Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-04
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EIEADauARreRs BEPsRrsEyr og rHE TESNEssEE
FicSssURe Mississippi Jsly Q, lso5.t 5
CoIoSEL: 6sge tas honor 30 submit fhe foll1wiug
report Of mo operations q the ny of iae IeHnes-s
and elopsratus forces. r. the dae sf my ssaauiss
islulsdi.ts caiamsud sf he eEpedd7n aganst fieks
burg, hIssis.ippi 10 tue reduction OF that place
FTom tbs m0nent Of ticking command Ga persaa, I
became satisfied that VicksbHE could only Be turned
fFo the soutd side, and ia accordance vita teH e1a
been located ~ 5nEaaiaf trcl- Wlihauisi = ~
7euisBuia the LogsiaRa sds of the river I'm ~
viEnr h92iag 10 mske ch-nns! Whiea '7o1ia pAsa
transports fr aoviug De amy and csrryng suppiss 20
the new base Di opeTEiohs thUs provided. The task
as much hercuean than il az frst appeared saa
ss made mncH Eoro so by the most continuous rains
that + during be whole Of Size time this work was
prosecuted The river TOO, continued % Sse end make
large expenditure OF labor necessary keep the
watst 0gtof cur esmps and the caral -
Finally. on tAs so of Marchi tas rapid risa of-the
river aud consequent great pressure uPon The dan
npp svee eaHial &c TO give way ahd iet tAHossa the
lands back Of our camps torrent of water that
sepsrsto he north and south shores Of the pensuia
~ Ell ctnay ssf ths Mississippi flowed besaen them.
This 0sGurred when the eutorprss promised suecesz
within sh1r sine Nhere was H9gae delay ln trying
70 r0psir damags- j found, however, that VFiih
the rhsH stage Of water some other psnwoaid haFe %
be adopted for getting below Pieksburg with iFass.
PsrtE.
Pride who was aclrg on ny star, FIospseted raite
through the bHToua which d y kanB bend
10 north. aud New Carthage On the seUth, i1reugA
R0unIa1ay bayou, Lhts ne Ieasas uFer ThsiFrePcrt
u the pgaci gzhltY o tsr rote, determined No te
commence wo-k upen e HaviI,g thres drasga bosf a.
the time, TIE wcr n 9psaing - reute exseatea
with gIea. rsPidity 0us slnaH steamer a1da nHmber
Of bgrrss were ts9 hrazEh tho chsHz6l TINS opened.
bu tha eucnE about The Middle Of April 70
fs rap,fy ard tEe roads bocouaiag pa sable bagFceR
fikeus bend ard New Carthage, made DC imPrssticL-
bla sns uuzscessary oPea water eoamuRicarioR be
tween Hssss points
caassd channel ts bs est froI- the 8iszsipp river
ino Lsze Prov dsucs; a'Eo one f-cu ihs afssBEippi
river iulo Cold -varsr, by way y EsE00 pass.
raHH HT gHE
he former sf these, Hut having IA tr1ops tAsU col
bs employed to Favn1t ge at foungs point Gze know
ing that LlFa Providence ives connected By Bsyoa
Bzstsr with Bayou Macozs nzyig45'e stream through
lich frauspar5s IlEht pass iu0 hs MisasaipPi basw
possible taE5 FSe high5 Dc opened ia that aireetiea
which would snaosR ma cooperate with Cen Banks
at POr Eudsou.
BY fhs lEz % Pas r0uts only expected a. first 70
rsr into the Tazoo by way Of Coldgatsr snd Tsila-
hatshie with lighter F1ubaats and few troops,
nd destroy the enemy trsnspoits m tlt stream and
guub1ats Viii D knew vas building The navigation,
however proved much setter tha1 had besn expec-
ted thst thought f1r time Of the possibility Of Eak-
ing tt the route for outsUi' f50ihod high land
a5uvo Halzas Hlif Allsifsppi an su1slesss stsan-
rrs were uc-0-duEy ordered for Transporting army
that way. Major cen. j. B. Mcpherson. commanding
17h Army Corps directed % hold bis corps ia rssd-
iu e. 90 move by ih5 rCuts anUus dvfE from each
af the and 18th corps were collected near the en-.
