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Hovey (search for this): chapter 35
road. McClernand's command was, one division (Hovey's) on the road McPherson had to take, but withem back to the main line. About the same time Hovey encountered the enemy on the northern or direcines covered all these roads, and faced east. Hovey's line, when it first drove in the enemy's picshing had grown into a hard-contested battle. Hovey alone, before other troops could be got to assogan in front, and posted them on the right of Hovey and across the flank of the enemy. Logan reinoming up as rapidly as the roads would admit. Hovey was still being heavily pressed, and was calliage of by the enemy. During all this time, Hovey, reinforced as he was by a brigade from Logan t rose to the dignity of battle. Every man of Hovey's division and of McPherson's two divisions war the same ground. Of course I did not permit Hovey to obey the order of his intermediate superiorone captured 1,300 prisoners and eleven guns. Hovey captured 300 under fire and about 700 in all, [19 more...]
U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 35
th you, will go to the same place. If practicable, take parallel roads, so as to divide your troops and train. Johnston stopped on the Canton road only six miles north of Jackson, the night of the 14th. He sent from there to Pemberton dispatches announcing the loss of Jackson, and the following order: As soon as the reinforcements are all up, they must be united to the rest of the army. I am anxious to see a force assembled that may be able to inflict a heavy blow upon the enemy. Can Grant supply himself from the Mississippi? Can you not cut him off from it, and above all, should he be compelled to fall back for want of supplies, beat him. The concentration of my troops was easy, considering the character of the country. McPherson moved along the road parallel with and near the railroad. McClernand's command was, one division (Hovey's) on the road McPherson had to take, but with a start of four miles. One (Osterhaus) was at Raymond, on a converging road that intersected
James B. McPherson (search for this): chapter 35
ampion's Hill When the news reached me of McPherson's victory at Raymond about sundown my positiough an unprotected country. Sherman and McPherson communicated with each other during the nighnever murmured. By nine o'clock Crocker, of McPherson's corps, who was now in advance, came upon ton followed by Sherman. About the same time McPherson discovered that the enemy was leaving his frdelivered his copy of Johnston's dispatch to McPherson who forwarded it to me. Receiving this dn it got up, would be on our extreme right. McPherson was directed to get his trains out of the wairect wagon road from Jackson to Vicksburg. McPherson was hastening up to join Hovey, but was emba to march to reach the enemy's position than McPherson. I sent him word by a staff officer to push position and had to abandon the artillery. McPherson brought up his troops as fast as possible, Lde of McArthur's division of the 17th corps (McPherson's), had crossed the river at Grand Gulf a fe[22 more...]
Dillon (search for this): chapter 35
f I moved quickly enough could turn upon Pemberton before he could attack me in the rear. Accordingly, all previous orders given during the day for movements on the 13th were annulled by new ones. McPherson was ordered at daylight to move on Clinton, ten miles from Jackson; Sherman was notified of my determination to capture Jackson and work from there westward. He was ordered to start at four in the morning and march to Raymond. McClernand was ordered to march with three divisions by Dillon's to Raymond. One was left to guard the crossing of the Big Black. On the 10th I had received a letter from Banks, on the Red River, asking reinforcements. Porter had gone to his assistance with a part of his fleet on the 3d, and I now wrote to him describing my position and declining to send any troops. I looked upon side movements as long as the enemy held Port Hudson and Vicksburg as a waste of time and material. General Joseph E. Johnston arrived at Jackson in the night of th
A. J. Smith (search for this): chapter 35
rn your troops immediately to Bolton; take all the trains with you. Smith's division, and any other troops now with you, will go to the same ck at Mississippi Springs, would not be detained by it; the fourth (Smith's) with Blair's division, was near Auburn with a different road to d Osterhaus were about three miles south, but abreast, facing west; Smith was north of Raymond with Blair in his rear. McPherson's commantill farther north. McClernand was directed to move Blair's and A. J. Smith's divisions by the southernmost of these roads, and Osterhaus acautiously with skirmishers to the front to feel for the enemy. Smith's division on the most southern road was the first to encounter their centre with two divisions, and the two divisions, Blair's and A. J. Smith's, were confronting the rebel right; Ransom, with a brigade of Mngaged at all, except that as described before. Osterhaus's and A. J. Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early
Steele (search for this): chapter 35
