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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Bragg's invasion of Kentucky. (search)
ops I shall always include all officers, all non-commissioned officers, and all privates who are reported present for duty.--J. W. This return included the Army of Mississippi, reinforced by the troops brought from Arkansas by Generals Price and Van Dorn, together with detachments gathered from various localities. About two thousand cavalry not included in this return also belonged to the army. This was the maximum force General Bragg could expect to concentrate at that point. General Halleckpied behind the enemy's lines, the main object of the movement being to create the impression of a general advance. On July 31st Bragg and Kirby Smith met at Chattanooga, and a joint movement into middle Tennessee was determined upon, Price and Van Dorn being left to confront Grant in northern Mississippi. On August 5th Bragg sent two of his brigades (Cleburne's and Preston Smith's) to General Smith at Knoxville. General C. L. Stevenson, with nearly nine thousand men, was ordered to watch the
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., East Tennessee and the campaign of Perryville. (search)
ntucky early in July, and the increased activity of small parties, were a part of these measures. It was at first in contemplation to move the Tupelo army upon my rear in middle Tennessee, but the wiser plan was adopted of concentrating in my front. One division of that army, and reeforcements from other quarters, reached Chattanooga in June. General Bragg arrived on the 30th of July, and by that time the transfer of his force from Tupelo was about completed. The nucleus of a force under Van Dorn and Price was left in Mississippi to neutralize the large Federal force on the Memphis and Charleston road, an object which was accomplished at first by inaction alone, and at last by bold though unsuccessful attacks with inferior numbers. The foreshadowing of an aggressive campaign from east Tennessee soon began to be seen. By report, and actually, as the record now shows, the objective was at first middle Tennessee and Nashville. Rumor, as usual, placed the force that was ready for t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.63 (search)
est of the Mississippi, down to the defeat of Van Dorn and Price by Curtis, in the battle of Elkhorny Beauregard to transport them to Memphis. Van Dorn, after issuing orders for the transfer of the, who was then at Pittsburg Landing. Until Van Dorn returned to Des Arc, on April 5th, it was notsouri were abandoned to their fate; moreover, Van Dorn was too late for the battle of Shiloh. Themade ready, he lay inactive at Batesville. Van Dorn, on leaving Arkansas, had assigned Brigadier-souri expedition. The disastrous defeat of Van Dorn at Corinth in October, 1862, opened the way tNovember Grant advanced toward Holly Springs, Van Dorn falling back before him. McClernand was at th supplies, and was about to move forward when Van Dorn, by a splendid dash upon Holly Springs, Thed was estimated by Grant at $400,000, and by Van Dorn at $1,500,000. Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken by Van Dorn.--editors. on the 20th of December, and Forrest, by a brilliant raid into east Te[5 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.67 (search)
oved at Corinth and Tupelo; so that they were in excellent condition for marches and for battles before the middle of July. They numbered 45,000. There were 22,000 other Confederate troops in Mississippi, in two bodies, one commanded by Major-General Van Dorn, the other by Major-General Price. Those two officers were independent of each other — and, strange to say, of General Bragg also.--J. E. J. In the first half of July, 1862, General Halleck was ordered to Washington as general-in-chillant Van Dorn's daring and skillfully executed enterprise, surpassed by none of its character achieved during the war. This depot was to have supplied the Federal army in its march toward Vicksburg. Its destruction frustrated that design. General Van Dorn accomplished it on the 20th of December with a brigade of cavalry, attacking, defeating, and capturing a superior force. The supplies were destroyed by burning the store-houses — to which the consent of the owners was freely given. The des
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The defense of Vicksburg. (search)
. Then followed a succession of movements against Vicksburg, having for their object the turning of that point. They were all uniformly unsuccessful, and were so remote from the city, with one exception, that the garrison of Vicksburg was not involved in the operations which defeated them. I will simply mention them in the order in which they occurred. First was General Grant's advance from Memphis and Grand Junction, via Holly Springs, toward Grenada. This was defeated by the raids of Van Dorn and Forrest upon Grant's communications [December 20th and December 15th to January 3d]. He was forced to retire or starve. Next came General Sherman's attempt to get in rear of Vicksburg by the Chickasaw Bayou road, which ran from the Yazoo River bottom to the Walnut hills, six miles above the city. His column of thirty thousand men was defeated and driven back with dreadful slaughter by General S. D. Lee with one brigade of the Vieksburg garrison [December 20th to January 3d]. After
