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Grant (search for this): chapter 8.82
expedient to march my troops westwardly from the base line of operations. It is to be observed that this was during a critical period of the war in the Valley of the Mississippi. Vicksburg was then, and had been for some time, besieged by General Grant with a powerful land and naval, or gunboat force, and that General J. E. Johnston had been sent by the Confederate Executive to redeem, so far as might still be practicable, the effects of accumulated blunders, and especially in the assignmennant-general, even to the banks of the Mississippi, who embraced the anniversary of a signal event to commemorate the surrender of his army! It was then, I repeat, at this critical period, while General Johnston was manoeuvering with both General Grant and Lieutenant-General Pemberton, and apparently at a notable disadvantage, with the odds much against him, that the enemy's cavalry disclosed new signs of life along the northern Mississippi border, and made constantly recurring incursions w
Joseph E. Johnston (search for this): chapter 8.82
st Louisiana, Headquarters in the Field. Okalona, Miss., June 25, 1863. Colonel B. S. Ewell, Assistant Adjutant-General, Jackson, Miss.: Colonel:--I have the honor to state for the information of the general commanding the department, (General J. E. Johnston), that on the 4th instant, I received official notice that Governor Pettus had ordered Colonel J. F. Smith's regiment and Major T. W. Harris' battalion, Mississippi State troops, to be turned over to the Confederate authorities, and an inIt is to be observed that this was during a critical period of the war in the Valley of the Mississippi. Vicksburg was then, and had been for some time, besieged by General Grant with a powerful land and naval, or gunboat force, and that General J. E. Johnston had been sent by the Confederate Executive to redeem, so far as might still be practicable, the effects of accumulated blunders, and especially in the assignment, at an earlier period, of Major-General Lovell, that brilliant commander, wh
J. F. Smith (search for this): chapter 8.82
ion of the general commanding the department, (General J. E. Johnston), that on the 4th instant, I received official notice that Governor Pettus had ordered Colonel J. F. Smith's regiment and Major T. W. Harris' battalion, Mississippi State troops, to be turned over to the Confederate authorities, and an inspector was immediately ordered to inspect them preparatory to their reception. Only thirty-five of Harris' battalion could be assembled, and Smith's entire regiment, which had been stationed near New Albany, disbanded on the 9th and 10th before any inspection could be made. To cover the country and reassure the people, on the 13th instant, I marched a portion of my troops with two sections of Owens' Light Battery and your prairie pieces, to the locality previously occupied by Smith's State troops. Arriving at Pontotoc myself after dark of that day, I very soon had information that the enemy with a force variously estimated from five to fifteen hundred men, with artillery, had
Fulton (search for this): chapter 8.82
Federal commander at Corinth, had stated in his presence that Vicksburg was to be surrendered to the Federal army on the 4th of July proximo. Before leaving the neighborhood of Guntown, on the 18th, Major W M. Inge was ordered from Tupelo with one hundred and twenty-five select men, to be joined by Captain Warren, who had been sent with an equal number to scout along the enemy's lines eastwardly from Camp Davis, with instructions to repel a small raid of the enemy reported moving towards Fulton, which was done by him after some slight skirmishing, capturing two wagons, an ambulance, and eight horses, the enemy destroying another wagon in which was forty or fifty long-range guns and three thousand rounds of ammunition, taken out by them to arm some tories. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, [Signed] Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier General Commanding District. Fredericksburg, Va., September 12, 1879. A true copy of the original report, with the addition of explanatory n
F. P. Beck (search for this): chapter 8.82
impending emergency either failed to give the specific information sought or evaded the closest questioning. It only remained to accept battle in the midst of an extensive, dense cane-brake and impenetrable thicket, covering both banks of a deep, muddy stream, on the enemy's own terms. In this crisis I relied with entire confidence on that undaunted bravery of those chivalric sons of the South, which, when skilfully directed, no enemy could resist. My thanks are especially due to Major F. P. Beck, chief quartermaster; Captain L. D. Sandige, district inspector and acting assistant adjutant-general; Major Beverly Matthews, inspector of cavalry; Colonel John M. Sandige, volunteer aid-de-camp; Second Lieutenant A. B. de Saurres, engineer Confederate States army; and First Lieutenant M. B. Ruggles, aid-de-camp, for services most promptly and gallantly rendered on the field of battle. Your dispatch of the 19th from Canton, notifying me that three thousand of the enemy's mounted tr
