Campaigns of the civil war (1881) (14576036440)
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Identifier: campaignsofcivil02newy (find matches)
Title: Campaigns of the civil war
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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on. To Ex-President Hayes for the loan of a set PREFACE. vii of the series of Military Eeports, both National and Confed-erate, so far as printed, though not yet issued. To the His-torical and Philosophical Society of Ohio for the unre-stricted use of its library. To Colonel Charles Whittlesey ofCleveland, and Major E. C. Dawes, of Cincinnati, for the useof original manuscrii)ts as well as printed reports. M. F. FOECE. COISITEIsrTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Preliminary, 1 CHAPTER II.Fort Henry, 24 CHAPTER III.Fort Donelsox, 33 CHAPTER IV.New Madrid and Island Number Ten, . . ,60 CHAPTER V.The Gathering of the Forces, 91 CHAPTER VI.Shiloh—Sunday, 122 CHAPTER VII.Shiloh—Night, and Monday, 160 CHAPTER VIILCorinth, 183 LIST OF MAPS. PAGE Western Tennessee, facing 1 Field of Operations in Missouri and NorthernArkansas, 3 The Line from Columbus to Bowling Green, . . 25 Fort Henry, 29 Fort Donelson, 35 New Madrid and Island Number Ten, . . .73 The Field of Shiloh, 125 The Approach to Corinth, 185
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FPiOM FORT HENRY TO CORmTH. CHAPTER LPRELIMINARY. Missouri did not join the Southern States in their seces-sion from the Union. A convention called to consider thequestion passed resolutions opposed to the movement. Butthe legislature convened bv Governor Jackson gave him dic-tatorial power, authorized him especially to organize the mili-tary power of the State, and put into his hands three mil-lions of dollars, diverted from the funds to which they hadbeen appropriated, to comi)lete the aimament. The gov-ernor divided the State into nine military districts, ap-pointed a brigadier-general to each, and appointed SterlingPrice major-general. The convention reassembled in July, 1861, and, by actionsubject to disapproval or affirmance of the x^oxjular vote, de-posed the governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state,and legislature, and appointed a new execiitive. This actioiiwas aj)proved by a vote of the peoj^le. Jackson, assumingto be an ambulatory government as he chased about withcampaignsofcivil02newy
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