Capture of New Madrid and Island No 10 in the Western Campaign
The article outlines the western Mississippi campaign of 1862 63 focusing on the strategic aims to seize the river valley and control river rail lines. It details Confederate positions at Columbus Island No 10 Fort Pillow Vicksburg and Port Hudson and describes the geography of the New Madrid bend and surrounding defenses under Gen McCown and Gen Polk.
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American Press Association
Mississippi
Confederacy
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi River
France
Columbus
Island No. 10
Fort Pillow
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Henry and Donelson
Nashville
Corinth
Chattanooga
Polk
Albert Sidney Johnston
New Madrid
McCown
Union forces seize New Madrid and Island No 10 in Mississippi River drive
Gen Pope marches 20 000 from Commerce Missouri to invest New Madrid finding strong earthworks and gunboats. After silent evacuation a vast Confederate store of arms and 33 cannon fall into Union hands. Foote’s squadron then blasts Island No 10 and opens a through canal allowing transports under heavy fire to pass.
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Halleck
Pope
Commerce
New Madrid
Cairo
Plummer
Point Pleasant
Missouri
Mississippi
Island No. 10
Admiral Foote
Admiral Footeleans
Beauregard
War Department
Richmond
Pittsburg
Mackall
Battle on the Mississippi Ends Confederates Annihilated
June 6 eyewitness account describes the Confederate fleet led by Beauregard and Van Dorn engaging the Union squadron near Memphis. Queen of the West sinks Lovell. Beauregard disabled. Union ships gain control as Indiana troops occupy Memphis. Confederate losses about 100 killed or wounded and 150 captured. Col Ellet mortally wounded.
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Bragg
Bregard
Price
Sumter
Lovell
Thompson
van Dorn
Edward Montgomery
Memphis
Beauregard
Col. Ellet
West
Arkansas
Benton
Beauretard
Commodore Montgomery
Fort Pillow
Capture of New Madrid Opens with Confederate Surprise
Siege guns from Cairo arrived March 11 and were emplaced within 800 yards of the enemy works. By dawn of March 13 the Confederates faced a modern battery as gunboats joined the bombardment. A violent storm followed the day of exchange, before Federal guns resumed fire at first light.
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New Madrid
Cairo
Federals
Corinth Campaign Battle Echoes Across Mississippi Valley
Describes Gen Beauregard's Corinth position in northeast Mississippi, Union movements under Halleck and Grant, and the Iuka engagement. Rosecrans Ord Price clash results in substantial Union casualties and Confederate retreat, with signals miscommunicated due to wind and distance.
The Battle of Corinth and Aftermath in 1862
A detailed recount of the October 1862 Corinth assault by Van Dorn and Price against Union forces under Rosecrans and Ord. It notes 22 000 Confederate versus 48 000 Union troops, key assaults on battery Robinett and Williams, heavy casualties, and the Confederates retreat by noon. It also recalls Brig. Gen. Pleasant Hackelman killed at Corinth and Lincoln's telegram honoring him.
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Corinth
Paign
Fort Henry
van Dorn
Price
Grant
Rosecrans
Ord
Bolivar
Pocahontas
Lovell
Stanley
Hamilton
Army of the Tennessee
Davies
McKean
Tunner
Francis Vinton Greene
United States Army
Memphis
Williams
Maury
Robinett
Gen. Herbert
Obinett
Chapman
Fifty-sixth
Illinois
Army of the Cumberland
W. P. Rogers
Texas
Col. Rogers
First
Mississippi Rifles
Ripley
Holly Springs
Oglesby
Hackelman
Iuka
Indiana
Chicago
Lincoln
Indiana Volunteers
Gen. Hackelman
Evacuation of Corinth Alters Civil War Campaign
The Confederate defense at Corinth collapses as Beauregard orders a deliberate evacuation. Troops, artillery, and stores are withdrawn by rail overnight, with Halleck failing to press a rapid pursuit. Federal forces find abandoned camps as Beau regard slips toward Tupelo, Mississippi, reshaping the campaign.
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Corinth
Halleck
Beauregard
Tupelo
Miss
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Dispersal of Union Forces Around Corinth and Chattanooga
The narrative tracks Union troop redeployments in Mississippi and Tennessee as of July, with Pope at Rienzi, Sherman and Hurlbut toward Memphis, Buell replacing McClellan, and Grant holding Corinth while guarding rail links to Columbus. Confederate commanders Van Dorn, Price, and Bragg concentrate ~16,000 each in north Mississippi to impede Union movements toward Buell’s forces in Middle Tennessee. By Sept 2 Price learns Rosecrans plans to advance across the Tennessee to join Buell’s army, signaling rising activity after a quiet period.
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Corinth
Pope
Rienzi
Miss
Sherman
Hurlbut
Memphis d
Buell
McClellan
Brags
Beauregard
van Dorn
Price
Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
Grant
Columbus
Tennessee
Bragg
Rosecrans
Buell Price
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Carondelet
Walker
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Foote
C. H. Davis
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Mound City
Mallory
St. Louis
Pillow
Randolph
Davis
Louisville
Navy Department
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Ellett
Charles Ellet, Jr
Charles Ellett
Charles Rivers Ellet
John A. Ellet
Alfred W. Ellet
Charles Ellet
Mr. Ellet
Charles Eliet, Jr
Tennessee River
Memphis and Charleston
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg Landing
Iaxa
Idth
Van
Burnsville
Henry Little
Battle OF
Fort Robinett
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