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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 11: War between the states (search)
nd adjusted, and Dana delivered the report of the commission into the hands of the Secretary of War early in August. The service was a valuable one, and gave entire satisfaction to the government. It was besides personally interesting and instructive to Dana, not only because it familiarized him with an important branch of the military administration, but because it brought him into contact with many of the leading citizens and army officers of the Northwestern States. The capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, followed by the occupation of Island No.10, the battle of Shiloh, and the Corinth campaign, had given the Federal forces complete control of middle and west Tennessee. The army was well to the front, threatening central Mississippi and the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg. Memphis, the principal commercial mart of the region, was occupied as an advanced base of operations, and during the lull in the campaign which followed the advent of winter and the transfer of Hallec
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 13: Vicksburg campaign (search)
y promptness, Dana went by Cairo, Columbus, and Memphis to the scene of his new duties. Grant had already gone to the vicinity of Vicksburg, but there were detachments of Confederate troops at various points in western Kentucky and Tennessee engaged in desultory operations, which more or less seriously threatened his communications. The Hungarian patriot, General Asboth, was in command of the national forces at Columbus, Kentucky, while the Confederates had taken temporary possession of Forts Henry and Heiman on the Tennessee River, and were impressing horses and recruits for the Confederate army. Pausing long enough to report what he had heard of these operations, and also of those in the Yazoo country, Dana pushed forward to Memphis, where he arrived March 23, 1863. From this place he sent his first formal despatches to Stanton, All of Dana's despatches to the Secretary of War and to General Grant, from this date till the end of the war, may be found in the Official Records
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
sson, Caloric engine of, 119, 120. Euripides, 56. Europe, 62, 63, 71, 79, 90, 91, 92, 131. Eustis, General, 329. Evening Post, 437, 440. Everett, Secretary of State, despatch on Cuba, 125. Ewell, General, 268, 330, 331, 336, 339. Eyrie, the, 44. F. Farragut, Admiral, 342. Fessenden, Senator, 354, Fifteenth Amendment, 403, 445. Fillmore, 125, 12S, 149. Fish, Hamilton, 418, 420, 423. Five Forks, 331, 356. Flint, Dr., Austin, 9, 18, 25. Fort Fisher, 352, 356. Forts Henry and Donelson, 170, 189, 190, 191, 242, 267, 282. Fort Monroe, 334, 335, 359, 360, 361, 364, 365. Fort Powhatan on the James, 329. Forward to Richmond, 166, 189. Foster, S. S., 149. Franklin, General, 334, 336, 348. Frauds of contractors, 341. Fredericksburg, 320. Fremont, General, 147-150, 186, 187, 396, 488. French arms scandal, 425. G. Galena, Rawlins' speech at, 399. Garfield, General, 270, 439, 445, 447-449, 458; assassination of, 450, 460. Garibaldi, 49