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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
that of others, and for that purpose a large portion of his forces had moved southward, and at the beginning of December had taken post between Holly Springs and Coldwater, on the two railways diverging from Grenada, in Mississippi, and the Tallahatchee River, behind which lay the Confederates in strength. There he was prepared to co-operate with the National forces westward of the Mississippi, and on the river below. That we may have a clear understanding of the relations of these co-operatinosition of the National troops westward of the Mississippi toward the close of the year 1862, destined to co-operate with the army of General Grant against Vicksburg. We left the latter encamped between Holly Springs and Coldwater, and the Tallahatchee River. See page 524. Let us leave this region for a while, and follow Rosecrans to his new field of operations after his splendid victory at Corinth. Rosecrans found the Army of the Ohio, now the Army of the Cumberland, in a sad condition.
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 21: slavery and Emancipation.--affairs in the Southwest. (search)
te cavalry from Lamar, on the railway southward of him. It was accomplished, and the Confederates were gradually pushed back to Holly Springs, on the same railway. it was now evident that the Confederates intended to hold the line of the Tallahatchee River, for there Pemberton had concentrated his forces and cast up fortifications. Grant at once prepared to dislodge them, and on the 20th of November he moved toward Holly Springs with his main body, Hamilton's division in the advance. In theck upon Vicksburg in the rear, with a strong force, and for that purpose the fleet and army passed up the Yazoo (which, in a great bend, sweeps: round within a few miles of Vicksburg the Yazoo River is a deep and narrow stream formed by the Tallahatchee and Yallobusha Rivers, which unite in Carroll County, Mississippi. It runs through an extremely fertile alluvial plain.) twelve miles, to Johnston's Landing, the troops debarking Dec. 26, 1862. at points in that vicinity along the space of t
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
At the same time other troops were employed in the more promising labor of opening a way for light-draft gun-boats and transports with troops from the Mississippi, near Milliken's Bend, through Moon Lake into Yazoo Pass, the Cold Water and Tallahatchee rivers, and so into the Yazoo, or River of Death, Yazoo is the Choctaw word for River of Death. This stream was so named by the Indians, because of the fatal malarious fevers that brooded along its borders. which is formed by the TallahatcheeTallahatchee and Yallobusha rivers. Grant hoped to have his troops reach the Yazoo safely, and make another attempt, in connection with the gun-boats, to carry Haines's Bluff and press on to Vicksburg, as Sherman had desired to do. It was reported that the Confederates were building gunboats and transports on those two chief affluents of the Yazoo, and the destruction of these was an important object of the proposed expedition. About five thousand men were assigned to the Yazoo expedition. It was led b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vicksburg, siege of (search)
Vicksburg, siege of A noteworthy military operation that began at the close of 1862 and ended early in July following. The Confederates had blockaded the Mississippi River by planting heavy batteries on bluffs at Vicksburg and Port Hudson. These formed connections between the Confederates on each side of that stream, and it was important to break those connections. To this end General Grant concentrated his forces near the Tallahatchee River, in northern Mississippi, where Generals Hovey and Washburne had been operating with troops which they had led from Helena, Ark. Grant had gathered a large quantity of supplies at Holley Springs, which, through carelessness or treachery, had fallen (Dec. 20, 1862) into the hands of Gen. Earl Van Dorn, and he was compelled to fall back to Grand Junction to save his army. Taking advantage of this movement, a large Confederate force under Lieut.-Gen. J. C. Pemberton had been gathered at Vicksburg for the protection of that post. On the d
