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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. (search)
h Ohio was torn into shreds by the explosion of a shell in its very center, but the shreds were brought back adhering to the staff. The losses speak for themselves. De Courcy had 48 killed, 321 wounded, and 355 missing; Blair, 99 killed, 331 wounded, 173 missing; Thayer (in the 4th Iowa), 7 killed, 105 wounded: total, for the 9 regiments engaged, 154 killed, 757 wounded, 528 missing,--in all, 1439. In Sherman's whole command the loss was 208 killed, 1005 wounded, 563 missing,--aggregate, 1776. The Confederates report 63 killed, 134 wounded, 10 missing,--aggregate, 207. Shortly after De Courcy had returned to his command, General Blair came. He said that De Courcy's brigade had behaved badly. At the time I did not know the relative loss of the two brigades, but I did know that each of them, as well as Thayer's, had made a superb assault, and that the enemy's position was impregnable. Blair did not refer to the matter in his report; but Thayer says in his: I found my
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Chickasaw bluffs (or First Vicksburg), Miss.: December 27th, 1862--January 3d, 1863. (search)
Henry H. Griffiths. Brigade loss: k, 7; w, 115; m, 2 == 124. Artillery A, 1st Ill., Capt. Peter P. Wood; B, 1st Ill., Capt. Samuel E. Barrett; H, 1st Ill., Lieut. Levi W. Hart; Chicago (Ill.) Mercantile, Capt. Charles G. Cooley; 8th Ohio, Lieut. James F. Putnam; 17th Ohio, Capt. Ambrose A. Blount. Cavalry: 6th Mo., Col. Clark Wright; 3d Ill., Col. Lafayette McCrillis; Thielemann's (Ill.) Battalion. The total loss of the Union army was 208 killed, 1005 wounded, and 563 captured or missing == 1776. The effective strength of the expeditionary force is estimated at about 33,000 men. General Sherman says ( Official Records, Vol. XVII., Part I., p. 610) that the only real fighting was during the assault by Morgan's and Steele's divisions, and at the time of crossing the 6th Missouri, during the afternoon of December 29th, by the Second Division. The Confederate forces. Lieutenant-General John C. Pemberton. defenses of Vicksburg, Major-General Martin L. Smith, Major-General Carter
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.67 (search)
S. D. Lee's brigade, which repelled the attack. Besides Lee's brigade, which met the main attack, three brigades of the Confederates were engaged, commanded respectively by Brigadier-Generals John Gregg, J. C. Vaughn, and S. M. Barton [see p. 462].--editors. General Pemberton reported that the Confederate loss was 150, and that of the Federals 1100. According to the Official Records (Vol. XVII., Pt. I, pp. 625 and 668), the Union loss was 208 killed, 1005 wounded, 563 missing,--total, 1776; that of the Confederates, 63 killed, 134 wounded, 10 missing,--total, 207.--editors. The combined land and naval forces then left the Yazoo, and, entering the Arkansas, ascended it to Arkansas Post, which they captured, with its garrison of five thousand Confederate troops. In the meantime General Pemberton brought what had been his active forces into Vicksburg. On the 20th of January all the troops destined for the operations against Vicksburg were ordered by General Grant to Millik