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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
ele's bayou expedition remarkable natural difficulties Sherman and Admiral Porter proceed to Deer creek Porter gets into danger Sherman rescues the fleet further and irremovable obstructions reto river to Steele's bayou, up the latter to Black bayou, through that to Deer creek, and along Deer creek to the Rolling Fork; thence, across to the Big Sunflower, and down the Sunflower to the Yazoo; miles. On the 14th of March, Admiral Porter made a reconnoissance of these streams, as far as Deer creek, and informed Grant that, up to the limit of exploration, they were navigable for the smallerom above, and stretched out on either side. There was no dry land along the route as far as Deer creek, and all the troops had finally to be removed from the transports and conveyed on tugs and coa to hurry up to his assistance. Sherman was then at the junction of the Big Black bayou and Deer creek. He at once sent forward all the troops which had arrived at that point; and, when, in a few
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Appendix to chapter VII. (search)
enemy on the Yazoo, Admiral Porter has gone into Deer creek by the way of Steele's bayou and Little Black bay there he can get into Yazoo either by running up Deer creek to Rolling Fork, thence through the fork and downBig Sunflower, all of which is navigable, or down Deer creek to the Yazoo. Admiral Porter and myself went u, and had reached to within a fourth of a mile of Deer creek, where they had become entangled in the timber, aous from the Yazoo river, through Black bayou and Deer creek, caused so much time to be consumed, that the ene within sight of our gunboats whilst they were in Deer creek. The moment I heard that Admiral Porter had st them. I have placed one division of troops on Deer creek, with communication back to the Mississippi riverter, with the exception of a few hundred yards in Deer creek, near Rolling Fork. This was obstructed by the eeconnoissance through Steele and Black bayous and Deer creek, made by them in conjunction with a portion of Ad