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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
ennessee brigade, about 3,000 strong, reached Raymond from Jackson on the evening of the 11th, and upon being informed of McPherson's success at Raymond had abandoned his plan of attack on Pembertonby Walker's, took an advanced position on the Raymond road. The Federal attacks were made almost simultaneously by McPherson on the Raymond road and Sherman on the Clinton road, but they were both ing Baker's creek, one branch going on toward Raymond and the other turning off toward Clinton. Ashe bridge and made the ford impassable on the Raymond road, the army was forced to take the Clintonerse road until Loring's division reached the Raymond road again. Night now came on and the army bith and Blair were not far from Loring on the Raymond road. All of these troops had orders to move rear, was stationed before the bridge on the Raymond road. The position which Lee took involved h remained facing McClernand's division on the Raymond road, both the two officers incurring the cri[4 more...]
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
es to co-operate with Sherman. The plan was for Sherman to march from Vicksburg with 25,500 men; while Gen. William Sooy Smith, with a cavalry division 6,500 strong, should march from Memphis to Meridian by way of Pontotoc and Okolona. About January 28th Sherman began a demonstration with gunboats up the Yazoo. He was closely watched by General Lee, who had posted Ross' brigade at Benton and Starke's at Brownsville. Wirt Adams, who had been operating in East Louisiana, was brought up to Raymond. The advance up the Yazoo was very gallantly met by Ross' Texans, who encountered with equal aplomb infantry, cavalry and gunboats at Liverpool, defeating the infantry and gunboats combined. Under cover of this diversion, Sherman's two corps of infantry rapidly crossed the Big Black and advanced to Clinton. Here the brigades of Adams and Starke engaged in a heavy skirmish February 4th, and then hung on the front of the advancing columns during the following day, steadily fighting though