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Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 13: (search)
assistance; but that commander did not stir, or make the slightest diversion in his favour; so that, finding the enemy closing in upon him rapidly, he withdrew from Springfield, and was obliged to cut his way through towards Boston Mountain, where McCulloch was reported to be. This he successfully accomplished, with some desultory fighting. Meanwhile Maj.-Gen. Earl Van Dorn had been appointed by President Davis to take command in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and had arrived at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He resolved to go in person to take command of the combined forces of Price and McCulloch, and reached their headquarters on the 3d of March. Van Dorn soon ascertained that the enemy were strongly posted on rising ground at a place called Sugar Creek, about sixty miles distant, having a force of some twenty-five thousand men, under Curtis and Sturgis. It was also reported that they did not intend to advance until the arrival of heavy reinforcements, which were rapidly moving up.
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
f McCulloch, for no voice was more potential with Mr. Davis. There followed, January 10th, special order, No. 8, creating the Trans-Mississippi district, of Department No. 2, and placing it under the command of Maj.-Gen. Earl Van Dorn. On January 29, 1862, with headquarters at Little Rock, General Van Dorn assumed command of the district, which comprised Missouri, Louisiana north of Red river, Arkansas west of the St. Francis, and Indian Territory. Headquarters were established at Pocahontas, Ark., and the following staff officers announced: Maj. W. L. Cabell, chief of quartermaster's department; Maj. A. M. Haskell, inspector-general; Maj. R. W. Keyworth, chief of subsistence department; Capt. W. N. R. Beall, assistant adjutant-general; Surg. J. J. Gaenslan, medical director; Lieut. Clement Sulivane, aide-de-camp. February 6th, General McCulloch was commanded by Van Dorn to order two regiments of infantry, two of cavalry and one battery of artillery to proceed at once to Pocahont
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
oy the works. Notwithstanding their inferiority in numbers, the Confederates took position in the log cabins and resisted the crossing of the river by the enemy with great spirit, killing Lieutenant Heacock, Fourth Iowa, and one of his men, and wounding several others. The enemy finally secured the works, which were injured to some extent, but not destroyed. Then, the Confederates returning in force, the enemy hastily retreated. April 21st, Curtis' advance was met in a skirmish at Pocahontas, Ark., by a small force of Confederates. May 4th, the Federal army reached Batesville, on White river, near its junction with the Black, the home of Elisha Baxter (brother of Judge John B. Baxter of Knoxville, Tenn.), who had espoused the Union cause. Batesville is the seat of Independence county, one of the oldest in the State, and an important center of northeast Arkansas. A small force of Confederates under Colonel Coleman retired across the river as the Federals entered the town, and
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)
agement, April 8, 1864 50, 6 Pleasant Hill, Ga. 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 145, C2; 147, B14; 148, B12, 148, D13 Pleasant Hill, La. 50, 6; 52, 1; 53, 1; 135-A; 158, B11, 135-A; 158, E12 Engagement, April 9, 1864 50, 6 Pleasant Hill, Mo. 135-A; 161, D11 Pleasant Mills, Md.: Combat, Aug. 1, 1864 54, 3 Pleasureville, Ky. 151, F11 Plum Creek, Nebr. Ter. 119, 1 Plum Point, Tenn. 153, G9 Plymouth, N. C. 117, 1; 135-A; 138, D10; 171 Pocahontas, Ark. 47, 1; 117, 1; 135-A; 171 Pocahontas, Mo. 152, H12; 153, A10 Pocahontas, Tenn. 23, 10; 24, 3; 34, 2; 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 149, A8 Pocahontas County, W. Va.: Scout through, April 15-23, 1865 116, 3 Pocotaligo, S. C. 76, 2; 79, 3; 91, 4; 101, 21; 117, 1; 120, 2; 135-A; 139, H1; 143, H11; 144, D11 Pohick Run, Va. 7, 1 Poindexter House, Va. 19, 1; 20, 1; 22, 1; 26, 4; 91, 1; 92, 1; 100, 2 Point Isabel, Tex. 43, 8; 54, 1; 65, 10 Point Lo
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Arkansas, Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas (search)
Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas a town of 1,500 pop., on Black River, 145 miles N. E. of Little Rock. The river is navigable to this point.
