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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chickasaw Bayou , battle of (search)
Chickasaw Bayou, battle of
When Gen. W. T. Sherman came down from Memphis to engage in the siege of Vicksburg, late in 1862, with about 20,000 men and some heavy siege guns, he was joined by troops from Helena, Ark., and was met by a gunboat fleet, under Admiral Porter, at the mouth of the Yazoo River, just above the city (Dec. 25). The two commanders arranged a plan for attacking Vicksburg in the rear.
They went up the Yazoo to capture some batteries at Chickasaw Bayou and other points.
The Yazoo sweeps round in a great bend within a few miles of Vicksburg.
The range of hills on which Vicksburg stands extends to the Yazoo, about 12 miles above the city, where they terminate in Haines's Bluff.
There is a deep natural ditch extending from the Yazoo below Haines's Bluff to the Mississippi, called Chickasaw Bayou, passing near the bluffs, which were fortified, and along their bases were rifle-pits for sharp-shooters.
This bayou lay in the path of Sherman's march up the bluf
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Stephen Dill 1833 - (search)
Lee, Stephen Dill 1833-
Educator: born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 22. 1833; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1854, and was first lieutenant of the 4th Artillery till 1861, serving also as quartermaster for three years. He afterwards entered the Confederate army as captain and was promoted to lieutenant-general.
He commanded the Confederates at Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., where Sherman was defeated, and in the battles of Tupelo, Miss.; Jonesboro, Ga.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Franklin, etc., and took part in the operations around Richmond.
After the war he became a planter in Mississippi.
In 1870 he was a member of the Mississippi State Senate; in 1890 was a delegate to the constitutional convention of Mississippi; and since 1880 has been president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith , Morgan Lewis 1822 -1874 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warmoth , Henry Clay 1842 - (search)
Warmoth, Henry Clay 1842-
Lawyer; born in McLeansboro, Ill., May 9, 1842; was admitted to the bar in Lebanon, Mo., in 1861; entered the National army as lieutenant-colonel of the 32d Missouri Infantry in 1862; served later on the staffs of Gen. John A. McClernand and Gen. E. O. C. Ord; participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, etc.; was appointed military judge in the Department of the Gulf, where he served till the close of hostilities, having jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and military cases; was with President Johnson during his swing around the circle through the Northern and Eastern States; governor of Louisiana in 1868-73; and collector of customs in New Orleans in 1889-93.
In 1890 he built the New Orleans, Fort Jackson, and Grand Isle Railroad, of which he became president.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woods , William Burnham 1824 -1887 (search)
Woods, William Burnham 1824-1887
Jurist; born in Newark, O., Aug. 3, 1824; graduated at Yale College in 1845; studied law and practised in his native place.
After the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the 76th Ohio Volunteers; participated in the actions at Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Dallas, Atlanta, Jonesboro, etc., and in the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, and brevetted major-general March 13, 1865.
After the war he resumed the practice of law; was United States judge of the 5th circuit in 1869-80, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1880-87.
He died in Washington, D. C., May 14, 1887.