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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg (search)
say the least, in meeting them in detail: at Port Gibson seven or eight thousand; at Raymond, five thousand; at Jackson, from eight to eleven thousand; at Champion's Hill, twenty-five thousand; at the Big Black, four thousand. A part of those met at Jackson were all that was left of those encountered at Raymond. They were beaten in detail by a force smaller than their own, upon their own ground. Our loss up to this time was: AtKilledWoundedMissing Port Gibson13171925 South Fork Bayou Pierre..1 Skirmishes, May319 Fourteen Mile Creek624[7] Raymond6633937 Jackson422517 Champion's Hill4101,844187 Big Black392373 Bridgeport..1 Total6953,425[266] Of the wounded many were but slightly so, and continued on duty. Not half of them were disabled for any length of time. After the unsuccessful assault of the 22d the work of the regular siege began. Sherman occupied the right starting from the river above Vicksburg, McPherson the centre (McArthur's division now with him) a
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 164 (search)
or with supplies finally arrived. She was immediately unloaded, and all the baggage of the officers and men of the command was sent down by her to the depot at Fort Pierre, together with every man who was in the least sick or not well mounted. By this I reduced my force considerably, and was enabled to transport with the wretchedst permission to state that the several members of my staff rendered me every possible assistance. On the morning of the sixty I took my up line of march for Fort Pierre. If I could have remained in that section of country some two or three weeks, I might have accomplished more; but I was satisfied by the reports of my scouts tm went north, where they say they have friends among the half-breeds of the north. My rations were barely sufficient, with rapid marches, to enable me to reach Fort Pierre. The animals, not only the teams I have already reported to you as worthless, but also the cavalry horses, showed the effect of rapid marching and being entire
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
ain attacked the batteries, and under cover of the fire all the transports passed by in good condition. Three of Porter's gun-boats, were much injured in the fight and in the passage. of the batteries, and he lost twenty-four men killed and fifty-six, wounded. The injured vessels were soon repaired and made ready for active service. Grierson's raid. Informed by a negro that there was a good road from Bruinsburg (half-way between Grand Gulf and Rodney) to Port Gibson or the Bayou. Pierre, in rear of Grand Gulf, Grant decided to cross at that point. At daylight the next morning the gun-boats and transports commenced. ferrying the troops. So soon as the Thirteenth corps, under McClernand, was landed, it was pushed forward toward Port Gibson with three days rations, followed by the Seventeenth corps under McPherson, which had lately come down from beautiful Lake Providence, The picture on page 604, giving a view of a portion of the shore of Lake Providence, a little west
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 3: Fortifications.Their importance in the defence of States proved by numerous historical examples (search)
to defend with strong forts the grand interior strategic points on which these communications are directed. For a frontier of moderate extent there may be some six or eight gorges in the mountains by which an army might penetrate; but it will always be found that these roads concentrate on two or three points in the great valleys below. Take, for example, the frontier of France towards Switzerland and Italy. The passes of the mountains are secured by the little works of Fort L'Ecluse, Fort Pierre-chatel, Fort Barraux, Briancon, Mont Dauphin, Colmars, Entrevaux, and Antibes; while Besancon, Grenoble, and Toulon, form a second line; and Lyons a grand central depot. Where a great river or chain of lakes forms the boundary of a state, the system of defence will be much the same as that of an open land frontier, the works of the first line being made to secure the great bridges or ferries by which the enemy might effect a passage; those of the second line, to cover the passes of the
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Analytical Index. (search)
slaves, 218. Slocum, Col. H. W., wounded at Bull Run, 545. Slocum, Col., killed at Bull Run, 545; 552. Smith, Caleb B., of Ind., 194; reports a bill to organize Oregon, 197; a member of the cabinet, 428. Smith, Gen. E. K., wounded at Bull Run, 545. Smith, Gen., makes a feint to Columbus, Ky., 595. Smith, Gerrit, 127; forms an Abolition Society at Peterborough, N. Y., 128. Smith, Wm. N. H., supported for Speaker, 305. Snead, Thos. L., Jackson to Davis, 577. Soule, Pierre, at the Ostend meeting, etc., 273. South Carolina, concurs in the Declaration of Independence, 35; slave population in 1790; troops furnished during the Revolution, 36; 37; ratification Convention meets, 1788, 48; the Cotton-Gin, 63-4; Nullification inaugurated, 93; is satisfied with the Compromise Tariff, 101; 108; 123; mails rifled at Charleston, 128-9; votes for Van Buren, etc., 154; 178; treatment of negro seamen, 179; of Mr. Hoar's mission to, 181; 185; votes against unqualified Sece
