. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . icconld get a position from which the ConfcdoratL:could be successfully assaulted. A charge was ordered, nnd, notwithstanding thefact that tho troops had to wade through a wideditch in front of the Confederato earthwork, tlicposition M-aa carried, with its seventeen guns amisuch of tho garrison ns could not get acro
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . icconld get a position from which the ConfcdoratL:could be successfully assaulted. A charge was ordered, nnd, notwithstanding thefact that tho troops had to wade through a wideditch in front of the Confederato earthwork, tlicposition M-aa carried, with its seventeen guns amisuch of tho garrison ns could not get across tlicriver. The latter, upon escaping, destroyed Ihtbridges, and thus prevented the retreat of theircomrades to tho west bank. By this timo General Sherman had reacheJBridgeport, and on tho ISth had laid his ponton,bridge and crossed tho river. The Confederates,who were thua in danger of being flanked, li^iiimeanwhile fled toward Vickshurg, and GenonildKcClernand and McPiierson were enabled to buildfloating bridges, by which all their troops reachedthe opposite banks. McClemands force followed the direct road toVickshurg, and encamped at a point slightly to thi;. SIEGE OF VIOKaBU Q i liii T\ENT1 THIRD INT« >V VND j iL I T\ t n ILI NAFTBH TDE EXPLOb N OP 113t SINE J[J^E i&rnFnoH 1 SsETon st F D. eciirau. bTUKUINQ FOKT THE SOLDIER IN- OUR CIVIL tlA/i. 73 left or iloQnt jUbans, on tlic Baldwins Fern ^a tXik possessionif Walnut Ilills, clii,-« bvfho Chickasaw Buyon, and MtPlicrson foiloired himg far as the fork of the Bridgeport Road, a little toShe left of which hia troopa were Viukabnrg vmn thns completely invested from thehad side, whrlo Iortcrs fleet commanded it fronaihe rivor. J On the I9th, McClernanda corps occnpicd theQilUa across Two Milo Creek, and, later on, the^onrlh Ohio Cavalry took poasegaion of EainoaElluff, which the rapid advance of Oranta army hadBOmpolled the Confedoratoa to wcro given that all the corps oommando
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