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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 14 2 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 9 1 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
the vast regions extending west of the Mississippi. We have already stated that after the fruitless efforts of Johnston, Holmes, and Taylor to release Vicksburg and Port Hudson, every struggle ceased in the valley of the great river. Its waters arecommand of it, and arrived at this post on the 21st of July. The garrison, which had so valiantly repulsed the attack of Holmes a few days before, had just been reinforced by two brigades sent from the vicinity of Vicksburg. But the fevers had maden of infantry, Fagan's brigade, and Marmaduke's division of cavalry, with a few batteries of artillery. The departure of Holmes had left him commander-in-chief of this little army, which sickness and the severe loss experienced in front of Helena hdepots and a park of more than six hundred wagons, and thus cut off his route to the south. His decision was approved by Holmes, his chief, who, although present at Little Rock, had given him the responsibility of the command and the entire directio
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi. If that of the Arkansas had been so easily wrested by Steele from the Confederates, the reason was that the upper part had been for a long time threatened by Blunt, and that the latter thus outflanked Holmes' defences at Little Rock. The same was not the case in regard to Red River. The Confederates on this river were flanked by Texas, and this offered them both a means of retreat and a base of operations. It would therefore be expedient to occupy as they would have refused to leave the soil of their State. Kirby Smith could recall to Louisiana only Greer's division of cavalry, about three thousand strong, which had already operated in this region and had recently been detached from it. Holmes occupied the south of Arkansas with the two corps of Price and Marmaduke, the first comprising two divisions of infantry, the second three divisions, one of which was cavalry—say, about ten thousand men. Kirby Smith's headquarters at Shrevepor
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the Editor. (search)
s Light Artillery, Battery MLieut. Thomas Burton. Second division. Second Brigade. Col. Daniel McCook. 85th IllinoisCol. Caleb J. Dilworth. 86th IllinoisLieut.-col. David W. Magee. 125th IllinoisCol. Oscar F. Harmon. 52d OhioMaj. James T. Holmes. 69th OhioLieut.-col. Joseph H. Brigham. 2d Illinois Light Artillery, Battery ICapt. Charles M. Barnett. Cavalry corps. Brig.-gen. Robert B. Mitchell. First division. Col. Edward M. McCook. First Brigade. Col. Archibald P. t OhioMaj. John Yager. Third Brigade. Col. Daniel McCook. 85th IllinoisCol. Caleb J. Dilworth. 86th IllinoisLieut.-col. David W. Magee. 110th IllinoisLieut.-col. E. Hibbard Topping 125th IllinoisCol. Oscar F. Harmon. 52d OhioMaj. James T. Holmes. Artillery. Capt. Willam A. Hotchkiss. 2d Illinois Light, Battery ILieut. Henry B. Plant. 2d Minnesota BatteryLieut. Richard L. Dawley. 5th Wisconsin BatteryCapt. George Q. Gardner. Third division. Brig.-gen. Absalom B