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9th (search for this): chapter 7
ld undoubtedly have been relieved, and McClernand put in command of the expedition against Vicksburg. Grant was aware of all these efforts to supplant him, and of the probability of their success. His anxieties as a commander were of course enhanced by the near prospect of his removal. On the 2d of April, Halleck informed him that the President seems to be rather impatient about matters on the Mississippi, and inquired if Grant could not cooperate with Banks against Port Hudson. On the 9th, also, he wrote: You are too well advised of the anxiety of the government for your success, and its disappointment at the delay, to render it necessary to urge upon you the importance of early action; but, added in his own behalf: I am confident that you will do every thing possible to open the Mississippi river. And, indeed, it is not surprising that the government should have urged him on. No substantial victory had cheered the flagging spirits of the North, since Grant's own successes at
11th (search for this): chapter 7
All approach being thus rendered impracticable for infantry, the idea of a land attack was excluded, and the expedition was compelled to rely entirely upon the naval force for success. Two attacks were accordingly made by the ironclads, on the 11th, and one on the 13th of March, at a range of eight or nine hundred yards, and aided by a battery erected on the shore. In these fights one vessel was disabled, six men were killed, and twenty-five wounded. The enemy lost one man killed and twee enemy's left. When Sherman returned, unsuccessful, from Steele's bayou, Grant consoled himself by saying that the expedition has at least pushed our troops into the heart of the granary from which the Vicksburg forces are now being fed. On the 11th, he announced: My force in a few days will be all concentrated; I expect to take Grand Gulf. On the 17th: I go to New Carthage to-night; if it is possible, I will occupy Grand Gulf in four days. On the 18th: I hope very soon to be able to report
13th (search for this): chapter 7
ambition and conceit of his subordinate, he had given him command of the advance, and charged him with an operation, which, if successful, would have rendered McClernand famous at once. On the 12th of April, he wrote to that officer: It is my desire that you should get possession of Grand Gulf at the earliest practicable moment. . . . I wanted particularly to see you about the facilities for getting troops from Smith's plantation to New Carthage, and the chances for embarking there. On the 13th: It is not desirable that you should move in any direction from Grand Gulf, but remain under the protection of the gun. boats. The present plan, if not changed by the movements of the enemy, will be to hold Grand Gulf. On the 18th: I would still repeat former instructions, that possession be got of Grand Gulf at the earliest possible moment. Again: I will be over here in a few days again, and hope it will be my good fortune to find you in safe possession of Grand Gulf. But McClernand's
17th (search for this): chapter 7
his confidence had never failed. On the 2d of April, he said to Halleck: In two weeks I expect to be able to collect all my forces and turn the enemy's left. When Sherman returned, unsuccessful, from Steele's bayou, Grant consoled himself by saying that the expedition has at least pushed our troops into the heart of the granary from which the Vicksburg forces are now being fed. On the 11th, he announced: My force in a few days will be all concentrated; I expect to take Grand Gulf. On the 17th: I go to New Carthage to-night; if it is possible, I will occupy Grand Gulf in four days. On the 18th: I hope very soon to be able to report my possession of Grand Gulf. On the 21st: My force is abundant, with a foothold once attained, to do the work. On the 24th, to Sherman: I foresee great difficulties in our present position, but it will not do to let these retard any movements. Again: Once at Grand Gulf, I do not feel a doubt of success in the entire clearing out of the enemy from the
18th (search for this): chapter 7
there. On the 13th: It is not desirable that you should move in any direction from Grand Gulf, but remain under the protection of the gun. boats. The present plan, if not changed by the movements of the enemy, will be to hold Grand Gulf. On the 18th: I would still repeat former instructions, that possession be got of Grand Gulf at the earliest possible moment. Again: I will be over here in a few days again, and hope it will be my good fortune to find you in safe possession of Grand Gulf. burg forces are now being fed. On the 11th, he announced: My force in a few days will be all concentrated; I expect to take Grand Gulf. On the 17th: I go to New Carthage to-night; if it is possible, I will occupy Grand Gulf in four days. On the 18th: I hope very soon to be able to report my possession of Grand Gulf. On the 21st: My force is abundant, with a foothold once attained, to do the work. On the 24th, to Sherman: I foresee great difficulties in our present position, but it will not
21st (search for this): chapter 7
turn the enemy's left. When Sherman returned, unsuccessful, from Steele's bayou, Grant consoled himself by saying that the expedition has at least pushed our troops into the heart of the granary from which the Vicksburg forces are now being fed. On the 11th, he announced: My force in a few days will be all concentrated; I expect to take Grand Gulf. On the 17th: I go to New Carthage to-night; if it is possible, I will occupy Grand Gulf in four days. On the 18th: I hope very soon to be able to report my possession of Grand Gulf. On the 21st: My force is abundant, with a foothold once attained, to do the work. On the 24th, to Sherman: I foresee great difficulties in our present position, but it will not do to let these retard any movements. Again: Once at Grand Gulf, I do not feel a doubt of success in the entire clearing out of the enemy from the banks of the river. Every effort will be exerted to get speedy possession of Grand Gulf, and from that point to open the Mississippi.
