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Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
ment from Memphis, by way of Oxford and Grenada, to Jackson, Mississippi, or down the ridge between the Yazoo and Big Black;, to supply an army large enough to operate against Jackson, Mississippi, or the Black River Bridge; and such a channel willon at Auburn, and he accompanied my corps all the way into Jackson, which we reached May 14th. McClernand's corps had been lhad fought at Raymond, and taken the left-hand road toward Jackson, via Clinton, while my troops were ordered by General Granhand road leading through Mississippi Springs. We reached Jackson at the same time; McPherson fighting on the Clinton road, er. On the 10th of July we had driven the rebel army into Jackson, where it turned at bay behind the intrenchments, which ha Raymond road; Ord's (Thirteenth) on the right, reaching Pearl River below the town; and Parkes's (Ninth) the left, above theh Corps was about six hundred. In the attack on Jackson, Mississippi, during the 11th-16th of July, General Ord reported
Bear Creek valley (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
ivision from each of the three corps d'armee investing Vicksburg, he ordered me to go out, take a general command of all, and to counteract any movement on the part of General Johnston to relieve Vicksburg. I reconnoitred the whole country, from Haines's Bluff to the railroad bridge, and posted the troops thus: Parkes's two divisions from Haines's Bluff out to the Benton or ridge road; Tuttle's division, of my corps, joining on and extending to a plantation called Young's, overlooking Bear Creek valley, which empties into the Big Black above Messinger's Ferry; then McArthur's division, of McPherson's corps, took up the line, and reached to Osterhaus's division of McClernand's corps, which held a strong fortified position at the railroad-crossing of the Big Black River. I was of opinion that, if Johnston should cross the Big Black, he could by the favorable nature of the country be held in check till a concentration could be effected by us at the point threatened. From the best info
Shreveport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
to the new order of things. Still, their friendship and assistance to reconstruct order out of the present ruin cannot be depended on. They watch the operations of our armies, and hope still for a Southern Confederacy that will restore to them the slaves and privileges which they feel are otherwise lost forever. In my judgment, we have two more battles to win before we should even bother our minds with the idea of restoring civil order — viz., one near Meridian, in November, and one near Shreveport, in February and March next, when Red River is navigable by our gunboats. When these are done, then, and not until then, will the planters of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, submit. Slavery is already gone, and, to cultivate the land, negro or other labor must be hired. This, of itself, is a vast revolution, and time must be afforded to allow men to adjust their minds and habits to this new order of things. A civil government of the representative type would suit this class far l
Steele's Bayou (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
: I have just returned from a reconnoissance up Steele's Bayou, with the admiral (Porter), and five of his gunal: You will proceed as early as practicable up Steele's Bayou, and through Black Bayou to Deer Creek, and theThe other boat-load will commence their work in Steele's Bayou, and make the navigation as free as possible alough. There is but little work to be done in Steele's Bayou, except for about five miles about midway of tho a point at Gwin's plantation, where a bend of Steele's Bayou neared the main river; and the next day, with o overtake Admiral Porter. About sixty miles up Steele's Bayou we came to the gunboat Price, Lieutenant Woodwoments of the First Brigade in the expedition up Steele's Bayou, Black Bayou, and Deer Creek. The Sixth Missf Thursday, the 18th of March, and proceeded up Steele's Bayou to the mouth of Black; thence up Black Bayou to Captain McMillan, the same that was with us up Steele's Bayou, passed safely, and she also rendered good serv
Raymond (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
ed my corps all the way into Jackson, which we reached May 14th. McClernand's corps had been left in observation toward Edwards's Ferry. McPherson had fought at Raymond, and taken the left-hand road toward Jackson, via Clinton, while my troops were ordered by General Grant .n person to take the right-hand road leading through Mississippi Springs. We reached Jackson at the same time; McPherson fighting on the Clinton road, and my troops fighting just outside the town, on the Raymond road, where we captured three entire field-batteries, and about two hundred prisoners of war. The rebels, under General Joe Johnston, had retreated through the town northward olarged and strengthened since our former visit in May. We closed our lines about Jackson; my corps (Fifteenth) held the centre, extending from the Clinton to the Raymond road; Ord's (Thirteenth) on the right, reaching Pearl River below the town; and Parkes's (Ninth) the left, above the town. On the 11th we pressed close in, and
Bolton's Depot (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