reported him to have eighty regiments of infantry and ten batteries; in all, about twenty-five thousand men. I had expected to leave Sherman at Jackson another day in order to complete his work; but getting the above information I sent him orders to move with all dispatch to Bolton, and to put one division with an ammunition train on the road at once, with directions to its commander to march with all possible speed until he came up to our rear. Within an hour after receiving this order Steele's division was on the road. At the same time I dispatched to Blair, who was near Auburn, to move with all speed to Edward's station. McClernand was directed to embrace Blair in his command for the present. Blair's division was a part of the 15th army corps (Sherman's); but as it was on its way to join its corps, it naturally struck our left first, now that we had faced about and were moving west. The 15th corps, when it got up, would be on our extreme right. McPherson was directed to ge
James (search for this): chapter 35
enemy flanked and speedily driven within the main line. This brought our whole line in front of the enemy's line of works, which was continuous on the north, west and south sides from the Pearl River north of the city to the same river south. I was with Sherman. He was confronted by a force sufficient to hold us back. Appearances did not justify an assault where we were. I had directed Sherman to send a force to the right, and to reconnoitre as far as to the Pearl River. This force, [Gen. James M.] Tuttle's division, not returning I rode to the right with my staff, and soon found that the enemy had left that part of the line. Tuttle's movement or McPherson's pressure had no doubt led Johnston to order a retreat, leaving only the men at the guns to retard us while he was getting away. Tuttle had seen this and, passing through the lines without resistance, came up in the rear of the artillerists confronting Sherman and captured them with ten pieces of artillery. I rode immediate
Banks (search for this): chapter 35
orders given during the day for movements on the 13th were annulled by new ones. McPherson was ordered at daylight to move on Clinton, ten miles from Jackson; Sherman was notified of my determination to capture Jackson and work from there westward. He was ordered to start at four in the morning and march to Raymond. McClernand was ordered to march with three divisions by Dillon's to Raymond. One was left to guard the crossing of the Big Black. On the 10th I had received a letter from Banks, on the Red River, asking reinforcements. Porter had gone to his assistance with a part of his fleet on the 3d, and I now wrote to him describing my position and declining to send any troops. I looked upon side movements as long as the enemy held Port Hudson and Vicksburg as a waste of time and material. General Joseph E. Johnston arrived at Jackson in the night of the 13th from Tennessee, and immediately assumed command of all the Confederate troops in Mississippi. I knew he was exp
M. M. Crocker (search for this): chapter 35
t the troops never murmured. By nine o'clock Crocker, of McPherson's corps, who was now in advancebrought up Logan's division while he deployed Crocker's for the assault. Sherman made similar disp By eleven A. M. both were ready to attack. Crocker moved his division forward, preceded by a strthe enemy was leaving his front, and advanced Crocker, who was so close upon the enemy that they coand by four reached Hovey and went into camp; Crocker bivouacked just in Hovey's rear on the Clintoer two he moved farther west to make room for Crocker, who was coming up as rapidly as the roads woing on me for more reinforcements. I ordered Crocker, who was now coming up, to send one brigade ferson's command, confronted the enemy's left; Crocker, with two brigades, covered their left flank; was by a brigade from Logan and another from Crocker, and by Crocker gallantly coming up with two Crocker gallantly coming up with two other brigades on his right, had made several assaults, the last one about the time the road was op
Hurlbut (search for this): chapter 35
troops you can quickly assemble should be brought. Time is all-important. This dispatch was sent in triplicate, by different messengers. One of the messengers happened to be a loyal man who had been expelled from Memphis some months before by Hurlbut for uttering disloyal and threatening sentiments. There was a good deal of parade about his expulsion, ostensibly as a warning to those who entertained the sentiments he expressed; but Hurlbut and the expelled man understood each other. He delHurlbut and the expelled man understood each other. He delivered his copy of Johnston's dispatch to McPherson who forwarded it to me. Receiving this dispatch on the 14th I ordered McPherson to move promptly in the morning back to Bolton, the nearest point where Johnston could reach the road. Bolton is about twenty miles west of Jackson. I also informed McClernand of the capture of Jackson and sent him the following order: It is evidently the design of the enemy to get north of us and cross the Big Black, and beat us into Vicksburg. We must not
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