. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ight. Major Stolbrand, with a section of one of GeneralLogans batteries, had the pleasure of firing the last shot at theretreating enemy across the bridge on the north fork of BayouPierre, just at dusk on that day. General Pemberton began to be very much concernedj andforesaw that he was liable at last to be checkmated. He tele-graphed to General Joseph E. Johnston that night, that theUnion forces could all cross from Hard Times to Bruinsburg,and that he needed heavy re-
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ight. Major Stolbrand, with a section of one of GeneralLogans batteries, had the pleasure of firing the last shot at theretreating enemy across the bridge on the north fork of BayouPierre, just at dusk on that day. General Pemberton began to be very much concernedj andforesaw that he was liable at last to be checkmated. He tele-graphed to General Joseph E. Johnston that night, that theUnion forces could all cross from Hard Times to Bruinsburg,and that he needed heavy re-enforcements. He announced thatthe movement threatened Jackson, the capital of Mississippi,and if it was successful, Vicksburg and Port Hudson wouldbe cut off. Port Gibson was abandoned during the night by the rebels,who retreated across Bayou Pierre, burning the bridges in frontof the United States forces. General Adam Badeau says : Grant immediately detached one brigade of Logans divisionto the left, to engage the attention of the rebels there, while aheavy detail of McClernands troops were set to work rebuilding 4 A. THE VICItSBURCJ CAMPAiaK. 427 the bridge across the South Fork. . While this was doing,two brigades of Logaus division forded the bayou and marchedon. . Meanwhile another division (Crockers) of McPhersonscorps had been ferried across the Mississippi and . . had comeup with the command. . Grant now ordered McPherson topush across the bayou and attack the enemy in flank, in fullretreat through Willow Springs, demoralized and out of ammu-nition. McPherson started at once, and before night his twodivisions had crossed the South Fork and marched to the NorthFork, eight miles farther on. They found the bridge at Grind-stone Ford still burning, but the fire was extinguished and thebridge repaired in the night, the troops passing over as soon asthe last plank was laid. This was at 5 A. M. on the 3d. Beforeone brigade had finished crossing, the enemy opened on the headof
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