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Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
of March the 9th; and in order to avert the danger of another attack from the enemy's iron-clad, they hastened to station several large vessels at the mouth of the James, which were to board the Virginia and sink her as soon as she should appear. But the latter vessel did not avail herself of the chances she still possessed on thet had been formed for the future campaign of the army of the Potomac; and by a new coincidence, as strange as the meeting of the two iron-clads at the mouth of the James, it was precisely on the 8th of March that these plans had been definitely determined upon. In fact, after having ordered the preparations which McClellan had sand at once upon transports which had at last been collected in sufficient number, while the remainder of the army was advancing through the peninsula, between the James and the York Rivers, it was to land on the north bank of that arm of the sea, so as to cause the fall of all the defences erected for the purpose of closing its en
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
newly-dug graves by means of crosses and other devices; but they carried the joke a little too far. The inscriptions which adorned the false graves, invoking, with much affectation, respect for the dead, excited the suspicion of the Yankees, who were not long in discovering the trick. Leaving Jackson in the valley of Virginia, free to act in accordance with his judgment, Johnston fell back upon the Rappahannock with little less than fifty thousand able-bodied men. Resting his right on Fredericksburg, and taking his left to the rear of the Rapidan, he waited in these positions, destined to become so celebrated at a later day, for McClellan to define his movement either by land or water. The choice of the Federals had long since been made; and a reconnaissance undertaken by General Stoneman with a brigade of cavalry and a regiment of infantry only served to demonstrate the impossibility of pursuit. Stoneman followed the enemy across a country absolutely destitute of resources, fro
Valverde, N. M. (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ns of the fort, they were obliged to proceed about twelve kilometres higher up to find, in the vicinity of the hamlet of Valverde, a point where the inaccessible acclivities which surrounded it might give place to an easier ascent. Consequently, thaface them with troops inured to war. In spite of the previous day's experience, he resolved to dispute the possession of Valverde, and not to allow them to establish themselves upon his line of communication without a fight. Sibley thus far succeederom the protection of his fortifications. While the vanguard of the Confederates was at last approaching the river at Valverde, and hastening towards its waters to slacken their thirst, the Federals, who had ascended the river by the right bank, adefended by a battery of artillery. They renewed, without hesitation, the bold attack which had proved so successful at Valverde. The Federal artillery, still well served, inflicted upon them some terrible losses. As to the infantry, it made a som
Cumberland Gap (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
, because it was near the river at the place where it begins to be navigable. The unsuccessful attempts of the Federals at Pikeville, and in the direction of Cumberland Gap, had taught their adversaries that they had nothing to fear on that side, and that any expedition directed upon East Tennessee would have to bear more to thehomas thus threatened to occupy the borders of the Cumberland below Mill Springs. It was by this river that Crittenden received part of his supplies, for the Cumberland Gap road was too long and too difficult to bring him the necessary provisions for his nine or ten thousand men from East Tennessee. Fearing lest he should be cute weather rendered all pursuit impossible. Crittenden had retired by way of Monticello in the direction of Nashville, and part of his troops had gone towards Cumberland Gap. But to undertake to rescue East Tennessee from Confederate rule, to wrest from them the salt-works and the coal-fields which they possessed in the Cumberlan
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
frigate, which was partially burned, had been sunk in the port of Norfolk at the moment the Confederates took possession of it. After many esame day; their armament was completed on the 5th of March, one at Norfolk, the other in New York. Both were manned by crews who were goina, which, on the morning of the 8th, was coming out of the port of Norfolk, near Nansemond River, under the command of Captain Buchanan. And an alligator. On the part of the Confederates, the garrison of Norfolk, the inhabitants of the city and the suburbs, as soon as they saw the Confederate squadron retired for the night to the vicinity of Norfolk, to prepare for a renewal of the work of destruction as soon as dantagonist, gave up the game and slowly retired in the direction of Norfolk. The Monitor remained on the battle-field near the ships she hathe James River remained closed by the presence of the Virginia at Norfolk, Urbanna and Fortress Monroe were both accessible, and could yet a
