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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
's and French's divisions time to reunite in the city of Jackson, so as to dispute with them the passage of Pearl River. Not having been able to forestall the Federals on the banks of the Big Black, he was waiting for them a little in the rear, Starke occupying, with two guns, the battlefield of Champion's Hill, and another brigade Jefferson Davis' plantation on the road followed by Hurlbut. Winslow's cavalry had, on the evening of the 3d, taken possession of a bridge on Baker's Creek at the foot of Champion's Hill, and McPherson, who had bivouacked at Edwards' Depot, had but to deploy on the morning of the 4th a few regiments of Crocker's division to dislodge Starke and open a passage for himself. During that time Hurlbut was also overcoming the resistance against him, and the two Federal columns, pushing vigorously the enemy before them, reached a point beyond Fleetwood and Bolton in the evening. The following day, the 5th, they encountered each other at Clinton after a brisk sk