corps, taking part with it in the battle of Champion Hills, but on the 17th it was ordered by General Grant across to Bridgeport, to join me there. Just beyond Bolton there was a small hewn-log house, standing back in a yard, in which was a well; at this some of our soldiers were drawing water. I rode in to get a drink, and, srch rapidly, and cross the Big Black at the railroad-bridge; the Fifteenth by Messinger's, and the Ninth (General Parkes) by Birdsong's Ferry — all to converge on Bolton. My corps crossed the Big Black during the 5th and 6th of July, and marched for Bolton, where we came in with General Ord's troops; but the Ninth Corps was delayBolton, where we came in with General Ord's troops; but the Ninth Corps was delayed in crossing at Birdsong's. Johnston had received timely notice of Pemberton's surrender, and was in full retreat for Jackson. On the 8th all our troops reached the neighborhood of Clinton, the weather fearfully hot, and water scarce. Johnston had Marched rapidly, and in retreating had caused cattle, hogs, and sheep, to be dri
Osage (Missouri, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
ss or superfluous. That part of the continent of North America known as Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, is in my judgment the key to the whole interior. The valley of the Mississippi is America, and, although railroads have changed the economy of intercommunication, yet the water-channels still mark the lines of fertile land, and afford cheap carriage to the heavy products of it. The inhabitants of the country on the Monongahela, the Illinois, the Minnesota, the Yellowstone, and Osage, are as directly concerned in the security of the Lower Mississippi as are those who dwell on its very banks in Louisiana; and now that the nation has recovered its possession, this generation of men will make a fearful mistake if they again commit its charge to a people liable to misuse their position, and assert, as was recently done, that, because they dwelt on the banks of this mighty stream, they had a right to control its navigation. I would deem it very unwise at this time, or for
Mississippi Springs (Nevada, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
s corps and McPherson's were still ahead, and had fought the battle of Port Gibson, on the 11th. I overtook General Grant in person at Auburn, and he accompanied my corps all the way into Jackson, which we reached May 14th. McClernand's corps had been left in observation toward Edwards's Ferry. McPherson had fought at Raymond, and taken the left-hand road toward Jackson, via Clinton, while my troops were ordered by General Grant .n person to take the right-hand road leading through Mississippi Springs. We reached Jackson at the same time; McPherson fighting on the Clinton road, and my troops fighting just outside the town, on the Raymond road, where we captured three entire field-batteries, and about two hundred prisoners of war. The rebels, under General Joe Johnston, had retreated through the town northward on the Canton road. Generals Grant, McPherson, and I, met in the large hotel facing the State-House, where the former explained to us that he had intercepted dispatches from
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
omas Williams the summer before, the object being to turn the Mississippi River at that point, or at least to make a passage for our fleet ofto give his personal supervison to the whole movement. The Mississippi River was very high and rising, and we began that system of canals art of Stuart's division to proceed in the large boats up the Mississippi River to a point at Gwin's plantation, where a bend of Steele's Baygunboats, and to escape with his men through the swamp to the Mississippi River. There being no longer any sharp-shooters to bother the sailthe main army to march by land down the country inland of the Mississippi River; while the gunboat-fleet and a minor land-force should threatown the bluff, so as to make connection with our fleet in the Mississippi River. There was a good deal of desultory fighting that evening, af the civil war — the recovery of the complete control of the Mississippi River, from its source to its mouth — or, in the language of Mr. Li
Rolling Fork (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): volume 1, chapter 14
General Sherman had also established his headquarters there, having preceded the Eighth Missouri in a tug, with no other escort than two or three of his staff, reconnoitring all the different bayous and branches, thereby greatly facilitating the movements of the troops, but at the same time exposing himself beyond precedent in a commanding general. At three o'clock of Saturday morning, the 20th instant, General Sherman having received a communication from Admiral Porter at the mouth of Rolling Fork, asking for a speedy cooperation of the land forces with his fleet, I was ordered by General Sherman to be ready, with all the available force at that point, to accompany him to his relief; but before starting it was arranged that I should proceed with the force at hand (eight hundred men), while he remained, again entirely unprotected, to hurry up the troops expected to arrive that night, consisting of the Thirteenth Infantry and One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Volunteers, completing
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