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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
boats and field guns responded vigorously, but in fifteen minutes gunboats, transports, barges, stores and government warehouses were in flames. Everything was consumed by fire. Forrest's three 4-gun batteries were magnified by the Federal Captain Howland into thirtysix pieces of artillery, twenty of them 20-pounder Parrotts. The work of the expedition was completed, and the Confederates marched six miles after night, guided by the light of the fire at Johnsonville. In a campaign of two weeks the forces of Forrest had captured and destroyed 4 gunboats, 14 transports, 20 barges, 26 pieces of artillery, and millions of dollars worth of property, with 150 prisoners captured. Captain Howland (Federal) reported that one million dollars would cover the loss of property at Johnsonville. On the 10th, Forrest's cavalry reached Corinth, Miss., and under orders the commanding general put himself in communication with General Hood, who was preparing to enter upon his disastrous campaig