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Wright (search for this): chapter 2
ennant, was followed by eighteen gun-boats, a cutter, a transport fitted out as a man-of-war, and six transports with General Wright's brigade on board. General Sherman accompanied the expedition. On the 2d of March, the fleet came to anchor in theers complete about the 10th of June; it was from seven to eight thousand strong, and comprised the two divisions of Generals Wright and Stevens, with the independent brigade of Colonel Williams, the whole being under the command of General Benham. o make an assault upon Battery Lamar, while a few gun-boats, ascending Secession Creek, were to attack them in the rear. Wright's division and Williams' brigade were charged to cover the left flank of the assailants against any offensive movement frhe attack had failed. Stevens, however, did not give up the contest; he sent for succor to Benham, who had remained with Wright's column, and had not met the enemy. This general despatched Williams' brigade, which, crossing St. John's Creek, came t
Wood (search for this): chapter 2
and twenty thousand men, but it is probable that this figure includes non-combatants. They were divided into three large corps. Grant's old army, called the army of the Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hurlbut, Sherman, Smith and Davis, was under the orders of General Thomas, who at the beginning of the war had distinguished himself at Mill Springs. Buell commanded the army of the Ohio, which he had so opportunely led to the battle-field of Shiloh, comprising the divisions of McCook, Wood, Nelson and Crittenden. The army of the Mississippi, which Pope had brought from Missouri, and to which Curtis had contributed some reinforcements from Arkansas, consisted of the five small divisions of Stanley, Hamilton, Palmer, Paine and Plummer; a distinguished officer, General Granger, commanded its cavalry. The reserve was composed of the divisions of Wallace and McClernand, and was under command of the latter. Grant had been deprived of all effective directions by having been appoin
Winona (search for this): chapter 2
ortsmouth, seventeen guns; and ten gun-boats: the Varuna, twelve guns; the Cayuga, six guns; the Winona, the Katahdin, the Itasca, the Kineo, the Wissahickon, the Pinola, the Kennebeck, the Scioto, fooats of the two columns lost sight of those that preceded them. The Kennebeck on the right, the Winona on the left, became entangled among the chains stretched between the brig-hulks; the former sunkbut wasted much precious time in getting free. At the same time, the Itasca, which preceded the Winona, was struck by a cannonball, which penetrated her boiler and disabled her; the two vessels ran foul of each other. The Itasca was carried away by the current, and the Winona, left alone after having tried in vain to find her way, was obliged to descend the river once more with the Kennebeck, unir guns. At six o'clock in the morning, the Iroquois, the Oneida, the Richmond, the Scioto, the Winona, the Wissahickon and the Hartford came to anchor above Vicksburg. The Brooklyn, which was to ha
S. Williams (search for this): chapter 2
o be no longer needed on the Mississippi, General Williams, with a few troops embarked on transports Orleans, and placed under the command of General Williams. The difficulty in managing the mortar-bey could dig the channel. The heat decimated Williams' soldiers, who were employed in this rough angun-boats Katahdin and Kineo at Baton Rouge. Williams' troops had been landed near that city, whichg, Breckenridge's vanguard opened the fight. Williams' troops formed a semicircle outside of the ci was to destroy the Federal flotilla, to take Williams' troops in the rear, to cut off their retreat Stevens, with the independent brigade of Colonel Williams, the whole being under the command of Gentack them in the rear. Wright's division and Williams' brigade were charged to cover the left flankd not met the enemy. This general despatched Williams' brigade, which, crossing St. John's Creek, csent by Evans to cover his right, encountered Williams, arrested his flank movement, and at the same[1 more...]
