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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
Sherman, resting on this new base, would have been able to take a strong position on the border of the Yazoo, and crossed this river in order to turn Haines' Bluff. The route followed by Porter was tortuous and difficult. Among the tributaries on the right bank of the Yazoo, ascending it from its mouth, one meets, first of all, Steele's Bayou, which at times runs within three-quarters of a mile of the Mississippi; then a water-course of larger size called Deer Creek; and, finally, Sunflower River, a stream of considerable dimensions. Channels which were then full to overflowing establish a communication between these water-courses before they reach the Yazoo: the Rolling Fork brings the waters of the Sunflower into Deer Creek, and lower down the Black Bayou conveys those of Deer Creek to Steele's Bayou. Deer Creek empties into the Yazoo in front of Haines' Bluff, and the Sunflower about fifteen miles higher up. Porter's plan was to ascend successively Steele's Bayou, Black Bayo