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Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.70
e at once sent to the cane-brakes, swamps, and lowlands in the rear to construct sap-rollers, gabions, and fascines, and details of 150 men for day and the same number for night duty were made for work on the main sap, which was commenced on the Jackson road at a point about 150 feet south-east of a large frame plantation house, known as the White House, which for some unexplained reason had been left standing by the enemy. Up to this point troops could be marched in comparative safety under cchief engineer. Out of those reporting thirty-six of the strongest and most experienced were selected and divided into two shifts for day and night duty, and each shift was divided into Explosion of the mine under the Confederate Fort on the Jackson road. From a sketch made at the time. the foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, acco
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.70
The Vicksburg mine. by Andrew Hickenlooper, Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. V., chief engineer of the Seventeenth Army Corps. After the failure of the general assault on May 11 22d, orders were issued to commence regular siege operations. General J. B. McPherson occupied the center with the Seventeenth Army Corps, covering the main Jackson road, on which the Confederates had constructed the most formidable redoubt on the entire line, and intrusted its defense to the 3d Louisiana, a veteraeep-hole in it. There lie would frequently take provisions with him, and stay several days at a time, watching for Confederates. At length he built Coonskin's Tower. the Jackson and Vicksburg railway had been torn up for miles in the rear of Vicksburg, and railway iron and cross-ties lay all about. Taking advantage of the night hours, Coonskin built himself a Tower of the loose railroad ties. Learned in backwoods lore, he knew how to construct the genuine pioneer log-cabin. Working severa
Tunstall (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.70
were made for work on the main sap, which was commenced on the Jackson road at a point about 150 feet south-east of a large frame plantation house, known as the White House, which for some unexplained reason had been left standing by the enemy. Up to this point troops could be marched in comparative safety under cover of the intering the salient points in his mind, and of determining upon the General direction of the various sections of the sap. The highest point between the Fort and the White House was selected as a spot upon which to locate a Battery and place at arms (afterward known as Battery Hickenlooper), the guns of which rendered valuable service ied into Explosion of the mine under the Confederate Fort on the Jackson road. From a sketch made at the time. the foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brev
Tower (search for this): chapter 5.70
coal-mining to report to the chief engineer. Out of those reporting thirty-six of the strongest and most experienced were selected and divided into two shifts for day and night duty, and each shift was divided into Explosion of the mine under the Confederate Fort on the Jackson road. From a sketch made at the time. the foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brevet Brigadier-General William E. Strong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially correct: he was an unerring shot, and wore a cap made of raccoon fur. From this he was cal
Orlando H. Morris (search for this): chapter 5.70
silenced by the Union batteries. All they could do was to fire musket-balls at it, which whistled around its corners or buried themselves in its logs. editors. a lookout and perch for sharp-shooters, adjoining Battery Hickenlooper, near which were massed the troops that charged into the crater. three reliefs. On the night of the 22d these men, properly equipped with drills, short-handled picks, shovels, etc., under the immediate command of Lieutenant Russell of the 7th Missouri and Sergeant Morris of the 32d Ohio, commenced the mining operations by driving a gallery, four feet in width by five feet in height, in at right angles to the face of the parapet of the Fort. Each relief worked an hour at a time, two picking, two shoveling, and two handing back the grainsacks filled with earth, which were deposited in the ditch until they could be carried back. The main gallery was carried in 45 feet, and then a smaller gallery extended in on the same line 15 feet, while from the end of
Andrew Hickenlooper (search for this): chapter 5.70
The Vicksburg mine. by Andrew Hickenlooper, Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. V., chief engineer of the Seventeenth Army Corps. After the failure of the general assault on May 11 22d, orders were issued to commence regular siege operations. General J. B. McPherson occupied the center with the Seventeenth Army Corps, covering thner. On the 25th of May the Confederate commander sent in a Plan of the approaches to the Vicksburg mine (looking West): from a drawing by Brevet Brigadier-General Andrew Hickenlooper. flag of truce, for the purpose of tendering permission to bury the Federal dead who had fallen in front of their works during the heroic assaStrong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially cor
M. D. Leggett (search for this): chapter 5.70
d been issued for all men in the corps having a practical knowledge of coal-mining to report to the chief engineer. Out of those reporting thirty-six of the strongest and most experienced were selected and divided into two shifts for day and night duty, and each shift was divided into Explosion of the mine under the Confederate Fort on the Jackson road. From a sketch made at the time. the foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brevet Brigadier-General William E. Strong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially correct: he was an u
John C. Pemberton (search for this): chapter 5.70
structed a casemate out of the heavy timbers found in the crater, and upon which the earth was thrown until it was of sufficient depth to resist the destructive effects of the exploding shells. As soon as this work was completed, and a parapet was thrown up across the crater on a line with the face of the casemate, the troops were withdrawn to the new line beyond the range of exploding shells. The crater being secured, again the miners were set at work running a new gallery under the left wing of the Fort. This mine was exploded on the 1st of July, leaving the Fort a total wreck. in the meantime the main sap had been widened sufficiently to admit of the convenient movement of troops in column of fours during the contemplated assault, the necessity for which was happily avoided by the surrender on the following day. Vickssurg, from the River. From a photograph. arrival of General Grant at General Pemberton's Vioksburg House, July 4, 1863. from a Sketoh made at the time.
Henry C. Foster (search for this): chapter 5.70
where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brevet Brigadier-General William E. Strong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, sLieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially correct: he was an unerring shot, and wore a cap made of raccoon fur. From this he was called Coonskin the Seventeenth Corps through, and wherever he was, woe to the Confederate head that appeared above a parapet. Coonskin went out once in the night-time, crept up toward the Confederate defenses and built himself a burrow in the ground, with a peep-hole in it. There lie would frequently take provisions with him, and stay several days at a time, watching for Confedera
J. B. McPherson (search for this): chapter 5.70
days previous an order had been issued for all men in the corps having a practical knowledge of coal-mining to report to the chief engineer. Out of those reporting thirty-six of the strongest and most experienced were selected and divided into two shifts for day and night duty, and each shift was divided into Explosion of the mine under the Confederate Fort on the Jackson road. From a sketch made at the time. the foreground shows the Union sap near the White House, where stand Generals McPherson, Logan, and Leggett with three other officers. In the distance is seen Coonskin's Tower, Coonskin's Tower, according to Brevet Brigadier-General William E. Strong, w as built under the direction of Second-Lieutenant Henry C. Foster, of Company B, 23d Indiana Volunteers. A newspaper slip sent to the editors by General Hickenlooper contains the following account of Coonskin (Lieutenant Foster), which W. P. Davis, who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Indiana, says is substantially c
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