Named Entity Results, Donaldsonville (Louisiana, United States)

he Twenty-fourth Corps. As the Eighteenth Corps was to remain in Virginia with the Army, it 13 difficult to understand what good season the War Department could have had for thus wiping out the honored name under which the corps had fought so long and well. Nineteenth Corps. Baton Rouge Georgia Landing Bayou Teche Fort Bisland Irish Bend Plains' Store assault on Port Hudson, May 27th assault on Port Hudson, June 14th Port Hudson Trenches Thibodeaux Brashear City Donaldsonville Sabine Cross Roads Pleasant Hill Cane River Cloutierville Alexandria Mansura Yellow Bayou Atchafalaya Berry ville Opequon Fisher's Hill Cedar Creek. Organized under General Order No. 5, dated at Washington, Jan. 5, 1863:--By direction of the President, the troops in the Department of the Gulf will constitute the Nineteenth Army Corps, to date from December 14, 1862, and Mtajor-General N. P. Banks is assigned to the command. At this time the troops of the Nineteenth Corp

Morgan's Raid, Ky.             July 4, 1863.             25th Michigan ------------ ---------- 6 23 -- 29 20th Kentucky ------------ ---------- 5 16 -- 21 Helena, Ark.             July 4, 1863.             33d Iowa Salomon's Thirteenth 19 50 16 85 33d Missouri Salomon's Thirteenth 16 25 9 50 Hagerstown, Md.             July 6, 1863.             18th Penn. Cavalry Kilpatrick's Cavalry 8 21 59 88 1st Vermont Cavalry Kilpatrick's Cavalry 6 14 63 83 Donaldsonville, La.             July 13, 1863.             174th New York Grover's Nineteenth 18 29 7 54 30th Massachusetts Grover's Nineteenth 8 39 1 48 161st New York Grover's Nineteenth 7 39 7 53 falling Waters, Md.             July 14, 1863.             6th Michigan Cavalry Kilpatrick's Cavalry 23 33 23 79 Shephardstown, Md.             July 16, 1863.             16th Penn. Cavalry Gregg's Cavalry 5 19 -- 2

illiamsport, Md 14 37 69 120 July 7-9 Cavalry engagement.Boonsborough, Md 8 54 18 80 July 11 Cavalry engagement.Hagerstown, Md 5 31 13 49 July 12 Funkstown, Md 14 77 6 97 July 14 Cavalry engagement.Falling Waters, Md 31 58 32 121 July 16 Cavalry engagement.Shepherdstown, Va 8 72 24 104 July 11 Assault on Fort Wagner, S. C 49 123 167 339 July 18 Assault on Fort Wagner, S. C 246 880 389 1,515 July -- Siege of Fort Wagner, S. C 71 278 9 358 July 13 Donaldsonville, La 56 223 186 465 July 21 Cavalry engagement.Manassas Gap, Va 9 12 8 29 July 23 Wapping Heights, Va 20 83 -- 103 Aug. 1 Cavalry engagement.Brandy Station, Va 21 104 20 145 Aug. 26, 27 Cavalry engagement.White Sulphur Springs, Va 26 125 67 218 Sept. 19, 20 Chickamauga, Ga 1,656 9,749 4,774 16,179 Sept. 29 Morganzia, La 16 45 453 514 Oct. 14 Bristoe Station, Va 50 335 161 546 Oct. 20 Philadelphia, Tenn 7 25 447 479 Oct. 27 Wauhatchie, Tenn 75 300 8 3

d their adventures. But I take a little space to show that I was capable, although denominated a beast and outlaw, of dealing with the good, charitable, and religious women in a manner worthy of myself and my government. The following letter will explain itself:-- headquarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Sept. 2, 1862. Madame:--I had no information until the reception of your note, that so sad a result to the sisters of your society had happened from the bombardment of Donaldsonville. I am very, very sorry that Rear-Admiral Farragut was unaware that he was injuring your establishment by his shells. Any injury must have been entirely accidental. The destruction of that town became a necessity. The inhabitants harbored a gang of cowardly guerillas, who committed every atrocity; amongst others, that of firing upon an unarmed boat crowded with women and children, going up the coast, returning to their homes, many of them having been at school at New Orleans. It

ouisiana, for the purpose of capturing and occupying that territory and dispersing the forces assembled there under Gen. Richard Taylor, and then to send a detachment to occupy Galveston. The plan was for Weitzel to go up the river as far as Donaldsonville, capture and fortify that point, move west of Berwick Bay, and, with the aid of the light draught steamers which I had bought or captured, seize all the waters of Southern Louisiana west of New Orleans. On the same day, I pushed forward frer by this route, especially if I should receive early reinforcements. The expedition from Algiers was commanded by Col. Stephen Thomas, of Vermont. No better or braver officer was there in my command to my knowledge. Weitzel landed at Donaldsonville on Sunday, October 26. He soon found the enemy in force, and a sharp engagement ensued in which sixteen men and one officer were killed and seventy-three men wounded. The enemy suffered largely: their commanding officer, Colonel McPheeters,

he Twenty-sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteers in garrison, and am now going up the river to occupy the city with my troops, and make further demonstrations in the rear of the enemy now at Corinth. The rebels have abandoned all their defensive works in and around New-Orleans, including Forts Pike and Wood, on Lake Ponchartrain, and Fort Livingston from Barataria Bay. They have retired in the direction of Corinth, beyond Manchac Pass, and abandoned everything up the river as far as Donaldsonville, some seventy miles beyond New-Orleans. I propose to so far depart from the letter of my instructions as to endeavor to persuade the Flag-Officer to pass up the river as far as the mouth of Red River, if possible, so as to cut off their supplies, and make there a landing and a demonstration in their rear as a diversion in favor of Gen. Buell, if a decisive battle is not fought before such movement is possible. Mobile is ours whenever we choose, and we can better wait. I find the

Doc. 177.-bombardment of Donaldsonville Flag-officer Farragut's despatch. United States flag-ship Hartford, New-Orleans, August 10, 1862. sir: I regret to inform the Department that at the town of Donaldsonville, on the Mississippi, they have pursued a uniform practice of firing upon our steamers passing up and down Donaldsonville, on the Mississippi, they have pursued a uniform practice of firing upon our steamers passing up and down the river. I sent a message to the inhabitants that if they did not discontinue this practice I would destroy their town. The last time I passed up to Baton Rouge to the support of the army, I anchored about six miles above Donaldsonville, and heard them firing upon the vessels coming up; first upon the Sallie Robinson and next Donaldsonville, and heard them firing upon the vessels coming up; first upon the Sallie Robinson and next upon the Brooklyn. In the latter case they made a mistake, and it was so quickly returned that they ran away. The next night they fired again — upon the St. Charles. I therefore ordered them to send their women and children out of town, as I certainly intended to destroy it on my way down the river; and I fulfilled my promise t