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.76 (search)
on plating had to be refastened to her shattered sides. This being fairly under way, I called, Thursday P. M., upon General Van Dorn, commanding the forces, and told him that, having obtained telegraphic permission from the Navy Department to turn oolently ill, and while in bed, unable, as I supposed, to rise, I received a dispatch from Lieutenant Stevens saying that Van Dorn required him to steam at once down to Baton Rouge to aid in a land attack of our forces upon the Union garrison holding earest approach by rail to Baton Rouge, and thence arrived nearly in time to see the explosion of the Arkansas.-I. N. B. Van Dorn had been persistent beyond all reason in his demand, and Stevens, undecided, had referred the quest ion to a senior offirom Richmond on his mission of bother, not communicating with or informing me on the subject, he ordered Stevens to obey Van Dorn without any regard to my orders to the contrary. Under the double orders of two commanders-in-chief to be at Baton Ro
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 6.79 (search)
cut below the lowest stage of water, forty feet if necessary; this he calculated would take three months.--R. B. I. Van Dorn at once prepared to assume the offensive. As the last of the fleet steamed away from Vicksburg, Breckinridge set out fo Rouge, in cooperation with the Arkansas. The plan was admirably conceived and put in motion with great promptness. As Van Dorn estimated Williams's force at 3500 (it was in fact less), with four or five of the same gun-boats that the Arkansas had derate lines and put everything in good condition for defense. Breckinridge had fallen back to Port Hudson, where, by Van Dorn's orders, the strong works were begun that were long to prove a formidable obstacle to the Union operations on the Missi special care when he was assigned (August 20th) to command in western Louisiana, and it seems likely that the troops of Van Dorn's department, as well as those at Mobile, were expected to take part. Toward the end of September, Lieutenant Godfrey
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 4: campaign of the Army of the Cumberland from Murfreesboro'to Chattanooga. (search)
and River, 116. battle near Franklin. 117. Van Dorn's attack on Franklin, 118. Streight's raid bwhile. At length it was ascertained that General Van Dorn, with a considerable force of cavalry anded by a greatly superior number of men, under Van Dorn and Forrest. After fighting until his ammuniroops, was satisfied that a heavy force under Van Dorn was about to attack him. He was then construcger's troops when, on the 10th, April, 1863. Van Dorn, with an estimated force of nine thousand mound wounded, and about five hundred prisoners. Van Dorn then turned his whole force upon Stanley befovered most of the captured men. By this means Van Dorn extricated himself from his perilous positions was assured of the dishonor, he walked into Van Dorn's Headquarters and demanded satisfaction. VaVan Dorn was at his writing-table, surrounded by his staff. He refused to give the satisfaction demanade his way to the Union lines at Nashville. Van Dorn was a brilliant, fascinating bad man. Wino ad[5 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Index. (search)
tion of by Rosecrans, 2.517; approach of Price and Van Dorn to, 2.518; battle of, 2.519. Corse, Gen., at th the Ohio, 3.281. Franklin, battle near between Van Dorn's forces and Col. Colburn's, 3.117; Van Dorn's attVan Dorn's attack on repulsed, 3.118; battle of, 3.421; visit of the author to the battle-field of, in 1866, 3.422. Frank Granger, Gen. G., his defense of Franklin against Van Dorn, 3.118; at the battle of Chickamauga, 3.139; opera Holly Springs, capture of arms and stores at by Van Dorn, 2.574. Holmes, Gen., repulsed at Helena by Preks's, 3.251-3.269. Reese, Col., surrender of to Van Dorn, 1.273. Refreshment Saloons in Philadelphia, 1., 2.511; .his defense of Corinth against Price and Van Dorn, 2.523; his Murfreesboroa campaign, 2.539-2.552; oof in New Mexico, 2.186; compelled to surrender by Van Dorn, 1.272; sent against Sioux Indians in Minnesota, 3, 3.84; <*>atio Seymour on the arrest of, 3.85. Van Dorn, Major EA<*>E, appears in Texas with a commission
Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant, V. (search)
to borrow money at market prices, because this would be undignified, and issued instead pieces of paper, which it told the world were worth a dollar, and presently enjoyed the dignity of having the world value at thirty-five cents. There are blunders in 1862 so stultifying as to seem incredible, had we not seen much the same sort of thing since. But we were fighting Americans, not Spaniards, then. Happily, Jefferson Davis made some blunders, too; and thus Grant had only Pemberton, and not Van Dorn, to fight at Vicksburg, when the time came. Upon Halleck's promotion, Grant was put in command of the armies of the Mississippi and the Tennessee. The battles of Iuka and Corinth were fought. By November Grant was once again able to go on with his interrupted strategy of flanking the Mississippi. It was not until the following spring that he walked to his goal with a firm step. In the months between he was not only hampered by many external embarrassments, but his own mind had not co
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