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Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2Keifer, Joseph Warren

History

Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

Name: Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2
Author: Keifer, Joseph Warren

Keifer, Joseph Warren

Slavery -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

(14)  Only two other orders were issued (March 8, 1862) denominated
"President's General War Orders"; one relates to the organization
of McClellan's army into corps, and the other to its movement to
the Peninsula and the security of Washington.--_Mess. and Papers
of the Presidents_, vol. vi., p. 110.

(15)  The taking by Captain Wilkes (Nov. 8, 1861) from the British
steamer _Trent_ of the Confederate commissioners, Mason and Slidell,
came so near causing a war with England, although they were, with
an apology, surrendered (January 1, 1862) to British authority,
that great fear existed that something would produce a foreign war
and consequent intervention.

(16)  _War Records_, vol. vii., p. 155.

(17)  _Ibid_., vol. viii., p. 555.

(18)  Grant estimates his own force on the surrender of the fort
at 27,000, but not all available for attack, and the number of
Confederates on the day preceding at 21,000--_Memoirs of Grant_,
vol. i., p. 314.

(19)  _War Records_, vol. viii., pp. 160, 167.

(20)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 269, 283, 288.

(21)  _Ibid_., pp. 274, 254.

(22)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 167, 270.

(23)  _Ibid_., pp. 269, 283, 288.

(24)  General Beatty accuses me, justly, of depriving him, at Bell's
Tavern when very hungry, of a supper, by too freely commenting,
when we were seated at the mess-table, on the _soupy_ character
and the _color_ of the mule hairs in the coffee.--_Citizen Soldier_,
p. 106.

(25)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 426, 433.

(26)  Forrest's Rep., _Ibid_., vol. vii., p. 429.

(27)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 619-621, 624.

(28)  Grant's _Memoirs_, vol. i., p. 320.

(29)  Grant was born April 27, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Clermont
Co., Ohio.

(30)  Grant's _Memoirs_, vol. i, p. 326; _War Records_, vol. vii.,
pp. 683-3.

(31)  _War Records_, vol. vii., p. 853.


CHAPTER VI
Battle of Shiloh--Capture of Island No. 10--Halleck's Advance on
Corinth, and Other Events

General Albert Sidney Johnston, while at Murfreesboro (February 3,
1862) assumed full command of the Central Army, Western Department,
and commenced its reorganization for active field work, and on the
27th commenced moving it, with a view to concentrate to Corinth,
Miss.( 1)

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History

Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

Keifer, Joseph Warren

Slavery -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

(14)  Only two other orders were issued (March 8, 1862) denominated
"President's General War Orders"; one relates to the organization
of McClellan's army into corps, and the other to its movement to
the Peninsula and the security of Washington.--_Mess. and Papers
of the Presidents_, vol. vi., p. 110.

(15)  The taking by Captain Wilkes (Nov. 8, 1861) from the British
steamer _Trent_ of the Confederate commissioners, Mason and Slidell,
came so near causing a war with England, although they were, with
an apology, surrendered (January 1, 1862) to British authority,
that great fear existed that something would produce a foreign war
and consequent intervention.

(16)  _War Records_, vol. vii., p. 155.

(17)  _Ibid_., vol. viii., p. 555.

(18)  Grant estimates his own force on the surrender of the fort
at 27,000, but not all available for attack, and the number of
Confederates on the day preceding at 21,000--_Memoirs of Grant_,
vol. i., p. 314.

(19)  _War Records_, vol. viii., pp. 160, 167.

(20)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 269, 283, 288.

(21)  _Ibid_., pp. 274, 254.

(22)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 167, 270.

(23)  _Ibid_., pp. 269, 283, 288.

(24)  General Beatty accuses me, justly, of depriving him, at Bell's
Tavern when very hungry, of a supper, by too freely commenting,
when we were seated at the mess-table, on the _soupy_ character
and the _color_ of the mule hairs in the coffee.--_Citizen Soldier_,
p. 106.

(25)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 426, 433.

(26)  Forrest's Rep., _Ibid_., vol. vii., p. 429.

(27)  _War Records_, vol. vii., pp. 619-621, 624.

(28)  Grant's _Memoirs_, vol. i., p. 320.

(29)  Grant was born April 27, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Clermont
Co., Ohio.

(30)  Grant's _Memoirs_, vol. i, p. 326; _War Records_, vol. vii.,
pp. 683-3.

(31)  _War Records_, vol. vii., p. 853.


CHAPTER VI
Battle of Shiloh--Capture of Island No. 10--Halleck's Advance on
Corinth, and Other Events

General Albert Sidney Johnston, while at Murfreesboro (February 3,
1862) assumed full command of the Central Army, Western Department,
and commenced its reorganization for active field work, and on the
27th commenced moving it, with a view to concentrate to Corinth,
Miss.( 1)

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

Slavery and four years of war : $b a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

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