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Showing posts with label Benjamin Grierson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Grierson. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, May 15, 1863

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CAMP 15 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON, MISS.—Another month has passed away since my last writing—a month big with events in the history of the Fort...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 12, 1863—12 m.

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HEADQUARTERS,           Before Jackson, Miss., July 12 , 1863 -- 12 m. Port Hudson being ours, and Holmes repulsed at Helena, the Missou...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 27, 1864

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 Bright and pleasant—dusty. But one rain during the winter. The “associated press” publishes an unofficial dispatch, giving almost incredi...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 13, 1863

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Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Lagrange, Tenn., May 13, 1863. I have been on a General Court Martial for the last ten days, and we will...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: June 21, 1863

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Our brigade, under Gen. Morgan, with three batteries and a cavalry force under Col. Grierson, went out on the Jackson road in pursuit of so...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, May 16, 1863

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We started a little before daylight, our team looking so very mean that we expressed doubts as to their lasting — to Mr Nelson's great ...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, May 25, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS ., May 25 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Comdg. Dept. of the Gulf: I send Colonel Riggin, of my staff, to co...