May 18th. At nine twenty A. M. the Sachem came down and out of Red river, and anchored ahead of us. The Albatross got under way and went down the Mississippi river. Saw the smoke of a steamer up Red river; at twelve, noon, the ram Switzerland came out of Red river, and communicated with [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 18TH.–The army last night made pontoons, on which this morning the Black River has been crossed. McClernand is on the left, McPherson in the center, and Sherman on the right. In this position the three great corps will move to Vicksburg by different roads. We are nearing [...]
May 18, 1863, The New York Herald By the arrival of the steamer George Washington, from New Orleans on the 9th instant, we have a full account of the capture of Alexandria, on the Red river, by Admiral Porter, the arrival of Admiral Farragut at New Orleans, and an intensely interesting and most valuable description [...]
May 18, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) We are gratified to learn that this distinguished gentleman has been appreciated in Georgia and assigned to the control of an important interest. He has been chosen President of the Etowah Iron Mining Company, in Bartow county, who have one among the finest works of the kind in [...]
May 18, 1863, The New York Herald Our latest news from the Southwest indicates a successful issue to General Grant’s inland movement in Mississippi for the reduction of Jackson and Vicksburg. The advanced detachments of his army, wherever they had come into contact with an opposing column of the enemy, had, after a severe contest, [...]
May 18, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) We acknowledge from Edmundson & Culmell 185 yards mosquito netting, a donation for the hospital of Sibley’s Brigade. It was a timely gift, as the hospital of these troops is now in a region perhaps worse infested with mosquitos than any other in America.
May 18, 1863, The New York Herald Our Expeditionary Correspondence. SOUTH SIDE OF BIG BLACK RIVER, HANKERSON’S FERRY, MISS., May 3, 1863. Events have followed each other so rapidly within the last three days that I have been utterly unable to keep you informed of them as they have occurred. In a land blessed with [...]
May 18, 1863, The New York Herald The Great Cavalry Operations in the Southwest. Our Baton Rouge Correspondence. BATON ROUGE, La., May 5, 1863. I embrace the first opportunity to forward to you the particulars of one of the most important expeditions of the war. The excitement of the hour will hardly permit me to [...]
May 18, 1863, The New York Herald The cavalry expedition of Colonel Grierson through Mississippi has proved a great success. We have received a full and graphic description of the affair from Baton Rouge, by the George Washington, which arrived yesterday, and which we publish in another column. From the tone of a leading editorial [...]
Sunday, 17th.—This A. M. found us two miles south of Big Black River. 9 A. M., heavy fighting back at Big Black River; 11 A. M., Confederates routed again; fell back to intrenchments at Vicksburg; went to our old camp. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
Sunday, 17th – There was some very heavy cannonading out at the front today, and word came that a battle was fought at a place called Champion Hills, with heavy loss on both sides. The rebels are falling back towards Vicksburg. The river is falling and troops are still arriving. General Lauman’s Division arrived last [...]
17th. In the morning, Rob, Thede and I went to the creek and took a bath and changed clothes. Read some in “Guide to the Savior.” At 5 P. M. Mr. Brown preached from “And shew thyself a man.” The companies were out. Gen. Carter and staff were present. Good sermon. Letters from home and [...]
May 17th. Commences with calm, warm weather; at ten A. M. inspected ship and crew; and at ten thirty A. M. called all hands to muster, and performed Divine service on the quarter-deck; at four thirty P. M. the Albatross came down the Mississippi with a coal barge in tow, and anchored ahead of us. [...]
Hdqrs. Dept. OF Mississippi AND Eastern Louisiana, Vicksburg, Miss., May 17, 1863.1 General Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding, &c.: General: Whilst writing my communication this morning, the enemy attacked me on my right, left, and center. My troops, although strongly posted behind breastworks and protected in rifle-pits, were forced from their positions, owing to the demoralization [...]
CAMP, Between Livingston and Brownsville, May 17, 1863. [Received, May 18, in Vicksburg.] Lieutenant-General PEMBERTON: Your dispatch of to-day, by Captain [Thomas] Henderson, was received. If Haynes’ Bluff is untenable, Vicksburg is of no value, and cannot be held. If, therefore, you are invested in Vicksburg, you must ultimately surrender. Under such circumstances, instead of [...]
(excerpt) May 17, 1863 “I send you, with our letters, a pound of candy and a box of Guava jelly which was given me. I know you have no sugar, and I have no doubt that although you will laugh at the idea you will nevertheless enjoy the sweets. Mrs. McLean (Gnl. Sumner’s daughter) has [...]
MAY 17th.—The last few days have been cool and dry; fine weather for campaigning. And yet we hear of no demonstrations apparently, though I believe Lee’s army is moving. Mr. Lamar, of Savannah (formerly president of the Bank of the Republic, New York), writes that he and others are organizing an Exporting and Importing Company, [...]
May 17, 1863, Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Georgia) In conformity with a request published some time since, a meeting of the Cotton Spinners of the State was held in Atlanta, Ga., on the 15th of May. There were present, John White, Georgia Factory; Isaac Powell, High Shoals Factory; Hugh MacLean, Aguadon Mill; Thomas Leslie, [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 17TH.–On the road to Vicksburg, resolved to capture the city or get badly whipped. We have not known defeat since we left Fort Donelson, and we propose to keep our good record up. We have seen hard times on some hotly contested fields, but mean to have [...]
Camp, Between Livingston and Brownsville, May 17, 1863. Lieutenant-General PEMBERTON: Your dispatch of to-day by Captain [Thomas] Henderson was received. If Haynes’ Bluff is untenable, Vicksburg is of no value and cannot be held. If, therefore, you are invested in Vicksburg, you must ultimately surrender. Under such circumstances, instead of losing both troops and place, [...]
May 17, 1863, The Charleston Mercury HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST. REPORTED CAPTURE OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, BY THE ENEMY. THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. The telegraph, thus far, has brought us no tidings of the capture of Jackson, Miss., by the enemy. Vague rumors of that disaster, however, have been rife since our last issue. The [...]
May 17, 1863, The New York Herald According to information from rebel sources General Grant is actively employed in Mississippi. The Richmond Enquirer of the 14th publishes despatches from Jackson, Miss., stating that one thousand of Grant’s cavalry entered and burned […..] railroad on the 11th inst., at twelve o’clock; that he was fortifying at [...]
May 17, 1863, Galveston Weekly News The Chattanooga Rebel expressed the wish that every gallant rifle man of the South who bares his breast to the storm of battle, could be impressed with the importance of making every shot tell, in an engagement. If five out of every ten of the bullets fired at [...]
May 17, 1863, The New York Herald Now that all is quiet again on the Rappahannock, and on the Richmond peninsula, and on the Blackwater, and in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and in Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri, the advance of General Grant’s army through the interior of Mississippi, for the rear of Vicksburg, [...]
May 17, 1863, Galveston Weekly News A friend states that in conversation with one of the Yankee prisoners the other day, he expressed himself very bitterly against the South, stating that the Union was bound to be reconstructed, or that the South would be subjugated. Learning from our friend that he was connected with [...]