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Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.33
verse, the implication, as to his desires, but said that his command was At 'em boys! Let the credit of this unique order rest where it may. them on us, for, don't you see, we could shut off Yankey navigation in the Mississippi and starve the enemy out at Vicksburg. Oh, we enjoyed the prospect, for we outnumbered the garrison at Helena two to one. The city of Helena lies in the lowlands on the Arkansas shore. Its water front was guarded by the gunboat dyler, famous at Forts Henry and Donelson. On the land side there was an unbroken chain of fortifications extending from the river bank above the town to the bank below. The western front of the city was about half a mile in length and just outside the limits, nearly opposite the centre, was a heavy earthwork, mounting siege guns. I give you these details to show that the contract was a good-sized one. Yet there was a heap in our favor. The Yankees had but 4,000 men in Helena, and although they had plenty of cannon they lack
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.33
we toyed with that day was loaded; loaded to kill. The same with the enemy. It was a Yankee shell at Helena, fired from the gunboat Tyler, which placed me on the retired list, where I have been since July 4, 1863. I was an officer in Fagan's Arkansas brigade and I never enjoyed a picnic beforehand in my life, as I did that stealthy 1oo-mile march from Little Rock to give the Yankees in their works at Helena a Fourth of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summer in Arkansas, while Grant closed the coils around our people at Vicksburg. We numbered about 8,000 men, consisting of our brigade, two brigades of Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one day he telegraphed to army headquarters, I believe we can take Helena. Please let me attack it. The reply was, Go ahead and do it! Should we take Helena, why Grant would simply have to call off his dogs at Vicksburg, and sick Thi
Fort Henry (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.33
in cordial converse, the implication, as to his desires, but said that his command was At 'em boys! Let the credit of this unique order rest where it may. them on us, for, don't you see, we could shut off Yankey navigation in the Mississippi and starve the enemy out at Vicksburg. Oh, we enjoyed the prospect, for we outnumbered the garrison at Helena two to one. The city of Helena lies in the lowlands on the Arkansas shore. Its water front was guarded by the gunboat dyler, famous at Forts Henry and Donelson. On the land side there was an unbroken chain of fortifications extending from the river bank above the town to the bank below. The western front of the city was about half a mile in length and just outside the limits, nearly opposite the centre, was a heavy earthwork, mounting siege guns. I give you these details to show that the contract was a good-sized one. Yet there was a heap in our favor. The Yankees had but 4,000 men in Helena, and although they had plenty of c
Little Rock (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.33
t have been done by a stroke from a butcher's cleaver. I didn't lose them burning powder for fun, either. I knew that everything we toyed with that day was loaded; loaded to kill. The same with the enemy. It was a Yankee shell at Helena, fired from the gunboat Tyler, which placed me on the retired list, where I have been since July 4, 1863. I was an officer in Fagan's Arkansas brigade and I never enjoyed a picnic beforehand in my life, as I did that stealthy 1oo-mile march from Little Rock to give the Yankees in their works at Helena a Fourth of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summer in Arkansas, while Grant closed the coils around our people at Vicksburg. We numbered about 8,000 men, consisting of our brigade, two brigades of Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one day he telegraphed to army headquarters, I believe we can take Helena. Please let me attack it. The
Joe Shelby (search for this): chapter 1.33
Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one da had charged upon the battery north of the town. I struck Shelby's brigade, and that ended my adventures that terrible Fourdent to show that heroes were all over the field that day. Shelby had with him that famous battery of flying artillery, mann day toward the battery assigned him to capture Battery A, Shelby found the road barricaded, and Collins quickly cut loose te obstructions by hand, letting the horses pick their way. Shelby advanced too far without support, and the guns of a field Tyler, opened on his brigade. A counter charge followed; Shelby was wounded and the slaughter around Collins' guns was awe line was compelled to retreat under the withering fire. Shelby, reeling in his saddle from the loss of blood through an attery is in danger, hundreds of the troopers turned back. Shelby said: Fifty, only fifty! Bring the battery back or remain
