. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A DESTRUCTIVE RAID IX MISSISSIPPI The burning of all bridges and trestles north and south of Tupelo and the destruction of the rail-road was the result of General A. J. Smiths raid on that point in 186-1. General Smith startedfrom Lagrange, Tenn., on July 1st, accompanied by a cavalry division under General Grierson,who took a prominent part in defeating the formidable General Forrest as he had probably neverbeen defeated before. The Union cavalry raids in the West were more uniformly successful thanthe raids of the cavalry with th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A DESTRUCTIVE RAID IX MISSISSIPPI The burning of all bridges and trestles north and south of Tupelo and the destruction of the rail-road was the result of General A. J. Smiths raid on that point in 186-1. General Smith startedfrom Lagrange, Tenn., on July 1st, accompanied by a cavalry division under General Grierson,who took a prominent part in defeating the formidable General Forrest as he had probably neverbeen defeated before. The Union cavalry raids in the West were more uniformly successful thanthe raids of the cavalry with the Army of the Potomac. The greater part of the Confederate cav-alry was busy attacking the supply-trains of the armies in the North or striking at the long lines ofcommunication. The story of the campaigns in the West, where there were fewer photographersand communication was slower is not so well-known as that of the more immediate East, butthe deeds performed there were of quite equal dash and daring and importance to the GENERAL A. J. SMITH road, and entirely impracticable for mounted men at all times. GeneralUpton ascertained by a personal reconnaissance that dismounted menmight with great difficulty work through it on the left of the RangeLine road. The profile of that part of the line assaulted is as follows:Height of parapet, six to eight feet; thickness, eight feet; depth ofditch, five feet; width, from ten to fifteen feet; height of stockade onthe glacis, five feet; sunk into the earth, four feet. . The distancewhich the troops charged, exposed to the fire of artillery and musketry,was six hundred yards. . General Longs report states . . thatthe number actually engaged in the charge was 1550 officers and portion of the line assaulted .was manned by Armstrongs brigade,regarded as the best in Forrests corps, and reported by him at morethan 1500 men. The loss from Longs division was -10 killed, 260wounded, and 7 missing. . The immediate fruits of our vict
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