trance of ths Plss 70 be- siisd his command i sooa
became sy5 sut hat saf8 i-n aum5 Of boats of TIE
right class could not be o5s3ued i0r gha movement Of
more thau Cne DIVISION.
l9sEeH ere ta-ila ''ir eiA OF lae pass
tie enemy was di gently co-ng ths other end aea in
this vvrv zuc.eeded g gaining time strongly forfy
anood, bai1sy The junction o. ths Taah stebis and
Faiiaousla Ihs aavance OF tls expedition, CONSIST
Ing n one iVi ion Of McC ernanis corps from Helena
commanded BY BuEsiier-Geusr T. F. Ross, and the /
I9th and % sEimeuts Missouri infantry from shsr
maaa corps, a. shar -sl0otsu ON the EInbosal sue
csedsd m reaching C1iwater on the 2d day OF March
after much dHeuy and The partial disabling OF most
Fsrt Paal 5rtoa, at Greenwood Mississippi great
6 iculty Of navigation expert need nor any intar
Tup-iun ll UlaEuls-ll from ths sueny Fort Pembsr
ton extends rom The iAtAhac chile 20 the 4sz0O sc |
Greenwood Here tle tuoo rivers come within q few 4
dBadrei yards OF each other he land ar0u1d tbs
fort s low Eud hz Iiue OF tbs attack entirely
made hv he sr1y 10 raduceit bun sll depended upon
be ability 1- rll EIn51ata 10 silence The guns Of th8
enemy. aud 5usli. la7 Transports 70 run dowu sud /
ana troops illsdats-y on i1s iort Itself Alter sn
sIf Engagement OF several hours the guubosts d.sw of
'r.4 2. quincy commanding q c.yi lou q AePbsT-
ems corps met t1g expedition under Ross with biz 1
irisGn on itE return u4ar Fort PsuBerton, the Il
Is OF March sHd, b5ns he senior, assumed the com
lHou EozT rad oa1uPisd-
On he l3l d,y of Msch ssns orders f5- the with
AVA Of a she forces operating in that drestion for
hsFu-F0ss Of concentrating my army at MiIiiksn's
omnsuaiHg Mississippi squadron. informed no tAEt he
l= made O. rsCllaUisatuCe I'D Stse-ea LsV5l sld usr-
2r ~ explored taese water coorses were reported asy-
gable Ter ths smaller tron c.aGS luiarR%tian givoH
mostly, believe by the negroes Of the co9airy, 20
be effect that Deer creek could bs nEviEaed 10 Rong
Fork and from there through the Su1a5ysr te tas va
100 liver Jhsrs no question about tbs navigation.
Dg the f5lsv-in- morning sge1uG sani-i Adsiri Per
cr ia the Price several iron eisds preceding as, up
hrouE6 Stsslss bsyOH TO near Black 0ayOa.
40 thE -ule 0uT forces we're ut deadlock al Green
vo0d and looked Upo1 thi success Of this enterprise
s % vast Importance II woald ~ eszfa, Leave
Tfeenwe0d between lcrCas OF ours and raald nee.
zssriy cause the i-amssists abandonment Of tsst
55as tartv steamers af the enemy would bare been
crrsye6 or fallen into our hands Seeing that the |
reat obstacle 20 navigation so fsr as had gaBs
rom oyer1auFiug trees, lgft Adaairai Porter Esar
slack bayou, and pUslsI back to fJaag Point Tor the
urpuEs of saa1ng forWaF7 pioneer corps remove
hess aif3sulues sJ5a altsr my re turn % YOuuga |
'oint dntEa Porter sent beck 20 me for -OpRrst
lg military force oharm4n was promptly sent Witd /
ne division OF lis corps The number Of steamers |
usbis for the navigation Of t4sze Bsyuu5 being limit
d most of cs up Lha aIi sssipU river
o p g.e's Ben point where the river runs within
ne nile Of sHsaes bayou thus saving important
this aiflsuit navigation. The expedition faiisd
rob sbly more from want Of kn0wlssgs as 20 vast
you'd be required 70 open ths route shan r5m any In
rBefiCsJlty iu the navigation Of the streams ana
syoHf through Wnica 30 w-s proposed 10 pass. Want
A8 know edge led tls expedition untl daeulties
ere encolutsr,l and thea 70 " ud become necessary
aelc oack % Young FOot Tor tlo means Of remoy-
ig lhm Ths gave the enemy iime 70 move lorcss 10
hectuaiy cleckmate fur-Der progress and the eNpsd
1n Withdrawn When within Few hundred yards
free sad open navigation 10 the Hsz0o.