Marmaduke (search for this): chapter 1.33
of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summer in Arkansas, while Grant closed the coils around our people at Vicksburg. We numbered about 8,000 men, consisting of our brigade, two brigades of Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one day he telegraphed to army headquarters, I believe we can take Helena. Please let me attack it. The reply was, Go ahead and do it! Should we take Helena, why from the 33d Missouri Infantry, and the way they handled the pieces made us wish we had met another kind. But we knew very little of the actual situation until we struck it all of a sudden about daylight on Independence Day. Our three columns, Marmaduke's, Price's, and Fagan's, told off in storming parties and reserves, moved against the batteries and intrenchments lying across our paths. There were six roads from the interior to the town, and the defenders, being ignorant as to the particula
Charles N. Collins (search for this): chapter 1.33
y. Shelby had with him that famous battery of flying artillery, manned by Dick Collins, and known on all the border for the spirit with which it entered a fight. CoCollins' guns always went in on a charge with the squadrons. On moving out that day toward the battery assigned him to capture Battery A, Shelby found the road barricaded, and Collins quickly cut loose the teams and his gunners hauled the pieces around the obstructions by hand, letting the horses pick their way. Shelby advancedgade. A counter charge followed; Shelby was wounded and the slaughter around Collins' guns was awful. General officers and aides helped to work the pieces. Final of blood through an artery severed at the wrist called for volunteers to save Collins' guns. At the cry, The battery is in danger, hundreds of the troopers turned Shelby said: Fifty, only fifty! Bring the battery back or remain yourselves. Collins and his lieutenants were still fighting bravely but hopelessly. The dead hors
U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 1.33
nd I never enjoyed a picnic beforehand in my life, as I did that stealthy 1oo-mile march from Little Rock to give the Yankees in their works at Helena a Fourth of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summer in Arkansas, while Grant closed the coils around our people at Vicksburg. We numbered about 8,000 men, consisting of our brigade, two brigades of Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one day he telegraphed to army headquarters, I believe we can take Helena. Please let me attack it. The reply was, Go ahead and do it! Should we take Helena, why Grant would simply have to call off his dogs at Vicksburg, and sick This was the verbal order accredited to the late Major-General William Smith, twice Governor of Virginia. He did not deny to the Editor, in cordial converse, the implication, as to his desires, but said that his command was At 'em boys! Let the credit of this uniq
Theophilus H. Holmes (search for this): chapter 1.33
icer in Fagan's Arkansas brigade and I never enjoyed a picnic beforehand in my life, as I did that stealthy 1oo-mile march from Little Rock to give the Yankees in their works at Helena a Fourth of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summer in Arkansas, while Grant closed the coils around our people at Vicksburg. We numbered about 8,000 men, consisting of our brigade, two brigades of Pap Price's Missourians, and Marmaduke's cavalry, and Joe Shelby's brigade counted in. Holmes was our commander, and one day he telegraphed to army headquarters, I believe we can take Helena. Please let me attack it. The reply was, Go ahead and do it! Should we take Helena, why Grant would simply have to call off his dogs at Vicksburg, and sick This was the verbal order accredited to the late Major-General William Smith, twice Governor of Virginia. He did not deny to the Editor, in cordial converse, the implication, as to his desires, but said that his command was At 'em bo
Fagan (search for this): chapter 1.33
rything we toyed with that day was loaded; loaded to kill. The same with the enemy. It was a Yankee shell at Helena, fired from the gunboat Tyler, which placed me on the retired list, where I have been since July 4, 1863. I was an officer in Fagan's Arkansas brigade and I never enjoyed a picnic beforehand in my life, as I did that stealthy 1oo-mile march from Little Rock to give the Yankees in their works at Helena a Fourth of July surprise party. You see, we had been lying idle all summefantry, and the way they handled the pieces made us wish we had met another kind. But we knew very little of the actual situation until we struck it all of a sudden about daylight on Independence Day. Our three columns, Marmaduke's, Price's, and Fagan's, told off in storming parties and reserves, moved against the batteries and intrenchments lying across our paths. There were six roads from the interior to the town, and the defenders, being ignorant as to the particular one or ones we would u
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