperation . Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. I will hold the forces here in readiness to cooperate with you in such manner as the movements of the enemy may make necessary. Leave the District of Memphis in the command of an efficient officer, and with a garrison of four regiments of infantry, the siege guns, and whatever cavalry may be there. U. S. Grant, Major-General. and Grant having been authorized, in compliance with his request, to assume command of all the troops then in Mississippi, belonging to the Department of Arkansas, directed them to report to Sherman, whom he dispatched on the 8th, to Memphis. Porter was informed of the plan, and was requested to cooperate. Sherman was instructed to move with all celerity, and informed, that I will hold the troops here in readiness to cooperate with you in such manner as the movements of
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
use of dredging-machines, The following correspondence contains the only suggestion made by General Halleck to Grant during this portion of the Vicksburg campaign: February 18. Cannot dredge-boats be used with advantage in the canal? There are four lying idle at Louisville, belonging to Barton, Robinson & Co., contractors. H. W. Halleck, General-in-chief. February 17. We have one dredging-machine here, and another ordered. More than two could not be advantageously used. U. S. Grant, Major-General. to widen and deepen the main canal. The design was, to allow a passage for vessels with a breadth of beam of sixty feet, and a draught of eight or nine. The troops who were engaged for two months on the canal, were encamped immediately on its west bank, and protected from possible inundation by a levee; but the continued rise in the river made a large expenditure of labor necessary to keep the water out of the camps and canal. The work was tedious and difficult, and s
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 13: (search)
which their country did not fail to bestow. Grant had given all his generals in East Tennessee rt of Grant's plans. On the 20th of January, Grant said to Halleck: It was a great oversight, in outh, was in reality past. About Christmas, Grant went in person to Knoxville, to inspect the co The same letter contained an exposition of Grant's plan of campaign for the following spring. spring. To cooperate with this movement, said Grant, you want to keep up the appearance of preparaston, in the direction of Mobile. On the 5th, Grant was back at Nashville; and, the next day, recee year. Further news from Schofield decided Grant that it would be unadvisable to make the conte home by way of Nashville, and urged them upon Grant. Schofield's possession of that portion of EaSchofield agreed in these views of Foster; and Grant, thinking the reasons sufficient, gave orders as falling back on his. On the 2d of March, Grant got word through rebel sources of Sherman's su[25 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 14: (search)
situation need of one real head to the army Grant made lieutenant-general his predecessors in that grade action of the government Grant's quiescence instructions to Sherman private correspondence between Grant and Sherman dispatches from Halleck journey to Washington arrival Presentaton of commission speeches of President and of Grant. Early in 1864, the civil war in America hathe President approved the bill, and nominated Grant to the office; and on the 2d, the Senate confito command the armies of the United States. Grant had but two predecessors in this exalted rankwas one hundred and seventeen to nineteen. Grant himself used no influence, wrote no line, spok March, Halleck sent the following dispatch to Grant: The Secretary of War directs that you will red, while en route to Washington. The next day Grant started for the capital. At the same time h I will find time just now. Your friend, U. S. Grant Major-General. Sherman received this le[3 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter I. (search)
alizing in the extreme, and is apt to make open enemies where they would not otherwise exist. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. headquarters, District southeast Missouri, Cairo, November 5, 1861. Br from this command. I will leave here tomorrow night, and will land some twelve miles below. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General commanding. Cairo, November 6, 1861. Colonel R. J. Oglesby, commanding point to Columbus, from which there is a road to that place, communicate with me at Belmont. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. Cairo, November 6, 1861. Colonel W. H. L. Wallace, Bird's Point, Missohe main column. There you will find sufficient transportation to release the pressed wagons. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. Special order. on board steamer Belle of Memphis, November 7, 1861, 2e rebel batteries. The point of debarkation will be designated by Captain Walke, commanding naval forces. By order of U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter II. (search)
souri, St. Louis, January 6, 1862. Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, Cairo, Ill.: I wish you to makouri, St. Louis, January 30, 1862. Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, Cairo, Ill.: You will immediatouri, St. Louis, February 1, 1862. Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, Cairo, Ill.: You are authorizeooters, on board the gunboats. By order: U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General commanding. Grant's Rl commanding the department, I remain, etc. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. Field order for Margiven on the field. By order of Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, commanding. John A. Rawlins, Assiner, Brigadier-General C. S. A. To Brigadier-General U. S. Grant, commanding United States Forces nery respectfully, Your obedient servant, U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General commanding. General Bnders of divisions and brigades, to follow. U. S. Grant, Brigadier-General. Grant's congratulatoht the battle will live in the memory of a grateful people. U. S. Grant, Major-General commanding.
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