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Mississippi, 1862 (search)
Nov. 28: Skirmish, Junction Coldwater and Tallahatchie RiversINDIANA--1st Cavalry. Nov. 28-29: Skirmishes, Holly SpringsKANSAS--7th Cavalry. Nov. 29: Skirmish, OrizabaMICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Nov. 29: Skirmish, Holly SpringsMICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Nov. 29-30: Skirmishes, Waterford or Lumpkin's MillsILLINOIS--7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS 7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 4. Nov. 30: Skirmish, ChulahomaIOWA--6th Infantry. Nov. 30: Skirmish, TallahatchieINDIANA--11th Infantry. Nov. 30: Affair, Tallahatchie RiverINDIANA--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Destruction Steamer "Half Moon." Dec. 1: Skirmish, Hudsonville(No Reports). Dec. 1: Action, OxfordMICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Dec. 1: Skirmish on Yocknapatalfa near Mitchell's Cross RoadsILLINOIS--9th Cavalry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry; 11th and 24th Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 28th and 30th Infantry. Dec. 1-3: Skirmishes about OxfordILLINOIS--4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery "G" 2d Light
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
148, 153, 422, 423, 425. Sumter, Fort, 164, 165, 177. Sun, New York, 379-382, 384, 386, 388, 392, 393-395, 397-399, 404, 405, 408, 409, 414-417, 419, 423-425, 427, 428, 430, 431, 433, 438, 439, 443-446, 453, 458, 459, 461, 465, 466, 468-471, 475-478, 484, 490, 495, 511, 514, 515. Sunflower Bayou, 207. Swedenborg, 27, 28, 56, 451. Swift, Lindsay, 47. Swinton, John, 496. Swinton, William, Decisive Battles, 371. Sykes, General, 249. Symposium, 35. Syracuse, 138. T. Tallahatchee River, 207. Tallapoosa, 416. Tammany, 425, 427, 448, 449. Tax on bonds, 400. Taylor, Bayard, 123, 132, 133, 177. Taylor, General, 99, 236. Tennessee, 232. Tennessee River, 204, 233, 268,291. Terry, Judge, kills Senator Broderick, 153. Thiers, 66-68, 72. Thomas, General George H., 189, 256, 259, 261, 262, 264, 267,271, 275, 276, 279, 280-283, 285, 291, 292, 293, 297, 314, 339, 349,350, 351, 353, 367. Thompson, Jacob, 358. Thucydides, 56. Tilden, Samuel J., 442, 443,
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
aid from La Grange, Tenn., April 22, 1863. （560-580) Mentioned in Gen. Daniel Ruggles' report of May 13th. （690) Commended in General Ruggles' report of action at King's Creek, near Tupelo, Miss. (691) Col. J. Cunningham, in his report of action at King's creek, May 5th, says: Two killed. （692) Mentioned by Maj. W. A. Hewlett, May 5th. （693) Mentioned in Col. C. R. Barteau's report of King's Creek, May 8th. No. 37—（483) General Ruggles, in his report of fight at Rocky Crossing, Tallahatchee river, June 20, 1863, says: Col. C. R. Barteau's Second Tennessee, Col. William Boyle's First Alabama, and R. H. Earle's Second Alabama regiments of cavalry vied with each other in pressing the enemy home. No. 38—（291) Gen. G. M. Dodge, May 9, 1863, says: The Second Alabama arrived at Okolona from Pensacola. （326) Mentioned as near Okolona, May 18th. （733) Maj. W. M. Inge's battalion ordered to report to Brigadier-General Chalmers, April 10th. （796) Col. C. R. Barteau, A
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Recollections of campaign against Grant in North Mississippi in 1862-63. (search)
were defending those bluffs, were not aware of it. It is well to append here the following report of General W. T. Sherman on his operations during the campaign of 1862-63: On September 24th, 1862, by Major-General Grant's order, took command of the first district of West Tennessee. November 25th, pursuant to orders of General Grant, moved out of Memphis for Tchulahoma (?) to report to him at Holly Springs, to attack and drive the enemy, then in force along the line of the Tallehatchie river. December 3d crossed the Tallehatchie at Wyatt's, and December 5th met General Grant at Oxford, Mississippi. By his order returned to Memphis December 12th, leaving all my command but one division. Organized out of the new troops there and at Helena, Arkansas, a special command to move by water, and by a sudden coup-de-main, carry Vicksburg. Embarked December 20th, and from December 25th to January 1st, 1863, made repeated attacks on the bluffs between Vicksburg and Haines's Bluff,