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Alexandria (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
department. It is now under the command of General William B. Faulkner, formerly of the army of the Potomac, who is next in authority to General Banks. The divisions commanded by General Smith were recently in Grant's army, and in the corps commanded by General Hurlbut. They were sent to aid in the movement upon Shreveport, and began their operations by capturing Fort De Russy, and thus opening the Red River. General Smith occupied Alexandria, the parish-town of Rapides, situated on the Red River, and one of the most beautiful towns in the State. Alexandria was thus made the base of operations against Shreveport, and General Banks, proceeding thence in person, assumed command of the army. After concentrating at Alexandria, the army marched to Natchitoches, an old Indian and French settlement on the banks of what is called, by a strange perversion of words, the old Red River. Natchitoches is as old as Philadelphia, and so queer and quaint, that I would be tempted to write you a
Gettysburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
ng a rebel horse and leaving the field on its back. Colonel Brisbin lost his trunk, in the baggage train, the sash taken from General Barksdale on the field at Gettysburgh, which had been made a present to him, and General Villipigue's sabre, taken from him in Virginia. Colonel Robinson, while defending the wagontrain on the fieral Lee's staff, lost some five hundred dollars' worth of clothing and money, together with the sash worn by the rebel General Barksdale, which was captured at Gettysburgh, and a valuable sword also captured near Gettysburgh. It is ascertained that our dead who were left on the field between Pleasant Hill and Sabine Cross-RoadsGettysburgh. It is ascertained that our dead who were left on the field between Pleasant Hill and Sabine Cross-Roads, were buried by the enemy, and that the wounded were conveyed to Mansfield the night after the battle, where they were carefully attended. Colonel Emerson commanding a brigade of Landrum's division, was wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Kreb, Eighty-seventh Illinois mounted infantry, when the confusion in our retiring lines was th
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
en fell into the hands of the enemy. The Fourth division, Thirteenth army corps, two thousand eight hundred men, under General Ransom, and General Lee's cavalry, about three thousand strong, and the batteries above mentioned, were the forces in advance of the wagon-train. These forces fought desperately for a while, but gave way under superior numbers of the rebels, and retreated in great precipitation. The scene of this retreat beggars all description. General Franklin said of it, that Bull run was not a circumstance in comparison. General Ransom was wounded in the knee, but rode off the field before he was compelled, by loss of blood, to dismount. Captain Dickey, of General Ransom's staff, was shot through the head and killed instantly. His body was left on the field. The position of the wagon-train in the narrow road, was the great blunder of the affair. The rear was completely blocked up, rendering the retreat very difficult, and in fact, almost impossible. Cavalry horses
Shreveport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
ying: We hope to meet the enemy this side of Shreveport. His hope has been more than realized. Theeck. To make it a checkmate, the capture of Shreveport was necessary. This town occupies a point ind the depot of supplies for the rebel army, Shreveport is as important to this department as Chatta They were sent to aid in the movement upon Shreveport, and began their operations by capturing Forwas thus made the base of operations against Shreveport, and General Banks, proceeding thence in per summer when General Banks made a feint upon Shreveport by way of diverting the attention of the ene through the Piny woods, in the direction of Shreveport, one hundred miles distant. On the evening ofor two days at Natchitoches, marched on the Shreveport road, General Lee with his cavalry leading trrived at Pleasant Hill, was sent out on the Shreveport road to find the enemy. He had not proceehin either sixty miles or one day's march of Shreveport, with fifteen thousand men. Admiral Porte[22 more...]
