. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ijli^^tf I^S^j^sliSrilHi. SAWING OUT THE CHANXEL ABOVE ISLAM) NUMBER TEN. BT J. TV. BISSELL, COLONEL, V. S. V., IX CHAROE OF THE WORK. THE Engineer Regiment of the West was anorganization composed of twelve full com-panies of carefully selected workmen, chiefly me-chanics, and officered by men capable of directingsuch skilled labor. Most of the officers and aboutsix hundred of the men n-ere engaged in the opera-tions about New Madrid and Island Number all the operations of
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ijli^^tf I^S^j^sliSrilHi. SAWING OUT THE CHANXEL ABOVE ISLAM) NUMBER TEN. BT J. TV. BISSELL, COLONEL, V. S. V., IX CHAROE OF THE WORK. THE Engineer Regiment of the West was anorganization composed of twelve full com-panies of carefully selected workmen, chiefly me-chanics, and officered by men capable of directingsuch skilled labor. Most of the officers and aboutsix hundred of the men n-ere engaged in the opera-tions about New Madrid and Island Number all the operations of that regiment I am notaware that any of its officers ever made a reportbeyond a verbal notification to the general in com-mand that the work required of it was done. Thisnarrative is therefore made entirely from mem-ory, aided by reference to letters written to myfamily. It is perhaps proper to state here that the term canal, as used in all the letters and reports re-lating to the opening of this waterway, conveysan entirely wrong idea. No digging was doneexcept by way of slightly widening a large breakin the levee, and those who spea
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