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Shreveport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
n a passage through this river the land-forces would probably have to attack the batteries which defended its course. On the day of his arrival at Milliken's Bend, Sherman ordered some vessels to make a new reconnaissance of the Yazoo. They were stopped by the batteries of Haines' Bluff, and one of them, the Benton, was greatly injured by the fire. On the same day the Federal commander landed a strong detachment of troops at Milliken's, and sent them to cut the railway track leading to Shreveport from the right bank of the Mississippi, opposite Vicksburg. His object was to prevent the enemy from receiving reinforcements from the west. It was, however, from the north and east that these reinforcements, so impatiently waited for at Vicksburg, were to arrive, and the two days that Sherman, detained by this expedition, passed at Milliken's Bend, afforded a precious respite to the Confederates. They took advantage of it to make preparations for repelling the attack on the banks of th
Triune (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
the Nashville road, a division charged to watch the Federals; it was posted near the village of Triune, and occupied Nolensville, a little beyond that point. The outposts, which were advancing as clft, that of Murfreesborough. The right and left thus flanked the position occupied by Hardee at Triune, ready to unite in a combined attack upon him if he sought to hold that position. If he should captured one gun. McCook continued his march, but was delayed by a thick fog, and did not reach Triune until the 27th. Hardee had left this village the day before, and all his army corps was alreadyo occupy the Nashville and Shelbyville road, had the main body of his troops in the vicinity of Triune. Thomas had joined Crittenden's corps on the causeway from Nashville to Murfreesborough, not fat prevent him from getting into line before sunset. A brigade of cavalry which had been left at Triune joined him during the night. The Federal army, therefore, was at last united and ready to assum
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ardstown, he slackened his march, for he knew well that the destruction of the railroad and telegraphic wires would paralyze the movements of the detached bodies of troops scattered all around him. In fact, these various detachments were trying in vain to approach each other, while avoiding a serious conflict with an enemy superior in numbers to each of them. On the 29th, whilst Harlan's brigade was reaching Elizabethtown, Morgan was approaching Bardstown, and his scouts were already in Fredericksburg. But fearing to be caught between the troops of Baird at Danville and those of Hoskins at Lebanon, he suddenly retraced his steps, passed through Hayesville and encamped at Rolling Fork. On the 31st he crossed the Muldraugh Hills, which lie south of Lebanon, and re-entered the valley of Green River. Baird, at Danville, made no effort to meet him; Woolford, at Greensburg, seemed to have no suspicion of his being so near him at Campbellville. Hoskins alone started in pursuit of him wi
Abbeville (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
Pemberton's communications seriously enough to convince the latter of his inability to maintain himself on the Tallahatchie. By a combined march, Grant and Sherman had reached the borders of this river on the 29th of November, one in front of Abbeville and the other at Wyatt. They had anticipated a desperate conflict before this obstacle; the enemy's works had even seemed so formidable that Grant, deeming it impossible to carry them by main force, was preparing to turn them, and had already Wyatt. They had anticipated a desperate conflict before this obstacle; the enemy's works had even seemed so formidable that Grant, deeming it impossible to carry them by main force, was preparing to turn them, and had already sent his cavalry across the Tallahatchie on his extreme left, when, on the morning of December 1st, Pemberton evacuated all his positions and retired toward Grenada. The Federals pursued his rear-guards as far as Oxford, halfway between Grand Junction and Grenada; but being obliged to repair the railroad to procure their supplies, they were not able greatly to harass his march. However, while their infantry occupied Oxford on the 5th of December, their cavalry was already in the vicinity of
Stuart's Creek (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
Overall's Creek; it took possession of the bridge thrown across the stream, and thus secured a commodious outlet to the plateau we have just described, for the right wing of the army. The left wing, owing to the facilities afforded by the turnpike and the railroad, advanced still farther. Crittenden, after crossing Stewart's Creek, pushed on with all possible speed, followed by Negley's division of Thomas' corps, the other division of the same corps under Rousseau having remained near Stuart's Creek to wait for its wagon-train. Palmer's division, which was in advance, soon met the Confederate outposts, and, without allowing them time to burn the turnpike and railroad bridges on Overall's Creek, secured the means for easily crossing this stream, as McCook had already done on the right. Palmer, pushing his heads of column in the direction of Murfreesborough, threw himself at last, at a distance of five kilometres from this village, upon a line of breastworks which lay across the roa
Humboldt, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
