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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance of Van Dorn and Price-Price enters Iuka --battle of Iuka (search)
his force constituted my left wing, of which Rosecrans was in command. General [E. O. C.] Ord comm triumphant. Up to the 11th of September Rosecrans still had troops on the railroad east of Cornear 8,000 men, General Ord in command. General Rosecrans commanded the district of Corinth with ad reach Corinth or go to his relief. General Rosecrans had previously had his headquarters at I and attack Price from the north-west, while Rosecrans was to move eastward from his position southo hold his position until the next morning. Rosecrans was to be up by the morning of the 19th on tn assault. I immediately sent Ord a copy of Rosecrans' dispatch and ordered him to be in readinessBurnsville and the position then occupied by Rosecrans and the country was impassable for a man on rom the south-west must be up by that time. Rosecrans, however had put no troops upon the Fulton rattle of Iuka-but I had so high an opinion of General Rosecrans that I found no fault at the time. [5 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Van Dorn's movements-battle of Corinth-command of the Department of the Tennessee (search)
neral McPherson, who was at Jackson, to join Rosecrans at Corinth with reinforcements picked up alodashing attack, hoping, no doubt, to capture Rosecrans before his reinforcements could come up. In were built after Halleck's departure enabled Rosecrans to hold his position until the troops of botthe rebel flank and got in to the support of Rosecrans just after the repulse. His approach, as wewn to the enemy and had a moral effect. General Rosecrans, however, failed to follow up the victore possibly been. Even when he did start, if Rosecrans had followed the route taken by the enemy, hplish anything by pursuit as past and, after Rosecrans reached Jonesboro, I ordered him to return. nquired why not pursue? Upon this I ordered Rosecrans back. Had he gone much farther he would hav and 232 missing. The enemy lost many more. Rosecrans reported 1,423 dead and 2,225 prisoners. We ma and Texas. The same day [October 24] General Rosecrans was relieved from duty with my command, [2 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign against Vicksburg-Employing the freedmen-occupation of Holly Springs-Sherman ordered to Memphis-Sherman's movements down the Mississippi-Van Dorn captures Holly Springs-collecting forage and food (search)
together. Murphy was also warned of Van Dorn's approach, but made no preparations to meet him. He did not even notify his command. Colonel Murphy was the officer who, two months before, had evacuated Iuka on the approach of the enemy. General Rosecrans denounced him for the act and desired to have him tried and punished. I sustained the colonel at the time because his command was a small one compared with that of the enemy — not one-tenth as large-and I thought he had done well to get awHis leaving large stores to fall into Price's possession I looked upon as an oversight and excused it on the ground of inexperience in military matters. He should, however, have destroyed them. This last surrender demonstrated to my mind that Rosecrans' judgment of Murphy's conduct at Iuka was correct. The surrender of Holly Springs was most reprehensible and showed either the disloyalty of Colonel Murphy to the cause which he professed to serve, or gross cowardice. After the war was ove
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg (search)
cleared on which the troops were to be encamped, and tents and cooking utensils were brought up. The troops had been without these from the time of crossing the Mississippi up to this time. All was now ready for the pick and spade. Prentiss and Hurlbut were ordered to send forward every man that could be spared. Cavalry especially was wanted to watch the fords along the Big Black, and to observe Johnston. I knew that Johnston was receiving reinforcements from Bragg, who was confronting Rosecrans in Tennessee. Vicksburg was so important to the enemy that I believed he would make the most strenuous efforts to raise the siege, even at the risk of losing ground elsewhere. My line was more than fifteen miles long, extending from Haines' Bluff to Vicksburg, thence to Warrenton. The line of the enemy was about seven. In addition to this, having an enemy at Canton and Jackson, in our rear, who was being constantly reinforced, we required a second line of defence facing the other wa
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Retrospect of the campaign-sherman's movements-proposed movement upon Mobile-a painful accident-ordered to report at Cairo (search)
Orleans, Halleck telegraphed to me to send all available forces to Memphis and thence to Tuscumbia, to co-operate with Rosecrans for the relief of Chattanooga. On the 15th [17th] he telegraphed again for all available forces to go to Rosecrans. TRosecrans. This was received on the 27th. I was still confined to my bed, unable to rise from it without assistance; but I at once ordered Sherman to send one division to Memphis as fast as transports could be provided. The division of McPherson's corps, whiche had still the equivalent. Before the receipt by me of these orders the battle of Chickamauga had been fought and Rosecrans forced back into Chattanooga. The administration as well as the General-in-chief was nearly frantic at the situation of affairs there. Mr. Charles A. Dana, an officer of the War Department, was sent to Rosecrans' headquarters. I do not know what his instructions were, but he was still in Chattanooga when I arrived there at a later period. It seems that Hallec
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, First meeting with Secretary Stanton-General Rosecrans-Commanding military division of Mississippi-Andrew Johnson's Address-arrival at Chattanooga (search)
First meeting with Secretary Stanton-General Rosecrans-Commanding military division of Mississippnders as they were, while the other relieved Rosecrans and assigned Thomas to his place. I accepteuently wrote General Halleck suggesting that Rosecrans should move against Bragg. By so doing he wps were sent from every available point. Rosecrans had very skilfully manoeuvred Bragg south ofought on the 19th and 20th of September, and Rosecrans was badly defeated, with a heavy loss in arteorge H. Thomas stood its ground, while Rosecrans, with Crittenden and McCook, returned to Chature or demoralization. All supplies for Rosecrans had to be brought from Nashville. The railrg to the position of Bragg, all supplies for Rosecrans had to be hauled by a circuitous route northf the Mississippi, and telegraphed it to General Rosecrans. I then telegraphed to him the order frt, reaching Stevenson, Alabama, after dark. Rosecrans was there on his way north. He came into my[11 more...]
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Assuming the command at Chattanooga-opening a line of supplies-battle of Wauhatchie-on the picket line (search)
d was besieged. The enemy had stopped with his cavalry north of the river the passing of a train loaded with ammunition and medical supplies. The Union army was short of both, not having ammunition enough for a day's fighting. General Halleck had, long before my coming into this new field, ordered parts of the 11th and 12th corps, commanded respectively by Generals [0. 0.] Howard and [Henry W.] Slocum, [Joseph] Hooker in command of the whole, from the Army of the Potomac to reinforce Rosecrans. It would have been folly to send them to Chattanooga to help eat up the few rations left there. They were consequently left on the railroad, where supplies could be brought to them. Before my arrival, Thomas ordered their concentration at Bridgeport. General W. F. Smith had been so instrumental in preparing for the move which I was now about to make, and so clear in his judgment about the manner of making it, that I deemed it but just to him that he should have command of the troop
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign in Georgia-Sherman's March to the sea-war anecdotes-the March on Savannah- investment of Savannah-capture of Savannah (search)
ld go north, as he did. On the 2d of November I telegraphed Sherman authorizing him definitely to move according to the plan he had proposed: that is, cutting loose from his base, giving up Atlanta and the railroad back to Chattanooga. To strengthen Thomas he sent Stanley (4th corps) back, and also ordered Schofield, commanding the Army of the Ohio, twelve thousand strong, to report to him. In addition to this, A. J. Smith, who, with two divisions of Sherman's army, was in Missouri aiding Rosecrans in driving the enemy from that State, was under orders to return to Thomas and, under the most unfavorable circumstances, might be expected to arrive there long before Hood could reach Nashville. In addition to this, the new levies of troops that were being raised in the North-west went to Thomas as rapidly as enrolled and equipped. Thomas, without any of these additions spoken of, had a garrison at Chattanooga — which had been strengthened by one division-and garrisons at Bridgeport,