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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
ed; that Vicksburg was strongly fortified and held by about 6,000 men under General Smith; while he had confronting Grant, including cavalry and artillery, about 22,er 21st and 22d they inspected its defenses. While there Generals Johnston and Smith agreed upon an estimate of the additional force needed for the defense of the d on December 22d General Johnston addressed a letter to Mr. Davis inclosing General Smith's letter (of estimates) to him. In this letter among other things, Generssed a letter to Gen. T. H. Holmes, inclosing copies of Generals Johnston's and Smith's letters to himself, and after pressing upon him his own as well as General JoChristmas day General Sherman had his forces, consisting of the divisions of A. J. Smith, Morgan L. Smith, George W. Morgan and Frederick Steele, embracing 30,000 mend three deserted; total, 124. During the same day an assault was made by A. J. Smith at the sand-bar, where General Barton, who had arrived with his brigade, was
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
th, which was said to be 15,000 to 20,000 men. Gen. A. J. Smith's division, which had returned from the Red rirs came to Sherman from Grant before Petersburg that Smith must find Forrest, whip him and follow him as long a making his dash at the United States capital, Gen. A. J. Smith's expedition set out from La Grange to enter Fissippi had come to be called in the Federal camps. Smith had with him two infantry divisions: Grierson's cavae a demonstration on his left flank. Soon afterward Smith began a retreat, accounted for in his reports by the. He was soon called upon to contest the advance of Smith with three divisions from La Grange, Tenn., upon Oxfrted. The main body arrived on the 24th under Gen. A. J. Smith, and burned 34 stores and business houses, theo hotels, a number of shops and five residences, General Smith superintending the burning and refusing citizensstration of his daring and ability Forrest compelled Smith's army to abandon its advance to the interior and tu