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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 6.79 (search)
en of Commodore Porter's mortar-boats, or bombers, as they were rather familiarly called, were now lying at anchor. After the failure of the attack by Farragut and Porter's fleets on the 28th of June, Farragut sent an urgent appeal for aid to Halleck, at Corinth, saying: My orders, General, are to clear the river. This I find impossible without your assistance. Can you aid me in this matter to carry out the peremptory order of the President? Unfortunately, Halleck's army was broken up; heHalleck's army was broken up; he was sending reenforcements to Curtis and Buell, and was being asked to send 25,000 men to McClellan. The Confederates, however, were able to send 10,000 men to the support of the defenders. Finally the Arkansas came out of the Yazoo and put an end to the operations, and the two fleets turned their backs on each other and on Vicksburg, and on the 26th of July, abandoning the canal, the troops landed once more at Baton Rouge. Overwork, malaria, and scurvy, the result of privation, had done
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Notes on the Chickamauga campaign. (search)
e objects committed to the Army of the Cumberland, and General Halleck planned two widely separated movements toward their ac halted there till the 16th of August, and between him and Halleck the question of delay was renewed with spirit. Rosecrans and if General Bragg had perceived the advantage to him of Halleck's error, I am sure that the peremptory order by which Roset the events of the last sixty days did not suggest to General Halleck concentrations that must have ended the war in 1863. have saved us the slaughter and the expense of 1864. But Halleck only ordered Burnside to reenforce Rosecrans. Burnside, t force of importance, failed utterly to obey the orders of Halleck, as well as the plain suggestions of the situation. Up his prudence, not his impetuosity, should have increased. Halleck, himself deceived, misled Rosecrans, who judged that his pnned movements were not, until too late, even suspected by Halleck, who sent us the report that Bragg was reenforcing Lee!
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 9.97 (search)
o raise the siege. I frequently wrote to General Halleck suggesting that Rosecrans should move agaere, or lay Chattanooga open to capture. General Halleck strongly approved the suggestion, and finry available point. On the 13th of September Halleck telegraphed me to send all available forces tnt of their line. On the 29th of September Halleck telegraphed me the above results, and directeft Vicksburg, except the suggestion in one of Halleck's dispatches that I had better go to Nashvilllegraphed to Washington this night, notifying Halleck of my arrival, and asking to have Sherman assong before my coming into this new field, General Halleck had ordered parts of the Eleventh and Twe The President, the Secretary of War, and General Halleck were in an agony of suspense. My suspens. Many thanks to all. Remember Burnside. Halleck also telegraphed: I congratulate you on t be sent to Burnside if he could hold out; to Halleck I sent an announcement of our victory, and in
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