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Showing posts with label Big Black River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Black River. Show all posts
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 3, 1863

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PARKE'S, July 3, 1863. General GRANT: I am this moment in, and have your dispatch. Telegraph me the moment you have Vicksburg in posse...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, July 4, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,           Near Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, Comdg. Department of the Gulf: G...
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...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, June 22, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., June 22 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Comdg. Fifteenth Army Corps: Information just received indicates ...

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, June 23, 1863—11 a.m.

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AT McCALL'S, June 23 , 1863 — 11 a.m. DEAR GENERAL: Parke, with Smith's division and one brigade of his Yankee troops, is on the...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, June 25, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE,           Near Vicksburg, June 25, 1863. Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Expedition: GENERAL:...

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 26, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., June 26, 1863. H. W. HALLECK,           General-in- Chief: Yesterday a mine was sprung under the enemy's most co...

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, June 27, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,           Camp at Bear Creek, June 2 7, 1863. SIR: It was my purpose to have come to headquarters yesterd...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Julia Dent Grant, June 29, 1863

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June 29th 1863 Dear Julia, During the present week I think the fate of Vicksburg will be decided. Johnston is still hovering beyond the Blac...

Major-General William T. Sherman: General Orders, No. 49, June 29, 1863

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GENERAL ORDERS, No. 49.} HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,           Camp at Bear Creek, June 29, 1863. The following modifications of existing ...

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...

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, July 1, 1863

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HDQRS. THIRTEENTH A. C., Near Vicksburg, July 1 , 1863 . Lieut. Col. JOHN A. RAWLINS, A. A. G., Dept. of the Tennessee: COLONEL: I have...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

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[July 1, 1863.] One of the men who gave himself up is confined here here   is about three miles from here his wife is sick expected to di...

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, July 1, 1863. GENERAL: I am just in from a circuit. All is absolutely silent along Big Black Rive...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Hallack, June 8, 1863

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NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., June 8, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,           General-in-Chief: Vicksburg is closely invested. I have a spare fo...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, June 19, 1863

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Near Vicksburg, June 19th 1863 Gen. Ord: The island referred to by Contraband must be where Jeff and Joe Davis' plantations are. Of cou...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 18, 1863

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Sherman's men inflating rubber pontoon on which to cross Big Black River. The army last night made pontoons, on which this mornin...
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...

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 4, 1863

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Early this morning the rebels planted a battery in the woods on the opposite side of the river, and sent shot and shell crashing into...