. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . n-boatArkansas he had demonstrated to Farragut the impracticability of takingVicksburg without the cooperation of a large land force, and had caused himto return to New Orleans with his fleet, and Daviss and Ellets to retire upthe river, and on July 27th, the very day on which Farragut withdrew, heordered Breckinridge to proceed at once to Baton Rouge with five thousandpicked men and occupy that place. J A series of misadventures had followedt
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . n-boatArkansas he had demonstrated to Farragut the impracticability of takingVicksburg without the cooperation of a large land force, and had caused himto return to New Orleans with his fleet, and Daviss and Ellets to retire upthe river, and on July 27th, the very day on which Farragut withdrew, heordered Breckinridge to proceed at once to Baton Rouge with five thousandpicked men and occupy that place. J A series of misadventures had followedthat expedition, and Van Dorn, far from being able to cooperate with Pricein a forward movement, was himself in great want of reenforcements forBreckinridge, and implored Price to send that officer a brigade. Now it had so happened that when General Hardee was leaving Tupelo onthe 29th of July he sent for me (I being at that time chief of staff of the Dis-trict of the Tennessee), and said that he had just learned of Van Dorns expe- j For accounts of operations about Vicksburg see Vol. m. of this work.—Editors. WITH PRICE EAST OF THE dition against Baton Rouge; that he feared that it would lead Van Dora intoother adventures which would overtask his strength, and that Van Dornwould then call on General Price to help him. Now, said he, when thishappens, as it surely will, I want you to say to General Price, for me, that thesuccess of General Braggs movement into Tennessee and Kentucky dependsgreatly upon his (Prices) ability to keep Grant from reenforcing Buell, andconsequently that General Bragg would sternly disapprove the sending of anyreinforcements whatever to Van Dorn. Say to General Price that I knowthat General Bragg expects him to keep his men well in hand, and ready tomove northward at a moments notice. Simultaneously with Van Dorns request for reinforcements came a tele-gram from Bragg (August 2d) saying that Grant had been reenforcing Buell,and that the
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