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], An Arkansas Heroine. (search)
An Arkansas Heroine. --The Pocahontas (Ark.) Advertiser, of the 31st ult. has the following: Miss Williams, the daughter of Isaac. Williams, living in Black River swamp, about seven miles from this place, heard the report of the approach of troops to this place on Sunday evening. Her father was not at home, but she immediately caught a horse and was soon off in search of him. She found him at a neighbor's and told him to hurry home and get his gun and come here and help drive back the enemy. She then returned home, got down her father's rifle. moulded his lead all into bullets, took the gun, powder and bullets, and hid them under the house, and again got on the horse and rode to several houses and spread spread the alarm, returning home in time to give the old man his gun and ammunition, and started him, with a crowd of ten men whom she had collected, for the scene of action. All of this she did in less than two hours.
The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mr. Secretary Toombs. (search)
Liberal proposition. --Mr. L. Hanover, of Pocahontas, Randolph county, offers the Southern Confederacy a loan of $200,000, without interest until the war is over, and then will take the bonds of the Confederacy at low interest.
The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Twenty dollars reward. (search)
hwest we learn that Colonel Siegier's regiment was within three days march of Springfield, and Col. Solomon's one day behind. The latest heard from Governor Jackson was that he was joined at Warsaw by the State troops that attacked Captain Cook's company at Cole, and pushed rapidly south ward. A letter from Southeast Missouri says that Gen. Walker is organizing State troops in nearly all the counties in that portion of the State, to co-operate with the Arkansas forces new at Pocahontas, Arkansas. Troops were flocking rapidly to the State standard. Gen. Baines had arrived in advance of some 1,500 from the Southwest, and it is probable that 4,000 will be concentrated at Lexington before Gen. Lyon, who is understood to be in waiting at Booneville for reinforcements, can reach here. There have been 3,000 to 4,000 troops collecting at Jackson county, but much dissatisfaction existed among them, some objecting to serve out of the county, while others were anxious for a f
The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
vements of the Federal troops in Missouri. A gentleman who arrived in this city last evening, having traveled from Macon, near the north line of Missouri, by land, gives us important intelligence as to the movements of the Federal forces in that State. He states that the northern portion of the State, after the affair at Booneville, was invested with troops from St. Louis, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, who commenced a march which followed a line toward the southeast, ending at Pocahontas, in Arkansas. The line of their march can be followed on the map, commencing at Macon city, south to Jefferson City; then to Tuscumbia, Springfield, Lebanon, Raleigh and Waynesville; and when our informant left Tuscumbia--two hours before the troops arrived at that point — he learned of their intention to make the passage to Pocahontas, and there make a conjunction with the troops which are sent out from Bird's Point, over the line of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad. The evident intention is
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Subjugation of Missouri. (search)
of his own State." For the comfort of that sheet and its coadjutors, we state these facts, for the correctness of which we make ourselves responsible: First. On the 13th of June, Major McCullough was encamped at Fort Smith, with 10,000 trained, veteran soldiers, with an extra supply of guns and munitions of war. Thence he moved for Missouri, with increasing numbers, to form a junction with the State troops, now more than six thousand strong at one point. Second. At Pocahontas, Arkansas, six thousand Arkansas troops were encamped, en route for Missouri, with all necessary equipments. Third. In Stoddard county. Missouri, 4,000 State troops are encamped for the war. Some ten or fifteen regiments of men are moving for Missouri from Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, in addition to those already mentioned. Fourth. Governor Jackson will have in less than twenty days a well appointed army of nearly 50,000 men, before whom the invaders of our people will be driv
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