. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . consisted of Connecticutand New Hampshire troops and one regiment of col-ored troops ; Bartons brigade consisted of New York,and Montgomerys of Massachusetts regiments. 7. About two miles eastof Olustee the Federals en-countered Colquitts brig-ade, and the battle com-menced. Just at the rightmoment Colquitt w^as re-inforced by Harrison. Thetwo armies were
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . consisted of Connecticutand New Hampshire troops and one regiment of col-ored troops ; Bartons brigade consisted of New York,and Montgomerys of Massachusetts regiments. 7. About two miles eastof Olustee the Federals en-countered Colquitts brig-ade, and the battle com-menced. Just at the rightmoment Colquitt w^as re-inforced by Harrison. Thetwo armies were nearlyequal and the battle wasan open, square fight. Theresult was a complete Con-federate victory, whichbrought to an end theFederal scheme for the con-quest and reconstructionGENERAL A H. COLQUITT. of Florlda. Thc ycar 1864had opened with a brilliant Confederate success. Shermans Expedition. 8. About the same time the Confederates gainedanother important success in Mississippi. On the 3dof February General Sherman set out from Vicksburgwith two columns of infantry 20,000 strong underGenerals McPherson and Hurlbut, with the purpose ofbreaking up the Mobile and Ohio and the Jacksonand Selma railroads. He expected the co-operation of. Invasion of Florida. 293 10,000 cavalry from Memphis under General WilliamS. Smith. As Sherman advanced General Polk,whose force was not strong enough to offer effectiveresistance, retired Ijefore him. Sliorman advanced asfar as Meridian and even contemplated an attack uponMobile from the rear. 9. Smith had been expected to start from Memphison the 1st of February, so as to meet Slierman atMeridian on or near the 10th. Sherman himself didnot reach that place until the 14th. There he waitedsix days to hear from Smith. As no tidings camefrom that officer, he abandoned his expedition andwent back to Vicksburg. 10. The reason for Smiths failure to appear wasthat he did not get ready to start until the 11th. Aftermarching nine days almost unopposed he f
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