Brownsville (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
ng, expecting to meet the land forces at that place. The rebels are swarming along the river, and will sink every boat if they can. Philadelphia press narrative. Grand Ecore., La., April 10, 1864. The object of General Banks's spring campaign is political as well as military. The importance of the South-West may be properly estimated when we consider our relations with Mexico, and the embarrassments occasioned by the French interference with that republic. The occupation of Brownsville, on the Rio Grande, by General Banks, last year, did much toward checking the designs of the French Emperor. An American army was placed on the frontier of the newmade dependency, and any diplomacy between Davis and Napoleon was thus shattered and silenced. That occupation was merely a check. To make it a checkmate, the capture of Shreveport was necessary. This town occupies a point in the extreme north-western part of Louisiana, near the boundary line of Arkansas and Texas. At the h
Natchitoches (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
(pronounced Nackitosh) toward Shreveport. Natchitoches is four miles from Red River, the nearest penth,) the whole army was at Grand Ecore, on Red River. There is great dissatisfaction expressed At the head of steamboat navigation on the Red River, in the midst of the largest and richest cotapturing Fort De Russy, and thus opening the Red River. General Smith occupied Alexandria, the pari were not so urgent. About four miles from Natchitoches, on the river, there is another settlement neral A. J. Smith's immediate command, left Natchitoches, and pursued their way through the Piny wooand participants. Our army broke camp at Natchitoches on the morning of the sixth instant, and masted at Crump's Hill, twenty-one miles from Natchitoches. During the day, the cavalry skirmished wiFort De Russy, Alexandria, Grand Ecore, and Natchitoches, the opening of Red River, the capture by tcooperation depends on the depth of water in Red River. Other battles must soon follow, and glor[28 more...]
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
kees would surely be driven from the soil of Louisiana. They boasted with great bombast upon the cn by my brigade in the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., on the ninth day of April, 1864. In accordaa point in the extreme north-western part of Louisiana, near the boundary line of Arkansas and TexaMississippi department, the rebel capital of Louisiana, the headquarters of Kirby Smith, and the deecent great battles and Union victory in Western Louisiana, and one which can be relied upon as trul and bloody struggle for the control of Western Louisiana. The accounts from all quarters agreestanding shoulder to shoulder with the loyal Louisiana troops; and well may their States be proud trate against the rebel seat of government in Louisiana. Rebel Addresses and orders. The follk had been done by the soldiers of Texas and Louisiana. The gallant divisions from Missouri and Throughout broad Texas, throughout desolated Louisiana, mourning will sadden every hearth. Great i[3 more...]
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
umbers. Deluded with this belief, he at once sent to Shreveport for the balance of his forces, principally Missouri and Arkansas troops, fresh from their camps. Upon their arrival at our front, Kirby Smith and Dick Taylor both harangued the new lort was necessary. This town occupies a point in the extreme north-western part of Louisiana, near the boundary line of Arkansas and Texas. At the head of steamboat navigation on the Red River, in the midst of the largest and richest cotton distric concentrate our army, and await news from the cooperating column of General Steele, which is known to be moving through Arkansas on Shreveport. Accordingly, before our lines were formed, the trains were ordered to move, and before noon we had a clethe previous day's work had been done by the soldiers of Texas and Louisiana. The gallant divisions from Missouri and Arkansas, unfortunately absent on the eighth instant, marched forty-five miles in two days, to share the glories of Pleasant Hill
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
ginning to the close of the engagement, and rode over the field through showers of bullets, personally directing the movements of the troops. General Banks's staff ably assisted him, freely sharing the danger with their chief, and behaving throughout the action with the greatest gallantry. General Franklin and staff were in the hottest of the fire. Of the soldiers who so bravely fought the battle and achieved a splendid victory, it need only be said, that the men of Maine, Missouri, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New-York, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, sustained their reputation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the loyal Louisiana troops; and well may their States be proud to claim them as sons of their soil. The heroes of Vicksburgh and Port Hudson may now add the name of Pleasant Hill to the list of their glorious victories. The cavalry division, except a part of Colonel Lucas's brigade, was not in the action on Saturdry, the main body having been sent to convoy the wag
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 142
ly superior numbers. Deluded with this belief, he at once sent to Shreveport for the balance of his forces, principally Missouri and Arkansas troops, fresh from their camps. Upon their arrival at our front, Kirby Smith and Dick Taylor both harangf the Eighty-ninth Indiana. The Ninth Indiana battery (Brown's) was in position on the right of the First brigade. The Missouri battery occupied ground on the right of the Eighty-ninth Indiana. Other batteries were on the field, but neither the soldiers who so bravely fought the battle and achieved a splendid victory, it need only be said, that the men of Maine, Missouri, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New-York, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, sustained their reputation, standing shoulder tved how well the previous day's work had been done by the soldiers of Texas and Louisiana. The gallant divisions from Missouri and Arkansas, unfortunately absent on the eighth instant, marched forty-five miles in two days, to share the glories of
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