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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
us opened. On the extreme right, A. J. Smith was preparing rafts for throwing a flying bridge over the bayou. The signal for the attack was to be given to these two divisions by regular salvos from Morgan's artillery, which he was trying to place in battery in the vicinity of the crossing, for the purpose of covering the offensive movement of his infantry. Finally, toward noon, Blair, having completed the construction of his bridge, crossed the bayou, followed by a regiment belonging to Thayer's brigade of Steele's division. The remainder of this brigade had been sent to join Morgan through mistake. Steele's two other brigades, having been delayed by the narrowness of the roads, were far in the rear, and could not arrive in time. A quicksand at the end of Cypress Swamp lay in Blair's path; he was fortunate enough to get over it, leaving only the officers' horses behind him, for he had not ventured to take his artillery along through this dangerous pass. Just as he was emerging