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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Red River campaign. (search)
be sent to Washington to aid in repelling Early's invasion. Of Steele's operations, since they belong to another chapter [see p. 375], it is only necessary to say here that he entered Camden, Arkansas, ninety miles in a north-easterly direction from Shreveport, on the 15th of April, just when Banks got back to Grand Ecore. Kirby Smith then left Taylor with Wharton and Polignac to watch and worry Banks, and, concentrating all the rest of his army against Steele, forced him to retreat to Little Rock. On both sides this unhappy campaign of the Red River raised a great and bitter crop of quarrels. Taylor was relieved by Kirby Smith, as the result of an angry correspondence; Banks was overslaughed, and Franklin quitted the department in disgust; Stone was replaced by Dwight as chief-of-staff, and Lee as chief-of-cavalry by Arnold; A. J. Smith departed more in anger than in sorrow; while between the admiral and the general commanding, recriminations were exchanged in language well up
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 6.49 (search)
and through a country destitute of supplies and with limited means of transportation. In February, 1864, the enemy were preparing New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Little Rock for offensive operations. Though 25,000 of the enemy were reported on the Texas coast, my information convinced me that the valley of the Red River would be thdepot, in a poor country, and with my large cavalry force to destroy his army. The prize would have been the Arkansas Valley and the powerful fortifications of Little Rock. Steele's defeat or retreat would leave me in position promptly to support Taylor's operations against Banks. Leaving Taylor with his cavalry, now under Wharced him to evacuate Camden on the 28th, and the battle of Jenkins's Ferry on the Saline, April 30th, completed his discomfiture. [See p. 375.] He retreated to Little Rock. Churchill, Parsons, and Walker were Brigadier-General C. J. Polignac, C. S. A. From a photograph. at once marched across country to the support of Taylor,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Resume of military operations in Missouri and Arkansas, 1864-65. (search)
ture of Fort Smith by General Blunt, and of Little Rock by General Steele, early in September, 1863is army from his fortified positions around Little Rock to Camden and Arkadelphia, in the southern r of the Federal army. On his retreat from Little Rock [see map, p. 348], Price detached General Js and the columns under General Steele from Little Rock and Fort Smith should converge toward Shrevana. The Federal columns under Steele left Little Rock and Fort Smith the latter part of March, moforces, Steele determined to fall back upon Little Rock. He had scarcely commenced his retrograde further opposition and retired leisurely to Little Rock, with all his army except the division undereparations to attack the Federal forces at Little Rock and Fort Smith, Price commenced organizing art of the Confederate army was to threaten Little Rock. Price's army for the invasion of Missouriions were being made against Fort Smith and Little Rock, Price, with his army, crossed the Arkansas