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Trenton, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
The time has come for the latter quickly to return to the State of Mississippi. He has collected nearly four thousand men, well mounted, but badly armed and little inured to war: his forty wagons of provisions, his droves of beeves and swine, are going to impede his progress. It is with inexperienced recruits and with cattle instead of artillery that he will have to escape from the flying columns of the Federals. On the 22d he hears that Smith's column has appeared on the north, at Trenton and at McLemoresville—that of Mizner on the south-east, at Jack's Creek. He immediately adopts a course of action. Richardson's brigade shall open the march toward the south: it shall leave Jackson on the 23d in the morning, and shall pass over the Hatchie at Estenaula. It shall be followed, one day's march apart, by the trains, the drove of livestock, and all men without arms, escorted by Colonel Bell and his troopers. About five hundred combatants under the orders of Colonel Wisdom sh
Missouri (United States) (search for this): chapter 4
s already threatening the town. The Confederate, refusing fight, pushed to the north-west, and reached the banks of the Missouri at Booneville, closely followed by Brown. Not being able to cross the river, he ascended rapidly its right bank, but heto use the usual term, comprising the numerous tribes driven by the whites to the west of Minnesota on the banks of the Missouri, had, in 1862, undertaken against the latter an offensive return. Availing themselves of the absence of the regular trothe river, they had placed their women, children, and horses in safety. A few shots only were fired on the banks of the Missouri, after which Sibley started to march eastward. He could not pursue the Indians any farther; the absence of Sully, of wh provisioned by a steamer sent from Fort Pierre, he set forward on the 20th of August, and ascended the left bank of the Missouri; then, having been informed that the Indians had recrossed the river immediately after Sibley's retreat, so as to re-ent
Atlantic Ocean (search for this): chapter 4
the division adopted in the third chapter of the first book in the third volume, of which this is a sequel, and we shall speak in succession of the four naval divisions which blockaded the Southern States under the name of squadrons—viz. the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, the East Gulf, and the West Gulf. The first, which is always under the orders of Admiral Lee, confines itself, since the Confederates raised the siege of Suffolk, to blockading the coasts of Virginia and North CarolinaSouth Atlantic, the East Gulf, and the West Gulf. The first, which is always under the orders of Admiral Lee, confines itself, since the Confederates raised the siege of Suffolk, to blockading the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. Unimportant expeditions up the rivers that cut these coasts, and the destruction of some blockade-runners at the entrance to Wilmington, the only important port that the Federal ships have to watch, break the monotony of the blockade along these inhospitable shores. The official reports mention three large steamers surprised by the blockading fleet at the moment when, with rich cargoes, they were going to enter Wilmington. All three of them ran aground —the Kate on the 12th of July, the H
Fort Taylor (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the lagoon of the Madre and connecting with Brownsville by a railroad, completes this operation, whost important to them. In fact, masters of Brownsville, they completely intercept the traffic whicrates a short time before the occupation of Brownsville. The right bank of the Rio Grande being thilst the cavalry was marching direct toward Brownsville, a town situated on the line which the army Little Rock. Eighteen miles south-west of Brownsville is a stream, surrounded by pretty large swa to engage in a general fight, fell back on Brownsville after having reconnoitred their position. ible. Davidson brought back his cavalry to Brownsville and awaited the arrival of Steele. The lmber took the direct road from Clarendon to Brownsville, whilst Steele was moving from Devall's Bluhe latter. He knew that a good road led to Brownsville, via Ashley's Mill, as far as the banks of pairing the road which he had followed from Brownsville, and in the evening of the second day the a[4 more...]