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 39: (search)
t hopeless, when, by a movement to which desperation gave a power quite disproportionate to the numbers, the right wing of the enemy was driven back, and our forces made good their retreat across the bridge over Bayou Pierre. General Cockerell, commanding our left wing, led this forlorn hope in person, and to the fortune which favors the brave must be attributed the few casualties which occurred in a service so hazardous. General Bowen promptly entrenched his camp on the east side of Bayou Pierre and waited for future developments. The relative forces engaged in the battle of May 1st were, as nearly as I have been able to learn, fifty-five hundred Confederates and twenty thousand Federals. Fresh troops were reported to be joining Grant's army, and one of his corps had been sent to cross by a ford above so as to get in rear of our position. The reenforcements which were en route to Bowen had not yet approached so near as to give him assurance of cooperation. To divert notice fro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Dakota, State of (search)
e mouth of the Columbia River Nov. 7, 1805; and returning by the Missouri, arrive at St. Louis......Sept. 23, 1806 Fort Pierre established......1829 First steamboat to navigate the upper Missouri, the Yellowstone, built by the American Fur Company at Pittsburg, ascends the river as far as Fort Pierre......1831 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by the Indians, ceding to the United States the territory east of the Big Sioux River......1851 Gen. W. S. Harney, with 1,200 men, marches from the Platte River to Fort Pierre, where they encamp for the winter......1855 First settlement established at Sioux Falls by the Western Town-lot Company, of Dubuque, Ia......1857 By organizing Nebraska Territory, May 30, 1854, and Minn by 40,234 to 34,510, and Pierre chosen as the temporary capital......Oct. 1, 1889 First State legislature convenes at Pierre......Oct. 15, 1889 South Dakota admitted into the Union with the northern boundary the seventh standard parallel......
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
. Bridge (varieties, bridge).see Digue. Bridge-stone. Dike. Ditching-machine. Diving-bell.Monkey. Dock (varieties, see dock).Mortar. Draining.Nitrine. Drill.Nitro-glycerine. Drum-curb.Nitroleum. Dualine.Notching. Dumping-bucket.Oil-well. Dynamite.Pannier. Earth-boring auger.Paved way. Earth-work.Pavement. Embankment.Paving. Excavator.Paving-machine. Explorer.Paving-roller. Extension ladder.Pebble paving. False works.Pick. Fascine.Pier. Filling.Pierameter. Finger-grip.Pierre perdue. Fire-escape.Pile (varieties, see pile.). Fire-ladder.Pile-drawer. Flood-gate.Pile-driver. Fulminate.Pile-saw. Gabion.Pise — work. Gage-ladder.Pitched work. Gavelock.Plank-road. Girder.Polings. Grab.Pozzuolana. Grade.Praya. Gradient.Pricker. Grading-post.Profile. Grafting tool.Propeller (varieties, see propeller). Grapnel. Graving-dock.Pump (varieties, see pump). Grillage.Quadre. Ground-mold.Quarrying-machine. Ground-plan.Rail (varieties, See rail). Ground-plot.Rail
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
e fastened by screwclamps in a light frame, and used for piercing gold and silver smiths' works. Holes are drilled in the plate and the saw introduced; being then secured in the frame, the blade is reciprocated and caused to follow the lines of the templet or those which are inscribed thereon. A buhl-saw. Piercing-saw. Pier-elle′. A mass of stones filling a ditch and covered with clay. Pier-glass. A large looking-glass between windows, frequently standing on a pier-table. Pierre per-due′. A foundation formed of masses of stone thrown in at random, as in the construction of the Plymouth Breakwater, the Rip Raps, the foundation of Fort Sumter, and many other public works in various countries. Pi-e′tra Du′ra. A species of inlaid work composed of hard stones, such as agate, jasper, chalcedony, carnelian, and lapis-lazuli, set in a slab of marble, generally black. The marble is worked to a thickness not much exceeding the eighth of an inch; the design is drawn
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers. (search)
ruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Plantation, Port Gibson, May 1. North Fork Bayou Pierre May 3. Hankinson's Ferry, near Black River, May 3-4. Battles of Raymond May 12, Jackson May 14, Champion's Hill Maynsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Plantation, or Port Gibson, May 1. North Fork Bayou Pierre and Ingraham's Heights May 3. Battles of Raymond, Miss., May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Big nsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Plantation (or Port Gibson) May 1. North Fork Bayou Pierre May 3. Ingraham's Heights May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12, Jackson May 14, Champion's Hill May 16, Big Black Rivert on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill, Port Gibson, May 1. North Fork Bayou Pierre May 3. Battles of Raymond, Miss., May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-J
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