d Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 15, 1865. Senior Engineer on the staff of Maj. General Canby in the Mobile campaign, Feb. 27 to Apr. 15, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865.
Engaged in the siege of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865, and storming of Blakely, April 9, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865.
Major, Corps of Engineers, Dec. 28, 1865.
Colonel, staff, Aide-de-Camp to General-in-Chief, July 25, 1866. Lieut. Colonelt Major, Aug. 23, 1864. Assistant Insp. General and Chief Engineer of 13th Army Corps, Mar. 15 to Aug. 1, 1865 (rank of Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers). Engaged in the campaign of Mobile, Mar. 20 to Apr. 12, 1865; in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 26, 1865.
At the storming of Blakely, Apr. 9, 1865, in engineer operations on the Tombigbee River and the defences of Mobile Harbor, Ala., Apr., 186
barefooted men were left here to go by rail.
When we get away I cannot say. We had to leave two of our pieces stuck in the mud, the other side of Columbus; the third piece was thrown in the river; the fourth piece, the one I am interested in, was saved and represents the battery.
And here is the last, written from Demopolis, Alabama, April 15, 1865:
Dear mother,—You have heard ere this of the evacuation of Mobile, which happened on the day of the eleventh.
After the fall of Spanish Fort and Blakely, all hope of holding Mobile was given up. The works around the city were made to be manned by eight thousand, but, after the capture of the garrison at Blakely, our forces were too much reduced to hold the place.
When evacuated, the place was not threatened, but might have been completely invested in a week's time.
All the heavy guns were destroyed: we destroyed seven twenty-four pounders.
The total loss of guns must have amounted to three hundred.
We left Mobile by boat,
rmy when its lines had been pierced by the exultant enemy in superior force.
In the spring of 1865 General Gibson was placed in command of a small division at Spanish Fort (Mobile), including his brigade.
Of his service there, Gen. Richard Taylor has written, Gen. R. L. Gibson, now a member of Congress from Louisiana, held SpaniSpanish Fort with 2,500 men. Fighting all day and working all night, Gibson successfully resisted the efforts of the immense force against him until the evening of April 8th, when the enemy effected a lodgment threatening his only route of evacuation.
Under instructions from Maury he withdrew his garrison in the night to Mobile, exceparge of the eastern division, department of the Gulf.
In command of the defenses, he was captured at Blakely with a large part of his forces after the fall of Spanish Fort.
After the close of the war General Liddell made his home in New Orleans, where he resided until his death.
Brigadier-General Alfred Mouton—or as christen
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
111, 112, 113, 123
Clarksville, Tenn.
115
Cleveland, Tenn.
111
Columbia, Tenn.
115
Columbus, Ga.
74
Dalton, Ga.
115
Decatur, Ala.
115
Eastport, Miss.
72
Ebenezer Church, Ala.
74
Fort Donelson, Tenn.
114
Fort Jeb Stuart, Ala.
108
Fort Mouton, Ala.
108
Fort Pickering, Tenn.
114
Fort Sidney Johnston, Ala.
107
Fortress Rosecrans, Tenn.
112
Franklin, Tenn.
115
Gallatin, Tenn.
115
Gravelly Springs, Ala.
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Huntsville, Ala.
115
Johnsonville, Tenn.
115
Knoxville, Tenn.
111
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
124
Loudon, Tenn.
111
Louisville, Ky.
102
Memphis, Tenn.
114
Mobile, Ala.
71, 105, 107-109
Montgomery, Ala.
74
Nashville, Tenn.
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Saunders' Ford, Ala.
72
Selma, Ala.
70
Southern Alabama
110
Spanish Fort, Ala.
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Stevenson, Ala.
112
West Point, Ga.
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