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Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 5.65
The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. by George W. Morgan, Brigadier-General, U. S. V. President Lincoln early determined to obtain control of the Mississippi, in its entire length. In pursuance of his plan, Island Number10 in the north and Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the south had been captured, and New Orleans occupied by our troops in the spring of 1862; and in the fall of that year General McClernand was assigned to the command of a river expedition against Vicksburg. The day following the receipt of this order by Grant at Oxford, Mississippi, Sherman, who was then at Memphis, in telegraphic communication with Grant, commenced the embarkation of a column upon three grand flotillas, each bearing a division, to be joined by a fourth (Steele's) at Helena. In his Memoirs, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By himself. Vol. I., p. 285. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.） General Sherman says: The preparations at Memphis were necessarily hasty in the extreme, but it w
D. Appleton (search for this): chapter 5.65
, commenced the embarkation of a column upon three grand flotillas, each bearing a division, to be joined by a fourth (Steele's) at Helena. In his Memoirs, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By himself. Vol. I., p. 285. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.） General Sherman says: The preparations at Memphis were necessarily hasty in the extreme, but it was the essence of the whole plan, viz., to reach Vicksburg, as it were, by surprise, while General Grant held in check Pemberton's armyed at all, though the losses in the brigades of Blair and De Courcy were heavy, and he would renew the assault in half an hour; but the assault was not again attempted. But in his Memoirs General Sherman says: Memoirs of W. T. Sherman (D. Appleton & Co.), Vol. I., p. 292. At first I intended to renew the assault, but soon became satisfied that the enemy's attention having been drawn to the only two practicable points, it would prove too costly, and accordingly resolved to look else
De Courcy (search for this): chapter 5.65
him across the bayou and over the road which De Courcy and Thayer afterward advanced to the assaulttheir front, while the brigades of Blair and De Courcy should advance to the assault in parallel cor slaughtered. I sent orders to Blair and De Courcy to form their brigades, and a request to Sted to the left, in his front. The brigade of De Courcy was massed from the abatis, across the road roy bridge; and I directed Thayer to support De Courcy, and indicated the point to assault. Thayers fired, and with a wild shout the troops of De Courcy, Thayer, and Blair advanced to the assault. s soon as the corduroy bridge was reached by De Courcy and Thayer, and the bayou to the left by Bla staff. The losses speak for themselves. De Courcy had 48 killed, 321 wounded, and 355 missing;s command, General Blair came. He said that De Courcy's brigade had behaved badly. At the time I ough the losses in the brigades of Blair and De Courcy were heavy, and he would renew the assault i[10 more...]
E. D. Saunders (search for this): chapter 5.65
d for his gallantry, and had gone through several battles without a scar. As he deserved, his death is mourned over to this day. The fire of Barton was promptly returned by Lindsey, but it was certain the bridge could not be completed while the enemy covered it with his guns. I now regarded an attack from my left, by way of the narrow road or causeway leading across the bayou, as impracticable, and reported the fact to General Sherman by my acting assistant adjutant-general, Lieutenant E. D. Saunders, with the request that he would come to my front. Upon his arrival I reported to him the condition of things on my right, and requested him to accompany me down the causeway leading to the corduroy bridge over the bayou. He did so. I called his attention to our very narrow and difficult front; to the bayou in its tortuous course on our left; to the mucky marsh beyond the bayou and bridge, all within easy range of the enemy's guns. For a time General Sherman made no reply. At
C. L. Webster (search for this): chapter 5.65
h greater intrepidity. They were terribly repulsed but not beaten. There was neither rout nor panic, but our troops fell back slowly and angrily to our own line, halted, re-formed, and, if ordered, would again have rushed to the assault. As in all cases of repulse or defeat, contention and crimination have arisen as to the cause of the disaster. Sherman, in his report, Official Records, Vol. XVII., Part I., p. 610. and Grant, in his Memoirs, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (C. L. Webster & Co.), Vol. I., p. 437. give a satisfactory cause — the true one in my opinion — the impregnable position of the enemy. Sherman says, in his Memoirs, Vol. I., p. 292: Had he [General Morgan] used with skill and boldness one of his brigades, in addition to that of Blair, he could have made a lodgment on the bluff, which would have opened a door for our whole force to follow. The fact is that, beside the four regiments of Blair's brigade, the attacking forces included four regi
Frank P. Blair (search for this): chapter 5.65
nd bluff in their front, while the brigades of Blair and De Courcy should advance to the assault inaulting force of nine regiments, I held two of Blair's regiments in support of my artillery, to be be the number slaughtered. I sent orders to Blair and De Courcy to form their brigades, and a reigade! Your order will be obeyed, General. Blair was between the bayou and Thompson's Lake. Thss one of his brigades, in addition to that of Blair, he could have made a lodgment on the bluff, wThe fact is that, beside the four regiments of Blair's brigade, the attacking forces included four y had 48 killed, 321 wounded, and 355 missing; Blair, 99 killed, 331 wounded, 173 missing; Thayer ( that the enemy's position was impregnable. Blair did not refer to the matter in his report; butgreater than that sustained by the brigades of Blair and Thayer together. After it was determined at all, though the losses in the brigades of Blair and De Courcy were heavy, and he would renew t[10 more...]
