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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 9: events at Nashville, Columbus, New Madrid, Island number10, and Pea Ridge. (search)
growth of heavy timber, Through this timber a way, at an average of fifty feet in width, was cut by sawing off trees, in some places four feet under water. was completed; April 4, 1862. a wonderful monument to the engineering skill and indomitable perseverance of the Americans. Report of General Pope to General Halleck, April 9, 1862. Statement of General Hamilton to the author, June 7, 1868. In the mean time Foote had not been idle, as Beauregard's electrograph attested. The upper (Rucker's Battery) or number one of the seven forts on Constructing the Canal. in this picture the accompanying gun-barges are seen to the right and left of the steamer. the Kentucky shore had received his special attention, and on the night of the 1st of April an expedition to take it by storm was set in motion under the command of Colonel Roberts of the Forty-second Illinois, who was accompanied by only forty of his men. They went in five boats manned by armed crews picked from the steamers