. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . i, Bufordsand Kilpatricks Cav.; Lees Cav. Losses: Union, 9killed, 45 woamded. 8.— Port Hudson, La. Surrendered by Con-federates to Banks. (SeeMay 23.) 9 to 16.—Jackson, Miss., including engage-ments at Rienzi, Bolton Depot, Canton,and Clinton. Union, 9th, 13th, 15th, andpart of 16th Corps; Confed., Gen. Johnstons Army. Losses: Union,100 killed, 800 wounded, 100 missing;Confed., 71 killed, 504 wounded, :missouri artillery ix sher:\lvns raid, February, isoi Battery M, First ^lissour
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . i, Bufordsand Kilpatricks Cav.; Lees Cav. Losses: Union, 9killed, 45 woamded. 8.— Port Hudson, La. Surrendered by Con-federates to Banks. (SeeMay 23.) 9 to 16.—Jackson, Miss., including engage-ments at Rienzi, Bolton Depot, Canton,and Clinton. Union, 9th, 13th, 15th, andpart of 16th Corps; Confed., Gen. Johnstons Army. Losses: Union,100 killed, 800 wounded, 100 missing;Confed., 71 killed, 504 wounded, :missouri artillery ix sher:\lvns raid, February, isoi Battery M, First ^lissouri Light Artillery, originally in Colonel Frank P. Blairs infantry regiment, niareliedwith Sherman from ^ iekshurg throngh ^Mississippi to Meridian during February, 1864. Sherman, withtwenty thousand men and sixty pieces of artillery, was to break up all the railroad communications, so thatsmall Federal garrisons would be able to hold important positions along the Mississip])i. The advancecorps imder the intrepid McPherson left Vicksbnrg on February 3d and arrived at Meridian on tlie was a precursor of the famous jMarch to the Sea, but on a smaller scale. The troops destro,yed what-ever would be of service to the Confederates, who fell back before Sherman, burning provisions and lajingwaste the country. At ^Meridian, the great railway center of the Southwest at the time, Sherman accom-plished the most complete destruction of railroads ever beheld. Meantime. General W. S. Smith, withthe Federal caval
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