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4th (search for this): chapter 61
f the gunboats. He promptly answered that the Arkansas would be ready to co-operate at daylight on Tuesday, the fifth of August. On the afternoon of Monday, the fourth, the command having reached the Comite river, ten miles from Baton Rouge, and learning by an express messenger that the Arkansas had passed Bayou Sara in time to ucky Regiment. Report of Lieutenant-Colonel S. E Hunter Camp near Comite, August 7, 1862. Colonel G. A. Breaux: Sir: At nine o'clock P. M., of the fourth instant, pursuant to orders, I marched the Fourth Louisiana regiment, left in front, from this place in the direction of Baton Rouge. Just before daylight I was orded one company of mounted partisan rangers, Captain Beckham, the whole numbering about one hundred and fifty, rank and file, at about four and a half P. M., the fourth inst., to take position on the Clinton plank road, there to engage the enemy, supposed to be posted, with a battery of artillery, at the junction of that and the Bay
5th (search for this): chapter 61
e action at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the fifth instant. At early dawn on the morning of the fiftfth Kentucky regiment in the action of the fifth instant, at Baton Rouge. The Fifth Kentucky, wilion, in the battle of Baton Rouge, on the fifth instant. In the accidental affair on the road befough for the first time under fire, on the fifth instant, proved itself a worthy comrade for the Thant-General: Sir: On the morning of the fifth instant, in pursuance to orders of Brigadier-Genert Kentucky volunteers in the battle of the fifth instant, and the orders received from the commandi regimeht in the battle at Baton Rouge, on the fifth. The brigade was formed in an open field, andnant-Colonel Sam Boyd, in the action of the fifth inst. Its force consisted of the following: one f ordered to take part in the action of the fifth instant, which I did. My men behaved well. The ofattery. At 4 1/2 o'clock P. M. of the fifth instant, I took position between Colonel Allen's a[8 more...]
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rams, and transports. Firing commenced from this fleet on the twelfth of July, and although at no time as heavy as from the lower fleet, continued, with but little interruption, until the final bombardment of the attack. On the morning of the fifteenth, the daring passage of the ram Arkansas, out of the Yazoo, through the enemy's fleet, seemed to necessitate a prompt descent of those vessels that had passed up on the twenty-eighth, and everything was accordingly placed in readiness for them. s to attract attention on both occasions in which it was engaged, and was even noticed by the enemy. The sharpshooters, detailed from the same command, kept up a galling fire on the enemy during the passage of the vessels on the evening of the fifteenth, and drove them from the tops. The lamented Colonel Statham's brigade, under his own lead, showed a bravery in guarding the front of attack assigned him, that could not be surpassed. On one occasion, having forced his way through a swamp, dee
18th (search for this): chapter 61
ucted under their eyes. From the twentieth of May to the middle of June the firing was kept up at intervals, and more or less heavy the latter part of the time. directed mainly at the town, and at localities where they apparently thought troops were encamped. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth of June there was an entire cessation of the attack, the mortar-fleet that had bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort Philip being on the way here to join in the attack. They began to arrive on the eighteenth, and to the number of eighteen or nineteen were in position on the twentieth, on the afternoon of which day the bombardment again opened. Prior to this a new source of anxiety arose. Fort Pillow and Memphis had fallen, and in addition to the attack we were enduring, Vicksburg was threatened by a combined land and naval force from above. From the twentieth to the twenty-seventh the bombardment was pretty constant during the daytime, at times very heavy, but generally ceasing at ten or el
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firing was kept up at intervals, and more or less heavy the latter part of the time. directed mainly at the town, and at localities where they apparently thought troops were encamped. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth of June there was an entire cessation of the attack, the mortar-fleet that had bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort Philip being on the way here to join in the attack. They began to arrive on the eighteenth, and to the number of eighteen or nineteen were in position on the twentieth, on the afternoon of which day the bombardment again opened. Prior to this a new source of anxiety arose. Fort Pillow and Memphis had fallen, and in addition to the attack we were enduring, Vicksburg was threatened by a combined land and naval force from above. From the twentieth to the twenty-seventh the bombardment was pretty constant during the daytime, at times very heavy, but generally ceasing at ten or eleven o'clock at night. On the evening of the twenty-seventh the firing began
