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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.67 (search)
day the Seventeenth Corps joined the Thirteenth at Willow Springs, where the two waited for the Fifteenth, which came up on the 8th. The army then marched toward Raymond, the Seventeenth Corps leaving first, and the Fifteenth second. In the evening of May 9th I received, by telegraph, orders to proceed at once to Mississippi anarched into the town an hour or two before. Brigadier-General Gregg, their senior officer, reported to me soon after that he had been ordered from Port Hudson to Raymond by General Pemberton, but had been driven from that place the day before by the Federal Seventeenth Corps;, and, in obedience to the general's instructions for sudwards's depot, 20 miles from Vicksburg, and his headquarters at Bovina, 8 miles from that place; that the Seventeenth Corps (McPherson's) had moved that day from Raymond to Clinton, 9 or 10 miles from Jackson, on the road to Vicksburg. He added that General Maxey's brigade from Port Hudson was expected in Jackson next day. I had
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The defense of Vicksburg. (search)
Pemberton.--editors. Before he could determine which was the real attack, and which were mere diversions, General Grant had perfected his arrangements, attacked and temporarily silenced the batteries of Grand Gulf, and passed that point with his fleet. This was on the 29th of April. On the next day he crossed the river at Bruinsburg and obtained a lodgment on the eastern shore. Then followed in rapid succession the defeat of Bowen at Port Gibson on May 1st, the defeat of General Gregg at Raymond on the 12th, and the capture of Jackson on the 14th. Meantime General Pemberton had left Jackson and gone to Vicksburg. The writer followed him, after having laid out a line of defenses around Jackson, leaving them to be constructed by Captain Thyssens. General Pemberton first thought that Grant would turn north from Port Gibson and try to force a passage across Big Black River at one of the ferries. He accordingly sent about a brigade eachtoHankinson's, Hall's, and Baldwin's ferr ies, a
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.69 (search)
to Vicksburg with the road from Grand Gulf to Raymond and Jackson was reached, Logan, with his diviout seven miles south of it. The right was at Raymond, eighteen miles from Jackson, McPherson commathe news reached me of McPherson's victory at Raymond about sundown, my position was with Sherman. ying the railroad. Sherman's advance reached Raymond before the last of McPherson's command had gor; but he was to move by the direct road from Raymond to Jackson, which is south of the road McPher to be the troops that had been driven out of Raymond. Johnston had been reenforced during the nigd about and moved promptly. His cavalry from Raymond seized Bolton by half-past 9 in the morning, but abreast, facing west; Smith was north of Raymond, with Blair in his rear. McPherson's commam in detail: at Port Gibson, 7000 or 8000; at Raymond, 5000; at Jackson, from 8000 to 11,000; at Chre all that were left of those encountered at Raymond. They were beaten in detail by a force small[7 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Vicksburg campaign: May 1st-July 4th, 1863. (search)
d., Lieut.-Col. William P. Davis. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 5; w, 27=32. Raymond, k, 35; w, 175; m, 25 =235. Champion's Hill, k, 22; w, 104; mn, 9 = 135. Vick78th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Greenberry F. Wiles. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, w, 3. Raymond, k, 10; w, 75 = 85. Champion's Hill, k, 21; w, 189 = 210. Vicksburg, assault o, Col. Benjamin F. Potts. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 1; w, 8; m, 2 = 11. Raymond, k, 18; w, 85; m, 12 = 115. Champion's Hill, k, 7; w, 36; m, 18=61. Vicksburgood; 3d Ohio, Capt. William S. Williamls. Artillery loss: Port Gibson, w, 2. Raymond, w, 1. Champion's Hill, k, 1. Sixth division, Brig.-Gen. John McArthur. EsGen. John E. Smith. Escort: F, 4th Mo. Cav., Lieut. Alexander Mueller. Loss: Raymond, k, 1; w, 1 = 2. First Brigade, Col. John B. Sanborn: 48th Ind., Col. Norma Kill'd. Wounded. Captured or Missi'g. Total. Port Gibson 131 719 25 875 Raymond 66 339 37 442 Jackson 42 251 7 300 Champion's Hill 410 1,844 187 2,441
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Confederate forces: Lieut.-General John C. Pemberton. (search)
neous troops: 54th Ala. (detachment), Lieut. Joel P. Abney; City Guards, Capt. E. B. Martin; Miss. Cavalry, Col. Wirt Adams. Johnston's forces (engaged only at Raymond and Jackson), General Joseph E. Johnston (in chief command of the departments of Generals Bragg, E. Kirby Smith, and Pemberton). Gregg's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Jorner; 41st Tenn., Col. R. Farquharson; 50th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. T. W. Beaumont (w); 7th Tex., Col. H. B. Granbury; Mo. Battery, Capt. H. M. Bledsoe. Brigade loss: Raymond, k, 73; w, 251; m, 190 =514. Gist's Brigade, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt: 46th Ga. (5 co's), Capt. T. B. Hancock; 14th Miss., Lieut.-Col. W. L. Doss; 24th S. C., Lieurendered on July 4th was 29,491. Of course this included all the non-combatants. Pemberton's greatest available force, including the troops confronting Grant at Raymond and Jackson, probably numbered over 40,000. General Grant estimated it at nearly 60,000. General Pemberton says in his official report that when he moved within t