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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff. (search)
from Camden; Shelby's and Greene's brigades at Camden. To meet the movement of the enemy I made thejoin, looking northward. He wished to move to Camden, but he could not leave a force so near on the4th, we were in his front, fourteen miles from Camden, at the junction of the Prairie d'anne and Camp Bragg and Camden and Washington roads, having marched sixty miles. That evening, night and the nexanne and Washington road to the Camp Bragg and Camden road, and encamped eight miles from Camden. CCamden. Colonel Lawther fought the enemy's advance in gallant style to the town, and encamped as directed. That night the enemy occupied Camden. Such were the operations of my command up to the entrance of Steele's army into Camden. For over three weeks no day passed without hard marching and fighting; had moved out on the Prairie d'anne road from Camden I wrote to General Fagan for assistance, as I Crawford to intersect the road ten miles from Camden, for the other troops to enter the road at Poi[11 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Campaign against Steele in April, 1864. (search)
west of Washington, and sixty-six miles from Camden; Shelby's and Greene's brigades at Camden. ToTate's Bluff, twenty-three miles northwest of Camden, at the junction of the Little Missouri with ten miles northeast of Princeton (47 miles from Camden), and on the 28th March, with Greene's brigadehed the point where the roads from Washington, Camden and Louisville join, looking northward. He wiand Camden road, and encamped eight miles from Camden. Colonel Lawther fought the enemy's advance ied as directed. That night the enemy occupied Camden. Such were the operations of my command up to the entrance of Steele's army into Camden. For over three weeks no day passed without hard march had moved out on the Prairie d'anne road from Camden I wrote to General Fagan for assistance, as I Crawford to intersect the road ten miles from Camden, for the other troops to enter the road at Poison Springs, fifteen miles from Camden, at 8 o'clock next morning. This plan was agreed upon. With[11 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Nathan Hale of Arkansas—David O. Dodd. (search)
out again for your use, as my memory may best serve me. On the 10th day of September, 1863, the Confederate commander of this district, Major-General Sterling Price, evacuated Little Rock, and went into winter-quarters eighteen miles west of Camden, on the Ouachita river. The enemy, under Major-General Steele, occupied our capital on the afternoon of the same day, and at once established garrisons at several points on Arkansas river. The father of David O. Dodd, our hero, had refugeed witad not reached military age. Of course David could not pass the Confederate pickets on Saline river without a pass from Confederate headquarters. General James F. Fagan was at that time in command of the Confederate cavalry, with headquarters in Camden, on the Ouachita, some ninety miles south of Little Rock. General Fagan's home was in Saline county, and the General had known young Dodd from his infancy. He promptly gave him a pass to go beyond the Confederate lines, and jocularly remarked t