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and for some time a shower of bomb-shells was rained upon our batteries that severely tried the nerve and courage of both officers and men, still the damage was quickly repaired, and the men held their places at the guns. At daylight, on the twenty-eighth, the enemy recommenced with the same fury, and it was soon perceived that the entire gunboat fleet was in motion, moving rapidly up in front of the batteries and city, and it became apparent that the decisive struggle was at hand. Some thirtntil the final bombardment of the attack. On the morning of the fifteenth, the daring passage of the ram Arkansas, out of the Yazoo, through the enemy's fleet, seemed to necessitate a prompt descent of those vessels that had passed up on the twenty-eighth, and everything was accordingly placed in readiness for them. A new battery of twenty-four-pounders, just erected, was manned by a light artillery detachment from Preston's brigade, under Lieutenant Gracie, and sharpshooters, from the same b
May 12th (search for this): chapter 61
. Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, of the Nineteenth Tennessee regiment. Adjutant Fitzpatrick, Twenty-second Mississippi regiment. T. B. Smith, Report of Brigadier-General M. L. Smith. Headquartter Third District, Vioksburg, August--, 1862. Major M. M. Kimmel, A. A. G.: Major: The following report of the attack and defence of Vicksburg is respectfully submitted to the Major-General commanding the District of Mississippi: I assumed command of Vicksburg and its defences on the twelfth of May, in obedience to orders from Major-General Lovell, and proceeded at once to prepare for the approach of the enemy, then known to have passed Baton Rouge with a formidable fleet, having in view to open the river to Memphis and Fort Pillow, then in our possession. At the time of arriving, the state of preparation for defence was as follows: Of the ten batteries that have been in use, three were mostly completed, and the fourth begun. The armed troops present consisted of the remnant of t
May 20th (search for this): chapter 61
close and serious attacks, such as occurred before the termination of the bombardment; besides, the enemy were thus kept ignorant of our real strength as well as the effect of their own shot. It was not long before they apparently came to the conclusion that no impression could be made on our works by their gunboats, nor the erection of new batteries prevented whenever attempted; and the remaining six batteries, of the ten first mentioned, were constructed under their eyes. From the twentieth of May to the middle of June the firing was kept up at intervals, and more or less heavy the latter part of the time. directed mainly at the town, and at localities where they apparently thought troops were encamped. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth of June there was an entire cessation of the attack, the mortar-fleet that had bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort Philip being on the way here to join in the attack. They began to arrive on the eighteenth, and to the number of eighteen or nine
June (search for this): chapter 61
uch as occurred before the termination of the bombardment; besides, the enemy were thus kept ignorant of our real strength as well as the effect of their own shot. It was not long before they apparently came to the conclusion that no impression could be made on our works by their gunboats, nor the erection of new batteries prevented whenever attempted; and the remaining six batteries, of the ten first mentioned, were constructed under their eyes. From the twentieth of May to the middle of June the firing was kept up at intervals, and more or less heavy the latter part of the time. directed mainly at the town, and at localities where they apparently thought troops were encamped. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth of June there was an entire cessation of the attack, the mortar-fleet that had bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort Philip being on the way here to join in the attack. They began to arrive on the eighteenth, and to the number of eighteen or nineteen were in position on the
June 18th (search for this): chapter 61
at no impression could be made on our works by their gunboats, nor the erection of new batteries prevented whenever attempted; and the remaining six batteries, of the ten first mentioned, were constructed under their eyes. From the twentieth of May to the middle of June the firing was kept up at intervals, and more or less heavy the latter part of the time. directed mainly at the town, and at localities where they apparently thought troops were encamped. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth of June there was an entire cessation of the attack, the mortar-fleet that had bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort Philip being on the way here to join in the attack. They began to arrive on the eighteenth, and to the number of eighteen or nineteen were in position on the twentieth, on the afternoon of which day the bombardment again opened. Prior to this a new source of anxiety arose. Fort Pillow and Memphis had fallen, and in addition to the attack we were enduring, Vicksburg was threatened b
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