The Hero Boy; Or , The Life and Deeds of Lieut.-Gen. GrantW.H. Appleton, 1866 - 340 pages |
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... Arkansas , built up the Yazoo , and run down to the front of Vicksburg to make it more formidable , had been destroyed by our " Essex " and " Queen of the West . " So far , no impression has been made on the 150 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
... Arkansas , built up the Yazoo , and run down to the front of Vicksburg to make it more formidable , had been destroyed by our " Essex " and " Queen of the West . " So far , no impression has been made on the 150 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
Page 156
... Yazoo River . He immediately prepared to assault Vicksburg from the north . Sunday , the 27th , the engagement became general . There stood Sherman's " Right Wing of the Army of the Tennessee , " amid the sloughs , bayous , and lagoons ...
... Yazoo River . He immediately prepared to assault Vicksburg from the north . Sunday , the 27th , the engagement became general . There stood Sherman's " Right Wing of the Army of the Tennessee , " amid the sloughs , bayous , and lagoons ...
Page 161
... Yazoo Pass , leading from the Mississippi to Coldwater and the Talla- hatchie Rivers ; thus getting a passage for troops by flank movement to Haines's Bluff , a post near the mouth of Yazoo River . An extract from an officer of the ...
... Yazoo Pass , leading from the Mississippi to Coldwater and the Talla- hatchie Rivers ; thus getting a passage for troops by flank movement to Haines's Bluff , a post near the mouth of Yazoo River . An extract from an officer of the ...
Page 162
... Yazoo Pass runs . Those who have watched the course of a snake as he trails his way along the ground , winding this way and that , hither and yonder , going in all direc- tions at the same time , and yet maintaining something of a ...
... Yazoo Pass runs . Those who have watched the course of a snake as he trails his way along the ground , winding this way and that , hither and yonder , going in all direc- tions at the same time , and yet maintaining something of a ...
Page 163
Phineas Camp Headley. River , into the Yazoo . The country was unexplored , delays were inevitable , and the enemy had time to ob- struct the way ; and , when near the completion of the difficult , romantic passage , it was reluctantly ...
Phineas Camp Headley. River , into the Yazoo . The country was unexplored , delays were inevitable , and the enemy had time to ob- struct the way ; and , when near the completion of the difficult , romantic passage , it was reluctantly ...
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Page 211 - My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo...
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Page 211 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...