Matagorda, Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
isti pass are the passes of Aransas and Cavallo, which give access to the two deep and navigable lagoons of Aransas and Matagorda. The latter is truly an inland sea, on the margin of which are the commercial ports of Indianola and Matagorda. FartMatagorda. Farther on, the banks close to the main land are cut by the mouth of Brazos River; then they form, under the name of Galveston Island on one side and Bolivar Point on the other, the vast bay of Galveston, and finally, separated from the main land by a cllo passes are about sixty-two miles apart. The banks which extend between them form the two islands of St. Joseph and Matagorda, which are separated by a channel impassable by ships, called Cedar Bayou. At the northern end of Matagorda Island, neul artillery and defended by seven or eight hundred men. Its capture would completely close the ports of Indianola and Matagorda and would secure the Federals the possession of two-thirds of the Texan coast. General Washburne lands his troops on
Como (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
which commanded the entrance to the bridge, and were replaced when a force presented itself to cross over. Logwood, who had himself gathered this information, had ascertained the small number of the defenders of this work. Forrest resolved to surprise them and thus secure a crossing for his train. He had just sent Major Strange with seven hundred men to make a demonstration toward Memphis: after having passed across Wolf River at Raleigh, Strange was to follow the Grenada Railway as far as Como, the general rendezvous. Two hundred men went to the westward to attract the attention of the enemy to La Grange. During this time Bell started out with an equal force to take possession of the La Fayette bridge. Forrest, who had reserved for himself the most difficult task, was marching as rapidly as possible on his tracks while escorting the wagons. On the 27th, at eleven o'clock in the morning, Bell reached, without being perceived, the approaches to the bridge. His men, springing u
Mustang Island (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
day near the pass of Corpus Christi, into which even the smallest steamers cannot penetrate, the bar having but twenty-nine inches of water. The Federals, under the command of General T. E. G. Ransom, have landed at the southern extremity of Mustang Island, which extends lengthwise about twenty-five miles to the pass of Aransas. To defend this pass, pretty frequently visited by the blockade-runners, the Confederates have constructed works on Mustang Island occupied by a small garrison of aboutMustang Island occupied by a small garrison of about one hundred men. Ransom, starting on the 17th before daylight with two hundred soldiers, moves the length of the island by a forced march, brings together the rest of his troops, landed not far from the works, and presents himself suddenly before the enemy. The little garrison, surrounded on land, bombarded by the fleet, sees the uselessness of resisting and at once capitulates. On disembarking at Brazos Santiago, Banks had sent a part of his transports back to New Orleans to bring reinforc
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
cavalry. At last they succeed in repulsing the assailants, but they must await the arrival of Parke to resume the offensive. In the mean time, Grant, leaving Nashville, to which his headquarters have been transferred, arrives at Knoxville on the 30th of December; he promptly recognizes that the Army of the Ohio is not in a conrecently arrived at Pulaski with a detachment of the Sixteenth corps which is almost equivalent to two divisions, will occupy the railway connecting Decatur with Nashville. Thus shall be preserved two lines of supply, without counting that by the river. The position of the Confederate Army of the Tennessee will not take long to not show them the sympathy they had expected, they were nevertheless anxious to organize a solid administration composed of their adherents, as they had done at Nashville, and in the spring of 1864 the State of Arkansas, considered as having returned into the Union, was allowed a local government and representatives in Congress.
Lafayette (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
y a portion of his forces by sea, whilst the rest, moving up Bayou Teche and passing through Vermilionville, would make its way into Texas, following the unfinished railroad from New Iberia to Beaumonother route, Banks had decided to ascend Bayou Teche with all his available forces as far as Vermilionville, and to endeavor to reach from there the banks of Sabine River by a long march parallel witeason, and on the 6th of October his advance-guard was on the banks of Bayou Vermilion, near Vermilionville, where, after an insignificant skirmish, he established himself. But Banks, who had followemainder of his little army, and camped on the banks of Carrion Crow Bayou, which the road to Vermilionville crosses at an equal distance—say about fourteen miles—from these two towns. At a little dis on the north bank of Bayou Bourbeux. On the following day the Nineteenth corps halted at Vermilionville; the Third division of the Thirteenth corps, commanded by General McGinnis, and Burbridge's
Dent County (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ederals surprised and captured, with a part of his staff, the Southern general Jeff. Thompson, who was just preparing a new expedition, but thought that, being in Pocahontas, he was out of the reach of his adversaries. Unfortunately, the prisoners were the victims of numerous thefts, regarding which both regiments threw the responsibility on each other. In Central Missouri a few bands also appeared, but the principal one having, on September 12th, attacked the Federal post of Salem in Dent county, was driven back with great loss and soon disappeared. In the mean while, Blunt, after a long rest at Fort Gibson, seeing that the Confederates have lost all their audacity, has decided upon going to encounter them beyond the Canadian River. He starts in the fore part of August. At his approach Cooper and Cabell separate. The former moves southwardly, closely followed by the Federals as far as the village of Perryville, where he halts to oppose them on August 26th. But he is drive
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