Al Of t1is Insy have been proydUutls in driving us
Ultimately 10 ae OF opsrslsons viCh has pro sen
For fartaer psrtcuar3 Of the stseles Bsysu sxpsdi.
on, see rspsrg Of MajJr 6su, W. T. Sherman, forward
GA ihe l2sh OF ApriL.
AEsoon ~ i dsciiei to open water communication
o. 8 p0 nt On tns Miss ssipp near 3ilkeas Bend 70
lew Ua.hsge determined 70 occupy the latter place,
beng he Uaiu. below VtcssDurg hat could be
acb5u by lana ths stage Of va sr tnau existing,
the &C -paacy OF wa.ch while it secured 20 Us
.nt the mississippi ryess would as3 project the
ain dus f communication by Water. Accordingly | !
.e Sta army ps, MsOr-6e4-J a. EeCsrna an6 com
.ndng "as directed 10 sas up rs Lae Of march oa
% - b day Of Aareh t5r NeF "a lhaBe, ths l5;h and
tn corps 80 tio6 moving nc t2srJr thal supplies |
ID auiulF l4Ou could be transported - them I
Ihs roads. th0uga level were intolerEbly bad snd
be movement was therefore aece3sarily SLOW. ArTiv
age, it touui hat the sves of Bayoa YidI was
q N ssyara places, has lsayaE New Charth ga an
Al he b5sfs that eopis be wer9 collected from the
rarege Syous ia he vicinity, and hers Duht
it tls Hanspatt talol o! ~ army IA Lhis way was 7
Una exceedingly te-4oNs- An8tAer roate nao 70 ee &
uuA Inis was dOne by mAkiaE 8 fsrtner march I
3ud VIDAL 90 Perkins Pisaiaiion, dis ance Of some
.elF5 miles more, udksHg tne whole uiHtzncB 20 BE-
are ed froEa HrL4Seus B-ns tQraash va az cIlamu
cssiCu the OpposBe sis "a TIE Poiats thirty ave
over th,s distsues vita bs1 rJais 10 contend
% haued ~ vzgesl- vita Haich 80 e-Iaoaence the
upaisu ou Tie op 5osits slds oi she Tiyar. !
At Iue sarae tule tpat 1 ordsrsq the occupations OF
ew Csr,nsEe. Preparations we're made Tor running 9
ports aT tD6 Rickznars D-it1'les Win Admrai a
5rters gun00aI Aeet. (
On the night of IN l.th on April Admiral Porters
set, The transports Slvos We've, Forest 4een h
ID HsnTy Clay, ran Jhs gieksBurg batteries. fhe {
5iog ul tne iruspurs prntacea a. Wsi - pot-
be vita lHy and Cotton. A0Is Or ess ooulntsssry
pas each All Tires 0t those boats were Il
rucs or less iuenJiy 1o passing he eneys
ittsrisEl anu the Henry JAY, by the ezplson OF 3
eI or ey gth-r means was So on are Ala enfely
,usamed The 1lher Two b0sls sonieHhat injured
It nJt seriously disabod 30 On board et sitAer
a. hurts 3
A. llss boats sacossdsd in zetiag By woll or.
red six more g. Ba prepared inke mapne for running s
e batteries Ihesr latter Yiz: Tigress Anglo Saxon, 4
I'm MTfTr
iilik-n's Bend oa ths night Of the I'D Of April ana q
gs OF them got by, bat Ia somewhat damaged c0adi
pa t-s Issnsss receive t ~ her hui beiosT tns
ster line and the Aouisans shore soon after s
lssng ghe of he batteries The crews Of these
sHmsrs with he exception tha 81 iae k5rsa Iueen,
apt. ID Conway and the silver MAvoi Cap1 hc1li- !,
upussa Of volunteers trum the army Up 4
the ssi Tor volunteers ms dangerous enterprss e
heers aud msn presumed tHeg ss4Vss by hundreds, z
Ii1as 20 undsrtake soc Trip. Ies names OF thoss
hose fervcss seeutod viii be given Ia ssps-i
q rslart. / i