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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 23: (search)
rt of the number of Confederate prisoners taken on that occasion, namely, six thousand seven hundred, was a greatly exaggerated statement. The enemy had now full control of the river as far down as Fort Pillow, one hundred and ten miles below Island No.10. That fort, contrary to the general opinion about it, was not so strong as its natural position indicated, nor as it had been represented to be to General Beauregard. It was situated on the east bank of the river, near the mouth of Coal Creek, and some ten miles above the Hatchie River. A little over three miles east of it, the two streams just mentioned, with their banks partially overflowed and, therefore, almost impracticable, came within a mile and a half of each other. Yet the engineers who planned the works before General Beauregard's arrival in the West had not availed themselves of this natural advantage, and, strangely enough, instead of erecting the land defenses at the point mentioned, had placed them nearer the fo
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
to Saltillo. 9th. Whenever the railroad engine whistles during the night, near the intrenchments, the troops in the vicinity will cheer repeatedly, as though reinforcements had been received. G. T. Beauregard, Genl. Comdg. Memorandum of orders. Headquarters Western Department, Baldwin, Miss., June 6th, 1862, 5 P. M. 1st. General Van Dorn's army will start at 3 A. M. on the 7th instant, on its way to Tupelo, via the road from Baldwin to Priceville. It will halt for the night at Sand Creek, a distance of about seventeen miles from Baldwin. It will resume its line of march the next morning at 3 A. M., and will take position for the present at Priceville, leaving a brigade at the cross of the road with the Ripley and Cotton-gin roads, near Smith's or Brook's house, and a cavalry force at or about the Hearn sawmill. One brigade will be sent to Mooresville or vicinity, and a force of cavalry to guard the Twenty-mile Creek ferry, on the road from Fulton, with a strong picket at