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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 3: (search)
s' division arrived and camped on my left, and afterward McClernand's and W. H. L. Wallace's divisions were formed in a linebegun the ascent; also sent staff officers to notify Generals McClernand and Prentiss of the coming blow. Indeed, McClernandMcClernand had already sent three regiments to the support of my left flank, and they were in position when the onset came. In a fe General Hurlbut; so did his own division. The lines of McClernand and Prentiss were selected by Colonel McPherson. I willsistant-Adjutant-General, was finished, notices from Generals McClernand's and Sherman's Assistant-Adjutant-Generals were recy which we had all day been expecting Lew. Wallace; that McClernand was on my left, Hurlbut on his left, and so on. But Buele thousand good men still left in line, and thought that McClernand had as many more, and that with what was left of Hurlbut. On the morning of April 6, 1862, the five divisions of McClernand, Prentiss, Hurlbut, W. H. L. Wallace, and Sherman aggreg
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 5: (search)
with his failure: War Department, Washington, December 18, 1862. Major-General Grant, Oxford, Miss. * * * * It is the wish of the President that General McClernand's corps shall constitute a part of the river expedition, and that he shall have the immediate command, under your direction. H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chis front, the expedition was abandoned, with a total loss of about two thousand men in killed and wounded. On returning to the mouth of the Yazoo, Sherman found McClernand there with orders to relieve him. He thus concludes his account: Still my relief, on the heels of a failure, raised the usual cry at the North of repulsergan was assigned to an equal command with General Sherman, namely, that of the First Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Sherman taking the Second Corps, while General McClernand succeeded him in command of the army. It would be difficult to find material for more severe criticisms of the statements made in the Memoirs, concerning