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Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
the same, June 21st: Seven passed up last night. The steamer Dove went down last night, came up to-day, with one piece of artillery and the horses harnessed. They reported heavy fighting at Vicksburg. Dobbin and Gary (cavalry) within 12 miles of Helena. As to the advance of his troops on Helena, Holmes was hourly in receipt of dispatches. From General Price, June 27th: Crossed Cache river with my cavalry, on Thursday morning. . . . The infantry, in consequence of the rapid rise of Cache river, was unable to finish the crossing of that stream with their trains before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, having fasted from daybreak of the previous day. I had meanwhile caused Bayou de View to be bridged, and the bottom on each side of it to be causewayed, as also Caney creek. But the very heavy rains of yesterday and last night raised both the bayou and the creek so as to sweep away the bridges and render the bottoms utterly impassable. From General Marmaduke, June 28th, on Flat cree
The Daily Dispatch: August 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the War. (search)
chen's regiment and Walker's brigade down the ridge. We have opened a communication with Memphis and Helena, bridging the St. Frances river at this point. A steamer is expected up, loaded with supplies. We have had several affairs of outposts with the enemy, in all of which we have been successful. Price is at Searcy and Des Arc, from the latest information; and Marmaduke and the people of Jacksonport are abandoning the place in advance of us. Our troops are scouting all over the Cache river and its bottoms, and also the L' Auguille, at both the crossings of the Memphis and Jacksonport road; also where the main road to Helena crosses it.--We are in good health, fine spirits, and anxious to be pushed forward. Fine crops of corn are growing in the slopes of Crowley's ridge; and the swamps have numbers of cattle. Price, however, has carried off all the negroes and cattle he could gather on this side of the White river. This point (Wittsburg) is the fecal point of Eastern
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