M. Inge (search for this): chapter 8.82
nd that he well knew that there were three hundred and sixty-four other days in the year, on any one of which he might surrender; and, furthermore, that the 4th of July had been sufficiently signalized already — that the rumor was incredible! The spy then said that General Dodge, the Federal commander at Corinth, had stated in his presence that Vicksburg was to be surrendered to the Federal army on the 4th of July proximo. Before leaving the neighborhood of Guntown, on the 18th, Major W M. Inge was ordered from Tupelo with one hundred and twenty-five select men, to be joined by Captain Warren, who had been sent with an equal number to scout along the enemy's lines eastwardly from Camp Davis, with instructions to repel a small raid of the enemy reported moving towards Fulton, which was done by him after some slight skirmishing, capturing two wagons, an ambulance, and eight horses, the enemy destroying another wagon in which was forty or fifty long-range guns and three thousand roun
Daniel Ruggles (search for this): chapter 8.82
agons, an ambulance, and eight horses, the enemy destroying another wagon in which was forty or fifty long-range guns and three thousand rounds of ammunition, taken out by them to arm some tories. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, [Signed] Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier General Commanding District. Fredericksburg, Va., September 12, 1879. A true copy of the original report, with the addition of explanatory notes. Daniel Ruggles. Brigadier General late Confederate States Army. agons, an ambulance, and eight horses, the enemy destroying another wagon in which was forty or fifty long-range guns and three thousand rounds of ammunition, taken out by them to arm some tories. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, [Signed] Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier General Commanding District. Fredericksburg, Va., September 12, 1879. A true copy of the original report, with the addition of explanatory notes. Daniel Ruggles. Brigadier General late Confederate States Army.
Owens (search for this): chapter 8.82
ire regiment, which had been stationed near New Albany, disbanded on the 9th and 10th before any inspection could be made. To cover the country and reassure the people, on the 13th instant, I marched a portion of my troops with two sections of Owens' Light Battery and your prairie pieces, to the locality previously occupied by Smith's State troops. Arriving at Pontotoc myself after dark of that day, I very soon had information that the enemy with a force variously estimated from five to fifnd burned all the business houses, church, and some private dwellings, late in the evening of the same day. At midnight I left for New Albany, reaching the place about nine o'clock the next morning, with the force brought from near Okalona except Owens' artillery, which had not come up. Ascertaining that the enemy numbered only some five hundred men with two guns, I sent Colonel Boyle with four hundred men, and Colonel Faulkner, of General Chalmers' command, who had for sometime been near, a
P. A. Holt (search for this): chapter 8.82
ops on the field. I was much gratified with the conduct of officers and men who engaged the enemy with vigor and determination, and after final dispositions were made, gave evidence of their ability to drive greater numbers than were then opposed to them from the field. Colonel Bartean's Second Tennessee, Colonel Boyle's First Alabama, and Captain Earle's Second Alabama regiments of cavalry vied with each other in pressing the enemy home, while Captain Owen's light battery and First Lieutenant Holt's Williams guns Four prairie guns, from which the Gatling gun partially springs, apparently, by Darwinian derivation, designed for cavalry service in the field. swept the cane brakes and jungles with marked effect. But for the difficulty in obtaining guides in the dense thickets, extending some miles, a flank movement would have been made to the right, by which the enemy's rear might have been gained, resulting unquestionably in the destruction or capture of his entire force.
4th (search for this): chapter 8.82
the battle of the cane-brake. Report of General Daniel bugles. First Military District, Dept. of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Headquarters in the Field. Okalona, Miss., June 25, 1863. Colonel B. S. Ewell, Assistant Adjutant-General, Jackson, Miss.: Colonel:--I have the honor to state for the information of the general commanding the department, (General J. E. Johnston), that on the 4th instant, I received official notice that Governor Pettus had ordered Colonel J. F. Smith's regiment and Major T. W. Harris' battalion, Mississippi State troops, to be turned over to the Confederate authorities, and an inspector was immediately ordered to inspect them preparatory to their reception. Only thirty-five of Harris' battalion could be assembled, and Smith's entire regiment, which had been stationed near New Albany, disbanded on the 9th and 10th before any inspection could be made. To cover the country and reassure the people, on the 13th instant, I marched a portion of my t
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