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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 II., Iii. Kentucky--Tennessee--Alabama. (search)
t, a distance of some three or four miles. Gen. Prentiss's division was encamped across the direct Get. Hurlbut's division lay in the rear of Gen. Prentiss. Gen. Smith's division, commanded, because broke, On Sunday, April 6. our pickets in Prentiss's front came rushing into camp, barely in advcovered those tents next evening. Thus was Prentiss's division routed before it had time to form ith a single musket-ball through his hand. Prentiss formed his division as quickly as possible, aection of Sherman's division on one side, and Prentiss's on the other, left the Rebels free to hurl was soon sharply engaged with the pursuers of Prentiss. Falling back to a good position, he held itll back also, or be flanked and surrounded as Prentiss had been. Just now, their leader fell, morta00 effectives were marched off the field with Prentiss, with possibly 200 or 300 more of our woundeds in prisoners, and the killed and wounded in Prentiss's, McClernand's, and Lew. Wallace's divisions[2 more...]
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 II., chapter 14 (search)
or his forces. Fagan, with a part of his men, was promptly on hand; but Sterling Price, owing to heavy rains and consequent high water, was unable to arrive till four days afterward. June 30. The attempt at surprise was thus baffled; Maj.-Gen. B. M. Prentiss, commanding at Helena, being seasonably aware of his peril, and fully on the alert to repel it. He had 3,800 effectives, behind strong earth works mounted with serviceable guns, with the main approaches well covered by abatis. The gunbo advance was sheer foolhardiness kept him back. His loss was trifling; that of Marmaduke but 67. Holmes, in his report, frankly admits his defeat, and makes his loss 173 killed, 687 wounded, 776 missing; total, 1,636--over 20 per cent. of his force. Prentiss makes our prisoners 1,100, and says he buried nearly 300 Rebels; while our loss was less than 250 in all. There was no pursuit by our still inferior force, and no capture of guns; but Helena was thenceforth free from Rebel molestation.
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 II., Appended notes. (search)
ea Ridge, 27-33. Pillow, Gen. Gideon J., at Fort Donelson, 47-51. Pineville, Mo., fight by Col. Catherwood at, 450. Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., battle of, 58 to 71; positions of Union forces, 59; no intrenchments, 59-60; the Rebel attack; Prentiss's division routed, 61-2; McClernand worsted, 63; Rebels repulsed by Webster's artillery, 65-6; Buell arrives, 67: second day's battle, 67, 68-9; extracts from Buell's report, 66; dispatches from Beauregard, 66; 70; extracts from his report, 60; retreat to the, 391. Potter, Hon. Elisha R., of R. I., on the War as affecting Slavery, 256. Prairie D'Anne, Steele's battle at, 552. Prairie Grove, Ark., battle at, 38-41. Preble, commander Geo. H., deceived and disgusted, 643. Prentiss, Gen. Benj. M., 59 ; surprised at Pittsburg Landing, 61; captured, 62; allusions to, 64; 70; 71; defends Helena, 320-21. Presidential canvass of 1864--its results, 654. Presidential Election, account of the, 671-2. Preston, Col., defea