24th (search for this): chapter 7
d after the march was once begun, the roads became intolerable. But, on the 29th of April, the entire Thirteenth corps had arrived at Hard Times, ten thousand men having moved from Perkins's plantation on transports. Grant's headquarters, on the 24th, were with the advance. Reconnoissances of the eastern shore had meanwhile been ordered by Grant, and resulted in the discovery that there was but one point between Warrenton and Grand Gulf, where a good road existed from the river to the blufarthage to-night; if it is possible, I will occupy Grand Gulf in four days. On the 18th: I hope very soon to be able to report my possession of Grand Gulf. On the 21st: My force is abundant, with a foothold once attained, to do the work. On the 24th, to Sherman: I foresee great difficulties in our present position, but it will not do to let these retard any movements. Again: Once at Grand Gulf, I do not feel a doubt of success in the entire clearing out of the enemy from the banks of the riv
27th (search for this): chapter 7
on were burnt, lest they should fall into the hands of the national forces, and much of the bacon, beef, and poultry of the region was consumed. But these results were insignificant, when compared with those which it had been hoped to attain. The iron-clads had to back out of the stream into navigable water, as there was not room to turn, and, with unshipped rudders, rebounded from tree to tree. Sherman, on shore, protected them during this difficult and dangerous operation, and, on the 27th, he was back in his original camps opposite Vicksburg. Meanwhile, Ross had withdrawn from before Fort Pemberton, and on his way back met Quimby, on the 22d of March, near the head of the Yazoo pass. Quimby being senior, decided to return, and ascertain for himself the situation, but soon discovered that nothing could be done to remedy it; and, as soon as Grant learned the failure of the Steele's bayou expedition, he directed the concentration of all his forces at Milliken's bend. These
29th (search for this): chapter 7
ount of transportation being limited for the number of men it is desirable to take to Grand Gulf, I especially intended that no horses, except what was necessary for drawing the artillery, should be taken. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 29th, Porter began the bombardment with all his iron-clads, seven in number, and one ordinary gunboat. For five hours and twenty minutes, he kept up a vigorous fire, without intermission, running his vessels at times almost within pistol-shot of the bst of May, Sherman got orders from Grant to withdraw from before the bluff, and follow as rapidly as possible, on the heels of McPherson's corps. Move up to Perkins's plantation, with two divisions of your corps, as rapidly as possible. On the 29th, after passing Grand Gulf, Grant wrote to Halleck: I feel now that the battle is more than half over. During this tedious month, his confidence had never failed. On the 2d of April, he said to Halleck: In two weeks I expect to be able to collect
30th (search for this): chapter 7
once requested Porter to run by the batteries at Grand Gulf that night, with his entire fleet, as a cover to the transports, while the troops should be disembarked at Hard Times, and marched to De Shroon's, a point on the western shore, three miles below Grand Gulf. Porter promptly acquiesced, and that night the gunboats again engaged the batteries, while all the transports ran by, receiving no damage in the passage, only one or two being struck. They were thus ready, on the morning of the 30th, to take the troops aboard at De Shroon's. During the night, the Thirteenth corps marched around to that place, on the levee. The gunboats also passed below the batteries. Grant had previously ordered the eastern shore below Grand Gulf explored, to find a landing-place, and hardly hoped to get a footing anywhere north of Rodney; but, that night, information was procured from a negro, that a good road led from Bruinsburg, six miles below Grand Gulf, to Port Gibson, twelve miles in the inte
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