The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies . theevening of the 21st, the work was accomplished, and at 5 p. m. of the22d the steamers Henderson and Mattie Cook, with one regiment oftroops ou board, entered the Cold water River and descended it 2 J miles,to Coles plantation. On tLe 23d, they went down from 10 to 12 milesfarther, through some of the shortest bends, and returned the same dayto Hunts Mill, on the Pass. I am confirmed in the opinions expressed in my previous reports con-cerning the practicability of this route, during proper
The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies . theevening of the 21st, the work was accomplished, and at 5 p. m. of the22d the steamers Henderson and Mattie Cook, with one regiment oftroops ou board, entered the Cold water River and descended it 2 J miles,to Coles plantation. On tLe 23d, they went down from 10 to 12 milesfarther, through some of the shortest bends, and returned the same dayto Hunts Mill, on the Pass. I am confirmed in the opinions expressed in my previous reports con-cerning the practicability of this route, during proper stages of water,as a line of military operations. In navigating Yazoo Pass some diffi-culty will be experienced from limbs of overhanging trees, not removedbecause of the impossibility of cutting them down without letting thewhole tree fall into the channel. Should the water fall 4 or 5 feet, thiscould be easily obviated by cutting and pulling inland the trees nowpartly in the way. The Coldwater is a considerable stream after its junction with the Chap. XXXVl] THE YAZOO PASS EXPEDITION, ETC. 377. 378 MtssisstpM, West Tennessee, etc. cuap. xxxvt Pass—from 120 to 150 feet in width inside of its banks; is now quite full,rising slowly, and is easily navigable for any boat tbat can work itsway through the Pass. Like the latter, it might be improved by cattingoff more of the overhanging trees, though it is not essential in eithercase. It would simply facilitate the navigation. In the present condition of affairs, I think boats 180 feet in length,and of any proportional beam and draught of water, can be sent fromtbe Mississippi to the Tallahatchee by this route in four days, possiblyiu less time, with good management. Tbe period for which this routecan be used will depend entirely upon the stage of water in the Mis-sissippi, the shallowest part being on the bar, over which boats arecompelled to pass iu order to reach the entrance. In submittiug this report of the work assigned me, i
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