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Title: The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Larned, Josephus Nelson, 1836-1913 Smith, Donald Eugene, 1878-
Subjects: History
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. C.A. Nichols publishing company
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ank of theMississippi, at Bruinsburg, and began his march in-land and to the north.—F. L. Paxon, .AmericanCivil War, p. 141.—April 30th was spent in trans-porting troops across the river (to Bruinsburg).The troops were moved out towards Port Gibson asfast as they were landed On the ist of May theadvance met the enemy under Bowen about fourmiles west of Port Gibson, where quite a severebattle was fought, resulting in the defeat of theenemy who were driven from the field. On May2d our troops moved into Port Gibson, and, find-ing that the bridges over Bayou Pierre were de-stroyed, spent the balance of the day in rebuild-ing and crossing them, and marching to _ theNorth Fork, where we encamped for the night.During the night we rebuilt the bridge acrossthe North Fork, which had also been destroyed,and the next day (the 3d) pushed on, and, afterconsiderable skirmishing, reached the Big Black,near Hankinsons Ferry, and the Mississippi atGrand Gulf. . . . Here I (General Grant) . . . 8904
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UNITED STATES, 1863 GranfsCapture of Vicksburg UNITED STATES, 1863 received a letter from Banks stating that he couldnot be at Port Hudson (Grant had intended tojoin Banks in attacking, before he turned againstVicksburg) for some days, and then, with an armyof only 15,000 men. As I did not regard thisforce of as much value as the time which would belost in waiting for it, I determined to move onto Vicksburg. The 4th, 5th, and 6th of Maywere spent in reconnoitering towards Vicksburg,and also in crossing Shermans troops over toGrand Gulf. On the 7th, Sherman having joinedthe main body of the army, the troops acrossthe Big Black were withdrawn, and the movementwas commenced to get in position on the Vicks-burg and Jackson railroad so as to attack Vicks-burg from the rear. This occupied the army fromthe 7th to the 12th, when our position was nearFourteen Mile creek, Raymond being our rightflank, our left resting on the Big Black. To ob-tain this position we fought the battle of Ray-mond.

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