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Buras (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. by George W. Morgan, Brigadier-General, U. S. V. President Lincoln early determined to obtain control of the Mississippi, in its entire length. In pursuance of his plan, Island Number10 in the north and Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the south had been captured, and New Orleans occupied by our troops in the spring of 1862; and in the fall of that year General McClernand was assigned to the command of a river expedition against Vicksburg. The day following the receipt of this order by Grant at Oxford, Mississippi, Sherman, who was then at Memphis, in telegraphic communication with Grant, commenced the embarkation of a column upon three grand flotillas, each bearing a division, to be joined by a fourth (Steele's) at Helena. In his Memoirs, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By himself. Vol. I., p. 285. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.） General Sherman says: The preparations at Memphis were necessarily hasty in the extreme, but it wa
Helena, Ark. (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
in the south had been captured, and New Orleans occupied by our troops in the spring of 1862; and in the fall of that year General McClernand was assigned to the command of a river expedition against Vicksburg. The day following the receipt of this order by Grant at Oxford, Mississippi, Sherman, who was then at Memphis, in telegraphic communication with Grant, commenced the embarkation of a column upon three grand flotillas, each bearing a division, to be joined by a fourth (Steele's) at Helena. In his Memoirs, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By himself. Vol. I., p. 285. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.） General Sherman says: The preparations at Memphis were necessarily hasty in the extreme, but it was the essence of the whole plan, viz., to reach Vicksburg, as it were, by surprise, while General Grant held in check Pemberton's army about Grenada, leaving me to contend only with the smaller garrison of Vicksburg and its well-known strong batteries and defenses.
Yazoo River (United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
n-boats have secured the Yazoo, for twenty miles, to a fort on the Yazoo, on Haynes's Bluff. This movement of the gun-boats not only rendered a surprise impossible, but gave notice to the enemy of the coming attack. On the 24th, General John C. Pemberton, who was in command of the Confederate army at Grenada, received definite and reliable information of the operations of the gun-boats, and at noon on the 26th he reached Vicksburg in person, before Sherman had arrived at the mouth of the Yazoo. The strong brigades of Barton, Gregg, and Vaughn were promptly transferred from Grenada to Vicksburg, and formed the enemy's sole defense between Vicksburg and McNutt Lake, a distance of six miles. General Pemberton describes the battle-ground as follows in his official report: Swamps, lakes, and bayous, running parallel with the river, intervene between the bank and the hills, and leave but four practicable approaches to the high ground from Snyder's Mills to the Mississippi River,
Chickasaw Bayou (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
cable approaches to the high ground from Snyder's Mills to the Mississippi River, but all outside of the fortifications of Vicksburg. In its entire length Chickasaw Bayou is tortuous and in its course is known by different names. As we advanced along the road leading from the Yazoo to the bluffs, the bayou was on our left for the bayou, to reconnoiter his front, and with De Courcy, who was on the opposite side of the bayou from Blair, I reconnoitered First Vicksburgh campaign or Chickasaw Bayou December 27 1862--January 3, 1863. the front of his brigade; and then passed to McNutt Lake,--an enlargement of Chickasaw Bayou,--and with Colonel D. W. LindsChickasaw Bayou,--and with Colonel D. W. Lindsey (whose brigade, with that of Colonel L. A. Sheldon, was in the woods bordering on the lake) reconnoitered his front. The enemy had relied on the depth and width of the lake as a sufficient defense, and at that place had neither troops nor works of any kind between the lake and the bluffs. I determined to bridge the lake during
Thompson Lake (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
ask for. Blair's brigade had been ordered by General Sherman to report to Morgan, and was sent by him across the bayou and over the road which De Courcy and Thayer afterward advanced to the assault, to occupy the ground between the bayou and Thompson's Lake. This was promptly done. The city of Vicksburg formed the extreme left of the enemy's position, and its immediate rear was the weakest point in the entire line of defense. On the 28th and 29th the city was occupied and defended solelyeral, do I understand that you are about to order an assault? . To which I replied, Yes; form your brigade! With an air of respectful protest he said: My poor brigade! Your order will be obeyed, General. Blair was between the bayou and Thompson's Lake. The bayou was on his right; but at a short distance in advance it abruptly turned to the left, in his front. The brigade of De Courcy was massed from the abatis, across the road or causeway, and fronting the corduroy bridge; and I directe