His project was to follow the line of railway from Memphis to Grenada, and from Grenada to Jackson, taking Memphis, on the Mississippi, as a base of operations. This city would have been connected with the North by the railroad which passes at Humboldt, striking again the great river at Columbus. In order to defend this long railway track, all the secondary lines would have been abandoned, as well as the stations of Bolivar, Jackson in Tennessee, Iuka, and even the fortifications of Corinth,efore Humboldt and Trenton, the defenders of which, being invalids and men without experience, did not make a long stand against his artillery and skilful skirmishers. He was thus able to destroy at leisure the important branch of railway from Humboldt to Columbus, through which Grant received his supplies. For some days he was master of the whole country, and conscientiously fulfilled his task. At last Sullivan collected a sufficient number of troops to resume the offensive, and started in
Barren River (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
lizabethtown, after passing through a tunnel of considerable length and crossing the chain of hills which separates the waters of Salt River from those of Green River, and crosses the latter water-course at Munfordsville; a little beyond this point, at the Mammoth Cave station, formerly frequented by tourists in consequence of the celebrated caves, the principal line inclines to the south-west, whilst a branch of it follows the original direction as far as Glasgow. At Bowling Green, on Big Barren River, we find another branch of the same: the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which we have followed from the first of these two cities, resumes a southerly direction, and, after forming an angle toward the east leading to the village of Gallatin, it reaches the capital of Tennessee, on the banks of the Cumberland. The other line is the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, which, extending to the south-west, reaches the banks of the Tennessee by way of Russellville, Clarksville and Dover. The Fe
Meridian (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
railroads; at the north, from Memphis to Corinth by way of Grand Junction; at the east, the section of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad comprised between Corinth and Meridian; at the south, the line from Vicksburg to Meridian, which passes through Jackson. At the four angles are situated Memphis, Corinth, Meridian and Vicksburg. TheMeridian, which passes through Jackson. At the four angles are situated Memphis, Corinth, Meridian and Vicksburg. The rectangle is divided in two throughout its length by the Mississippi Central Railroad, which runs parallel to the Mississippi from Grand Junction to Jackson. Between the two extremities of this line, and nearly in the centre of the rectangle, stands the village of Grenada. From this point a line of railway which terminates at MMeridian and Vicksburg. The rectangle is divided in two throughout its length by the Mississippi Central Railroad, which runs parallel to the Mississippi from Grand Junction to Jackson. Between the two extremities of this line, and nearly in the centre of the rectangle, stands the village of Grenada. From this point a line of railway which terminates at Memphis starts diagonally in a north-westerly direction. The largest portion of this country appertains to the Mississippi basin, which receives the waters of Yazoo River above Vicksburg and those of Big Black River above Grand Gulf. These two considerable rivers run from north-north-east to south-south-west at a short distance f
Greensburg (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
outh were not completed. The brigades of Craddock and Reed, with two regiments of cavalry, were at Lebanon under Colonel Hoskins. Baird's division, consisting of six regiments of infantry, was at Danville, and Woolford's brigade of cavalry at Greensburg, on Green River, above Munfordsville. Morgan, with his light and compact body of troops, fully relied upon his ability to pass through all these separate detachments and effect his escape before they had time to contrive any plan for crushing his steps, passed through Hayesville and encamped at Rolling Fork. On the 31st he crossed the Muldraugh Hills, which lie south of Lebanon, and re-entered the valley of Green River. Baird, at Danville, made no effort to meet him; Woolford, at Greensburg, seemed to have no suspicion of his being so near him at Campbellville. Hoskins alone started in pursuit of him with all his forces. He left Lebanon on the 31st, crossed the Muldraugh Hills on the 1st of January, 1863, and after a forced marc
Estrella (Arizona, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
tes had raised in this place was insurmountable. It consisted of a boat sunk crossways, resting upon the scaffolding of an old bridge; the guns placed on the enemy's works commanded all the approaches by water. The Cotton was stationed on the other side of the bar in such manner as to join her fire to that of the guns posted along the shore. The attack was nevertheless determined upon. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 14th the three Federal vessels, the Calhoun, the Kinsman and Estrella, ascended the Teche, whilst the Diana was conveying over to the left bank a body of troops which had been landed the day before on the opposite side. The Eighth Vermont, being the first to land, was to endeavor to attack the principal work of the Confederates in the rear, while the flotilla should attract their entire attention. In the mean while, the troops which had remained on the right bank were to make a circuit for the purpose of occupying some point on the margin of the Teche above
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