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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 2 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 1 1 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
hips of the enemy. These movements, however, were not sufficient to protect the Federal army, which, as we have stated, was only as yet forty thousand strong. The key to all Grant's positions was at Haines' Bluff. He knew that if Johnston succeeded in taking possession of this point, he would be compelled to raise the siege in order to recapture it. The naval force was temporarily entrusted with the task of guarding it. The naval brigade, still under the direction of the valiant family of Ellets, was charged with this important mission. At the same time, Mower's brigade, with twelve hundred mounted men, was detached from Sherman's corps for the purpose of keeping a watch over the crossings of the Big Black; and Kimball's division, which had landed on the 3d of June, was immediately sent after it. It was not on this side, however, that the Confederates directed their first efforts to relieve Vicksburg, but against Milliken's Bend, where there were large depo?;ts in charge of a sing