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Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 133 5 Browse Search
Col. John C. Moore, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.2, Missouri (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 99 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 98 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 93 3 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 78 2 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 67 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 55 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 39 1 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 33 5 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 31 3 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 4.14 (search)
ed because it was the order of my superior at the time. General Halleck's instructions for this movement were promulgated during January and February, 1864.--editors. By direction of Halleck I had reenforced Banks with a corps of about ten thousand men from Sherman's command. This reenforcement was wanted back badly before the forward movement commenced. But Banks had got so far that it seemed best that he should take Shreveport, on the Red River, and turn over the line of that river to Steele, who commanded in Arkansas, to hold instead of the line of the Arkansas. Orders were given accordingly, and with the expectation that the campaign would be ended in time for Banks to return A. J. Smith's command to where it belonged, The 10,000 troops under General A. J. Smith that had been thus detached belonged to the 16th and 17th corps (Sherman's army), at the time (March, 1864,) in the Mississippi Valley. Portions of these corps subsequently joined Sherman and Thomas. See also pap
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Red River campaign. (search)
this time it was to be on a larger scale, for Steele was also to advance to the Red River from the Banks to communicate with General Sherman, General Steele, and Admiral Porter, it may be enough to oanks, Sherman, and Porter should meet those of Steele within the enemy's lines at Shreveport, where, within three hundred miles of either Banks or Steele, while the two Federal commanders, separated fl arms, of whom Sherman was to furnish 10,000, Steele 15,000, and Banks 17,000, it is obvious that bas done by General Gillmore in Florida and General Steele in Arkansas, only that more attention was s. Kirby Smith now determined to move against Steele in Arkansas; accordingly, during the 10th and aken the whole of Taylor's force to go against Steele in Arkansas, except Polignac's division, reducgton to aid in repelling Early's invasion. Of Steele's operations, since they belong to another chaconcentrating all the rest of his army against Steele, forced him to retreat to Little Rock. On b[1 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in Arkansas, April 20, 1864. (search)
The opposing forces in Arkansas, April 20, 1864. The Union Army. Department of Arkansas, Maj.-Gen. Frederick Steele. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Frederick Salomon. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel A. Rice: 50th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Samuel T. Wells; 29th Iowa, Col. Thomas H. Benton, Jr.; 33d Iowa, Col. Cyrus H. Mackey; 9th Wis., Col. Charles E. Salomon. Second Brigade, Col. William E. McLean: 43d Ind., Maj. Wesley W. Norris; 36th Iowa, Col. C. W. Kittredge; 77th Ohio, Col. William B. Mason. Third Brigade, Col. Adolph Engelmann: 43d Ill., Lieut.-Col. Adolph Dengler; 40th Iowa, Col. John A. Garrett; 27th Wis., Col. Conrad Krez. Artillery: Ill. Battery, Capt. T. F. Vaughn; 3d Iowa, Lieut. M. C. Wright; K, 1st Mo., Capt. James Marr; E, 2d Mo., Lieut. Charles Peetz. frontier division, Brig.-Gen. John M. Thayer. First Brigade, Col. John Edwards: 1st Ark., Lieut.-Col. E. J. Searle; 2d Ark., Maj. M. L. Stephenson; 18th Iowa, Capt. William M. Duncan; 2d Ind. Battery, Lieut. Hugh Espey.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 6.49 (search)
to move toward General Price, and, as soon as Steele advanced, to join Price with his whole command soldier in the department was put in front of Steele or in support of Taylor. The enemy was operwas engaged in holding in check the advance of Steele, whose column, according to our information, dy command was instructed to delay the march of Steele's column whilst the concentration was being maforce. It seemed probable at this time that Steele would advance first. When he reached Prairie y, under Churchill, a few days at Shreveport. Steele's hesitation and the reports of the advance off the river until he evacuated Grand Ecore. Steele was still slowly advancing from the Little Mistain his fleet there until we could dispose of Steele, when the entire force of the department wouldnst him. I confidently hoped, if I could reach Steele with my infantry, to beat him at a distance frissouri divisions of infantry, I moved against Steele's column in Arkansas. Steele entered Camden, [3 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Resume of military operations in Missouri and Arkansas, 1864-65. (search)
th by General Blunt, and of Little Rock by General Steele, early in September, 1863 [see The conquesuring the winter of 1863-64 the forces of Generals Steele and Blunt held the Arkansas River as a Fe under General Banks and the columns under General Steele from Little Rock and Fort Smith should coneveport, Louisiana. The Federal columns under Steele left Little Rock and Fort Smith the latter par In the midst of these successful operations, Steele received information that Banks's army had beeetreat of General Banks on Red River . . . General Steele determined to fall back to the Arkansas Riough to fight the combined Confederate forces, Steele determined to fall back upon Little Rock. He ost impassable swamp on the opposite side held Steele's forces until his trains were crossed over on with heavy loss and withdrew from the field. Steele crossed the river without further opposition a Missouri numbered some 15,000 This follows Steele's report, but Colonel Snead, of Price's staff,[1 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Land operations against Mobile. (search)
e, where the Tensas leaves it. The movement was made in two columns: one from Dauphine Island, under Canby himself, the other from Pensacola, under Major-General Frederick Steele. Canby's own force was about 32,000 strong, and consisted of Veatch's and Benton's divisions and Bertram's brigade of the reorganized Thirteenth Corpditors. under Major-General Gordon Granger, the Sixteenth Corps, under A. J. Smith, and a siege train under Brigadier-General Richard Arnold, chief-of-artillery. Steele's force was composed of C. C. Andrews's division of the Thirteenth Corps (except Bertram's brigade), Hawkins's division of colored troops, and Lucas's brigade of ring the night the garrison made good its retreat, with the loss of about 500 prisoners captured. Nearly fifty guns fell into the possession of the besiegers. Steele set out from Pensacola on the 20th of March, and, as if Montgomery were his object, moved first to Pollard on the Escambia, fifty miles to the northward of Pensac