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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of the Confederate States Navy. (search)
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, V. In the dust and ashes of defeat (may 6 -June 1 , 1865 ). (search)
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 7 (search)
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 39 : (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The Union and Confederate navies. (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Vicksburg during the siege. (search)
Vicksburg during the siege. Edward S. Gregory.
On January 24th, 1862, a fleet bearing the united forces of Generals Grant and Sherman, of, the river, and descending the Mississippi from Memphis, appeared before the terraced city of the hills --the name given Vicksburg, according to local tradition, by Daniel Webster.
The disastrous experiment made in the previous December by General Sherman--of approaching the town on the Yazoo line — was not repeated.
The troops were disembarked on the west bank of the river, and began to dig a canal across the isthmus which the great bend of the river opposite Vicksburg makes; the original idea of which scheme of isolation had occurred to General Williams the year before.
Demonstrations in other directions were not neglected, meanwhile.
Nine gunboats, carrying 4,000 men, in March made a move down the Tallahatchie, but were repulsed by General Loring at Fort Pemberton. General Pemberton, in command of the Department of Mississippi, was ind
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Headquarters moved to Holly Springs -General McClernand in command-assuming command at Young's Point -operations above Vicksburg - fortifications about Vicksburg-the canal- Lake Providence -operations at Yazoo pass (search)
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 29 (search)