Browsing named entities in Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.). You can also browse the collection for September 4th or search for September 4th in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
issippi— not very extensive, it is true, but along which there were various points easily defended and of great use for closing the navigation of the river—had been kept hitherto out of the field of war by the neutrality of Kentucky. On the 4th of September the Confederates determined to violate that neutrality by occupying Hickman and Columbus. They, moreover, sent reinforcements to Buckner, who was organizing the rebel militia of the State, and preparing to occupy all the most important posiember, would loyally sustain the Federal cause and take proper steps to prevent such an important State from falling into the hands of her enemies. Consequently, the latter determined to act before the meeting of the legislature; and on the 4th of September, at the very time when Mr. Davis was giving assurances that he should respect the neutrality of Kentucky, General Polk took possession of Columbus by surprise. The prompt action of Grant, as we have stated, alone prevented him from reaching