Tarleton (search for this): chapter 5.65
, assumed command, and divided the army into two army corps, one commanded by Major-General W. T. Sherman, and the other by Brigadier-General George W. Morgan. General Pemberton's report of the defense, on the 29th, is as follows: On the 29th, about 9 o'clock, the enemy was discovered in his attempt to throw a pontoon-bridge across the lake. In this he was foiled by a few well-directed shots from a section each of Wofford's and Ward's batteries, that of the latter commanded by Lieutenant Tarleton. About 10 o'clock a furious cannonade was opened on General Lee's lines. This ceased about 11 o'clock, when a whole brigade — about six thousand strong, understood to have been Brigadier-General [F. P.] Blair's, though not led by him in person — emerged from the woods in good order and moved gallantly forward under a heavy fire of our artillery. They advanced to within 150 yards of the pits when they broke and retreated, but soon rallied, and dividing their forces sent a portion
Morgan Luther Smith (search for this): chapter 5.65
or sand-bar, but only sent one regiment, the 6th Missouri, to the assault; and in making it that gallant regiment lost fifty-seven men. Sherman's army was composed of four splendid divisions, commanded by Brigadier-Generals A. J. Smith, Morgan L. Smith, George W. Morgan, and Frederick Steele. The entire force was about 30,000 strong. [See map, next page.] On the night of the 28th of December Sherman ordered Steele to abandon his position, leave a small force to observe the road leadinmediate rear of the city, with the whole of A. J. Smith's division opposed to him. This division was ordered to make a feint, and, in doing so, lost two men. Had a real attack been ordered by General Sherman, Vicksburg would have fallen, for Morgan L. Smith's division would have occupied Barton and Gregg at the mound, sand-bar, or dry lake, while the divisions of Morgan and Steele would have held Lee at Chickasaw. In his Memoirs (I., 290), General Sherman says: On reconnoitering the fron
William F. Patterson (search for this): chapter 5.65
t defense, and at that place had neither troops nor works of any kind between the lake and the bluffs. I determined to bridge the lake during the night, and at dawn on the 29th to send Lindsey and Sheldon with their brigades to seize and hold the swamp road and bluff in their front, while the brigades of Blair and De Courcy should advance to the assault in parallel columns from my left. Could this plan have been executed, the day might have been ours. Fate willed it otherwise. Captain W. F. Patterson, an intelligent and efficient officer, had a small body of engineer-mechanics, and I directed him, with the aid of a detail, to bring the pontoons, eight in number, from the steamers, and bridge the lake before daylight at a point indicated. The night was intensely dark, and Patterson by mistake bridged, instead of the lake, a wide and deep slough, parallel to the bluff and filled with water. It was nearly dawn when I learned of the mistake, whereupon I ordered Patterson to take u
Daniel W. Lindsey (search for this): chapter 5.65
heavy fire of the forts immediately in his front. That front was the immediate rear of the city. There was skirmishing on the 27th and 28th, and the enemy was driven back to his trenches. My division consisted of the brigades of Sheldon, Lindsey, and De Courcy. General Blair's brigade, as already stated, had been detached from Steele's division, and ordered to report to me. December 28th, I directed Blair, then on the north side of the bayou, to reconnoiter his front, and with De Couosite side of the bayou from Blair, I reconnoitered First Vicksburgh campaign or Chickasaw Bayou December 27 1862--January 3, 1863. the front of his brigade; and then passed to McNutt Lake,--an enlargement of Chickasaw Bayou,--and with Colonel D. W. Lindsey (whose brigade, with that of Colonel L. A. Sheldon, was in the woods bordering on the lake) reconnoitered his front. The enemy had relied on the depth and width of the lake as a sufficient defense, and at that place had neither troops no
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