Fort Macon (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
n, Fort Monroe, and all the casemated works constructed on the American coast on the plans of General Bernard; this was Fort Macon, situated at the extremity of a long sand-bank similar to that of Hatteras. It was occupied by rebel troops, and couldence it was to make a demonstration against Norforlk which should prevent the enemy from attempting a diversion to save Fort Macon. On the 19th of April Reno met a small body of Confederate troops, accompanied by a few guns, at South Mills. He attaht wounded, compelled it to retreat. He himself re-embarked on the following day. Washed on three sides by the sea, Fort Macon was only approachable by the narrow strip of land the extremity of which it occupied. It was a polygonal work of masonagazines riddled. The garrison capitulated the next day; it had eight men killed and twenty wounded. The capture of Fort Macon gave the Federals the best access to the inland sea, and completed the land blockade of all that part of the coast. Fo
Paducah (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
econd, under General Grant, guarded the Mississippi and the mouth of the Tennessee at Cairo and Paducah. The third, under General Buell, operated in Kentucky, with its centre near Elizabethtown. Thrth, the former to the left, the latter to the right, and finally emptied into the Ohio, one at Paducah, the other at Smithland, a little higher up. It was a road with two tracks, open in the most vueir forces in order to strike a decisive blow. All the available troops to be found at Cairo, Paducah, and St. Louis were hurried on transports for the purpose of joining Grant, while several regimf February, and was completed by the 3d of March. The next day a party of Federal cavalry from Paducah penetrated into its abandoned entrenchments with its spiked guns and still burning magazines. ion. Finally, at Eastport it again resumes its original course to run directly north as far as Paducah. The distance in a straight line between those two points is about two hundred and sixty kilom
Crump (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
Lick Creek, to the south, which debouches obliquely into the Tennessee, Owl Creek, to the north, which, after taking its rise near the former, separates from it and unites with a third, Snake Creek, running from the north-west, and forms impassable swamps to the bank of the Tennessee, into which it empties very near to Pittsburg Landing. This country is traversed by several roads, which meet at the latter point; that of Hamburg, to the south, runs along the left bank of Lick Creek; that of Crump's Landing, to the north, crosses the swamps below the confluence of Owl Creek and Snake Creek. In the centre a third road leads towards the north-west to the town of Purdy, and two others in a south-westerly direction to Corinth. The two streams of Owl Creek and Lick Creek, separated at their mouths by a space of little more than four kilometres, formed an excellent protection for the flanks of the Federal army. But the latter, at the time when the Confederates were preparing to attack
Gallatin, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
the Confederate bands that overran them more effectually, he had taken up his quarters at Piketon, in the heart of those mountains. On the 16th of March, by a bold and difficult advance, with one thousand men, he surprised a small Confederate brigade upon the elevated defile of Pound Gap, and dispersed them after a slight engagement. On the same day, at a distance of more than six hundred and fifty kilometres from this point, the Confederate partisan Morgan pushed a bold raid as far as Gallatin, on the right bank of the Cumberland, where he gathered some booty. But he was immediately after obliged to fall back as far as Shelbyville, while a detachment of Federal cavalry, which in turn entered McMinnville, south-east of Murfreesborough, on the 26th of March put to flight the troops who had come to dispute the possession of that place. The victory of Donelson was bearing its fruits, and the Federals were masters of the largest portion of the State of Tennessee. Having full conf
Commerce, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
the Mississippi. Foote, as we have stated, had found the position of Columbus evacuated in the early part of March. He had immediately descended the Mississippi as far as Island No.10, the cannon of which informed him that the enemy was at work. While Sherman was embarking for Columbus, the troops which had been fighting for some time in Eastern Missouri, after being consolidated into one division of three strong brigades, under command of General Pope, landed on the 28th of February at Commerce, on the right bank of the Mississippi. On the 2d of March they dispersed the small force of J. Thompson, capturing six guns, and on the following day they appeared before New Madrid; they found that village surrounded by considerable works, occupied by a numerous garrison, and supplied with a powerful artillery. On the Confederate side, the defence of the Mississippi had been entrusted to Beauregard. Taking advantage of the inactivity which the rigors of the season imposed upon McClel
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