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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
neral Cooper, occupying the right bank of the Arkansas, had collected the bulk of his forces at the e. This town, situated on the banks of the Kansas River, was then undefended and without a garrison since the Federals occupied the banks of the Arkansas, and Blunt, who had gone himself to Fort Scotline of works erected on the left bank of the Arkansas three or four miles in front of the bridge levia Ashley's Mill, as far as the banks of the Arkansas, about twelve miles in a straight line below ion, either by ascending the left bank of the Arkansas or by crossing the river, whose waters, very and by a rapid march reached the banks of the Arkansas the next day. The crossing of Bayou Metoe at ey's Bayou. He soon reached the banks of the Arkansas, having captured a few of the enemy's cavalry, after having evacuated the left bank of the Arkansas and destroyed the bridges behind him, may avat is true, kept them back on the banks of the Arkansas. Although the city of Little Rock did not sh[1 more...]
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
pon the dangers of his situation. Kirby Smith, in order to disguise the inactivity of his infantry, had directed Fagan to cross to the left side of the Washita with his three thousand five hundred cavalry, and to push as far as the banks of the Arkansas in order to annoy the garrisons at Little Rock and Pine Bluff, and to cut off Steele's communications with those places. He succeeded completely. A large wagon-train coming from the latter post had on the 20th brought the Federals the stores ombarked again at Augusta on the 20th of April, dispersed near Cotton Plant the small detachments of the enemy which he met, and, not having been able to overtake McRae, he returned on the 24th to Little Rock. Finally, elsewhere the banks of the Arkansas above Fort Smith were incessantly drenched with blood that was shed by small bands that surprised isolated posts, captured detachments, pillaged the farms of inhabitants suspected of sympathy with the Union, and, not giving any quarter, spread t