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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
upon any one essential regarding the expedition. Sherman's visit cut short all difficulties. He promised Banks the co-operation for one month of a corps of ten thousand men, which, ascending the Red River, would meet him at Alexandria. The 16th of March was appointed for the rendezvous, Grant having insisted upon the 15th of April for the return to Vicksburg of the troops thus loaned rather reluctantly to Banks, and which he expected to use in the beginning of spring east of the Mississippi.nd, keeping Taylor posted as to his movements, had enabled him to withdraw in time to avoid being outflanked by the Federals before they had crossed Bayou Boeuf. Taylor, at the head of Walker's and Mouton's divisions, left Cheneyville on the 16th of March, and reached, on the 18th, Carroll Jones' plantation, a little to the south of the village of Hineston, where a depot of provisions had been established. This point was of certain strategic importance, as it was situated at the junction of t