Whipple (search for this): chapter 2
e Warrior, the Stonewall Jackson, the Resolute, the Defiance, the Governor Moore and the General Quitman, most of them protected by iron plates and cotton-bales, each armed with a beak; and five other vessels of the same description, equipped under the direction of the governor of Louisiana. But the Richmond authorities, unable to understand the necessity for a single command, had persisted in placing this flotilla under the orders of officers acting independently of the land-forces. Commodore Whipple, residing in New Orleans, with Captain Mitchell as second in authority, had the exclusive command of the vessels charged with the defence of the passes. During the whole siege Mitchell declined all concert of action with the defenders of the forts, refused to listen to Lovell's advice or the requests of Duncan, and by his inaction during the bombardment exposed himself to severe but just criticisms on the part of his comrades. The Confederates, however, on being informed of the app
Westfield (search for this): chapter 2
ging the mortar-boats and the transports, and in obtaining supplies for the fleet, delayed the time when Farragut saw all his forces united below Vicksburg, on the 27th of June. His fleet consisted of five sloops-of-war, the Hartford, bearing the commodore's pennant, the Iroquois, the Oneida, the Richmond and the Brooklyn; six gun-boats, the Kennebeck, the Katahdin, the Wissahickon, the Scioto, the Pinola and the Pinola, forming the first division; six other gun-boats, the Octorara, the Westfield, the Clifton, the Jackson, the Harriet Lane and the Owasco, which, with sixteen mortar-boats, constituted the second division, under David Porter; Williams' division of infantry, about three thousand strong, was on board. The latter was evidently too weak to attempt any demonstration against the works of Vicksburg, whose garrison numbered eight or ten thousand men; it could only protect the depots of the fleet against a surprise. On the evening of the 27th, everything was ready for an
Webb (search for this): chapter 2
capture of Baton Rouge. By seizing the official capital of Louisiana, the Confederates would have obtained a twofold advantage. The moral effect would have been considerable, while the capture of this place would have secured to them the possession of that portion of the river which receives the waters of Red River—a necessary line of communication, as we have said, for their supplies. The Arkansas, which had received a new sheathing of iron and cotton, was to unite with two gun-boats, the Webb and the Music, lying in Red River, and co-operate with Breckenridge's division in an attack upon Baton Rouge. The Federals had two gun-boats and the ram Essex with which to oppose them on the water, and on land four thousand men debilitated by sickness, with eighteen cannon. They had not been able to entrench themselves effectively, when on the 5th of August, at one o'clock in the morning, Breckenridge's vanguard opened the fight. Williams' troops formed a semicircle outside of the city,
Lewis Wallace (search for this): chapter 2
contributed some reinforcements from Arkansas, consisted of the five small divisions of Stanley, Hamilton, Palmer, Paine and Plummer; a distinguished officer, General Granger, commanded its cavalry. The reserve was composed of the divisions of Wallace and McClernand, and was under command of the latter. Grant had been deprived of all effective directions by having been appointed second in command of the whole army. Whether Halleck doubted his capacity, or was desirous in the event of a reverk, making summaries of reports and signing leaves of absence for sick soldiers. On the 1st of May, three weeks after the battle of Shiloh, Halleck started at last with this large army to go in quest of Beauregard at Corinth. The day before, Wallace's division, which had been despatched in a north-westerly direction, had cut the line of the Mobile and Ohio Railway at Purdy. It had thus isolated Corinth from the peninsula comprised between the Tennessee and the Mississippi, in which the Con
Viele (search for this): chapter 2
the greatest trouble in the centre of a perfect swamp, had received its armament on the 11th of February. In order to command the pass still more thoroughly, General Viele, who with his brigade had charge of the works on the left bank of the river, succeeded in building a small work upon a spot called Bird's Island, and placed a en at work in Missouri. General Benham proceeded to Tybee to assume command of the troops assembled there, and all those stationed south of the Savannah River; General Viele, who was placed under him, continued to direct the special operations on the left bank of the river. Hunter arrived at Tybee soon after his appointment. Itof confidence, and employed the night in removing their artillery, to concentrate its fire on the Tybee batteries, which they hoped to demolish on the morrow. General Viele had indeed endeavored to divert their attention by causing the cannon at Venus Point to fire upon the fort; but the distance was too great, and the batteries
Veatch (search for this): chapter 2
nother, under M. L. Smith, was to turn the enemy's position through the woods on the east side—that is to say, on the left; the third remained to guard the camps. Two other brigades were placed under Sherman's command; Hurlbut despatched that of Veatch to support Smith's movement on the left, while McClernand, who was encamped in rear to the north, detached Logan's brigade from Judah's division. The latter followed the line of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; then, turning to the left and crossing Philips Creek near its source, it proceeded to take position on the right of Denver. On the morning of the 28th, after a brief cannonade, Denver and Veatch dislodged the Confederate brigade posted around the house, without much damage to either of the combatants. Sherman advanced the whole of his line, extending his extreme right as far as the Ohio Railroad, which easily overcame the resistance of the enemy. Shortly after, the Confederates attempted to resume the offensive along the whole l
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