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Showing posts with label Big Black River Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Black River Bridge. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 14, 1863—8 p.m.

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HEADQUARTERS,           Army before Jackson, July 14 , 1863 — 8 p.m. GENERAL: All is well with us. I think I have troops enough. Johnsto...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 15, 1863—8:30 p.m.

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HEADQUARTERS,           Army before Jackson, July 15 , 1863 — 8 . 30 p.m. GENERAL: Have sent a brigade to Clinton to protect our trains ...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, June 29, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,           Near Vicksburg, June 29, 1863. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Comdg. Fifteenth, Army Corp...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 17, 1863

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Too many Slapjacks cause a soldier to dream of a feast at home. On the road to Vicksburg, resolved to capture the city or get badly w...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 3, 1863

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Called up early, and off on the march. Received a mail to-day, which was a welcome visitor to many, as it is the first one for some time. M...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 19, 1863

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A dispatch from Gen. Johnston says a battle has been fought between Pemberton and Grant, between Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi, which ...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

A Woman's Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: May 17, 1863

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Hardly was our scanty breakfast over this morning when a hurried ring drew us both to the door. Mr. J––, one of H––'s assistants, stood...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

Diary of Private Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, March 3, 1864

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We got into motion early this morning and marched twenty miles. We bivouacked for the night within twenty-six miles of Vicksburg and not fa...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Diary of Private Alexander G. Downing: Friday, January 29, 1864

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Everything is working fine here at present. We can hear nothing about the army in the East. Some of the brigades have moved out to Black ri...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, October 11, 1863

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We left this morning according to orders and marched fifteen miles, when we stopped to eat dinner. We then continued our march about five m...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, July 25, 1863

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Our brigade returned to the bridge and went into camp, with Colonel Chambers in command of the entire post. Our army field hospital is loca...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Friday, July 24, 1863

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We remained here in bivouac all day. Orders came for our brigade to return to Black river bridge and remain there until relieved by General ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Brigadier-General Nathan Kimball, June 4, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS ., June 4 , 1863 . Brig. Gen. NATHAN KIMBALL, Commanding Advance Forces: I have just received information tha...

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Brigadier-General Nathan Kimball, June 3, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS. , June 3 , 1863 . Brig. Gen. NATHAN KIMBALL, Commanding Third Division, Sixteenth Army Corps: You will proce...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, July 14, 1863

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We lay here in bivouac at Black river bridge all day, and we are glad for the chance to rest and clean our clothes. The cars from Vicksburg...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, July 13, 1863

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We left this morning at 3 o'clock on our return trip via Black river bridge, with a train of two hundred and fifty empty wagons. We too...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, May 24, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Near Vicksburg, Miss., May 24 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General in-Chief, Washingto...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, May 18, 1863

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A despatch from the front informs us that General Grant has taken the railroad bridge across the Big Black river in the rear of Vicksburg. ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Major General William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, October 24, 1863

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IUKA, Miss., October 24, 1863. . . . I have had a pretty bad cold for the past two days and am delayed here by bad breaks on the Railro...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Governor Samuel Merrill

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Samuel Merrill was born in the town of Turner, Oxford County, Maine, August 7, 1822. He was the son of Abel and Abigail (Hill) Merrill. He ...