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
of the Yazoo. The strong brigades of Barton, Gregg, and Vaughn were promptly transferred from Grenada to Vicksburg, and formed the enemy's sole defense between Vicksburg and McNutt Lake, a distance of six miles. General Pemberton describes the battle-ground as follows in his official report: Swamps, lakes, and bayous, running parallel with the river, intervene between the bank and the hills, and leave but four practicable approaches to the high ground from Snyder's Mills to the Mississippi River, but all outside of the fortifications of Vicksburg. In its entire length Chickasaw Bayou is tortuous and in its course is known by different names. As we advanced along the road leading from the Yazoo to the bluffs, the bayou was on our left for some distance; on our right was a forest intersected by sloughs, more or less filled with water, and perpendicular to the bayou and parallel to the bluffs. Opposite the point where the bayou turns abruptly to the left, and on the right s
Chickasaw (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. by George W. Morgan, Brigadier-General, U. S. V. President Lincoln early determined to obtain control of the Mississippi, in its entire length. In pursuance of his plan, Island Number10 in the north and Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the south had been captured, and New Orleans occupied by ougan L. Smith's division would have occupied Barton and Gregg at the mound, sand-bar, or dry lake, while the divisions of Morgan and Steele would have held Lee at Chickasaw. In his Memoirs (I., 290), General Sherman says: On reconnoitering the front in person, I became satisfied that General A. J. Smith could not cross the inssary to make trestles or construct a raft. The withdrawal of Steele from Sherman's left enabled the enemy to concentrate his right on the threatened point at Chickasaw. As soon as he discovered that a bridge was being thrown over McNutt Lake, Barton occupied the woods bordering the lake on the bluff side. Patterson had succee
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
to the command of a river expedition against Vicksburg. The day following the receipt of this orhe essence of the whole plan, viz., to reach Vicksburg, as it were, by surprise, while General Granto contend only with the smaller garrison of Vicksburg and its well-known strong batteries and defeun-boats, and at noon on the 26th he reached Vicksburg in person, before Sherman had arrived at thehn were promptly transferred from Grenada to Vicksburg, and formed the enemy's sole defense between Vicksburg and McNutt Lake, a distance of six miles. General Pemberton describes the battle-grou-bar], or at any point between the bayou and Vicksburg, he could have gone into the city. As it waake. This was promptly done. The city of Vicksburg formed the extreme left of the enemy's posite bayou from Blair, I reconnoitered First Vicksburgh campaign or Chickasaw Bayou December 27 1862t; that we will lose 5000 men before we take Vicksburg, and may as well lose them here as anywhere [4 more...]
Island Number Ten (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. by George W. Morgan, Brigadier-General, U. S. V. President Lincoln early determined to obtain control of the Mississippi, in its entire length. In pursuance of his plan, Island Number10 in the north and Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the south had been captured, and New Orleans occupied by our troops in the spring of 1862; and in the fall of that year General McClernand was assigned to the command of a river expedition against Vicksburg. The day following the receipt of this order by Grant at Oxford, Mississippi, Sherman, who was then at Memphis, in telegraphic communication with Grant, commenced the embarkation of a column upon three grand flotillas, each bearing a division, to be joined by a fourth (Steele's) at Helena. In his Memoirs, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. By himself. Vol. I., p. 285. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.） General Sherman says: The preparations at Memphis were necessarily hasty in the extreme, but it w
McNutt Lake (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.65
sburg, and formed the enemy's sole defense between Vicksburg and McNutt Lake, a distance of six miles. General Pemberton describes the bats obliquely to the right, then parallel to the bluffs, and forms McNutt Lake. Our troops had not only to advance from the narrow apex of aletter to the author of this article, in regard to the assault at Chickasaw, General Stephen D. Lee, who commanded the enemy's defenses at th2--January 3, 1863. the front of his brigade; and then passed to McNutt Lake,--an enlargement of Chickasaw Bayou,--and with Colonel D. W. Linw. As soon as he discovered that a bridge was being thrown over McNutt Lake, Barton occupied the woods bordering the lake on the bluff side.d De Courcy, while Lindsey and Sheldon, by threatening to bridge McNutt Lake, would prevent the enemy (under Barton) from reenforcing Lee. By our lines. It has been charged that the enemy on the field of Chickasaw stripped our dead of their clothing. The charge is unjust and sh
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