Posted on 05/20/2023 6:27:19 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 19.
Gen. GRANT, under date of May 11, telegraphed to Gen. HALLECK as follows:
"My force will be this evening as far advanced along Fourteen-mile Creek, the left near Black River, and extending in a line nearly east and west, as they can get without bringing on a general engagement. I shall communicate with Grand Gulf no more, except it become necessary to send a train with a heavy escort. You may not hear from me again for several days."
Gen. GRANT also telegraphed Gen. HALLECK from Raymond, Miss., 14th, as follows:
"MCPHERSON took this place on the 12th inst., after a brisk fight of more than two hours. Our loss was 51 killed and 180 wounded. The enemy's loss was 75 killed, (burled by us,) and 186 prisoners captured, beside the wounded.
MCPHERSON is now at Clinton. Gen. SHERMAN is on the direct Jackson road, and Gen. MCCLERNAND is bringing up the rear. I will attack the State capital to-day."
The following is a telegram from Gen. HURLBUT, dated Memphis, and received here to-day:
"Gen. GRANT has taken Jackson. The capital is burned.
From five to ten thousand mounted men are concentrated near Okolona, threatening an advance in the direction of the Memphis Railroad.
A citizen, just up from Jackson, reports that the enemy abandoned Vicksburgh on Sunday, marching on the ridge northeast to Livingston, which is 20 miles northwest of Jackson."
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 19.
Additional information has been received this evening by the President, from Gen. HURLBURT, who has had dispatches from Gen. GRANT, confirming the evacuation of Vicksburgh. The entire rebel force were moving northward, to reinforce BRAGG, for the purpose of attacking ROSECRANS.
The dispatch says they will fail in this, as reinforcements will be thrown forward,
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Important News: Dispatches from Gens. Grant and Hurlbut to the War Department – 2
Another Invasion of Kentucky: A Rebel Force Across the Cumberland Advancing on Richmond – 2
Affairs in Texas – 2
The War in Tennessee: The Present Position of the Rebel Army Under Bragg – 2
The Army of the Potomac: Incidents of the Late Battles – 2-3
From the Rebel States: Later Advices from Fredericksburgh – 3
News from Washington: Progress of Recruiting for the Negro Regiments – 4
Editorial: Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri – 4-5
Vicksburgh – 5
Work for Gen. Burnside – 5
Naval – 5
Mississippi 1862-'63 Engagements
| Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 - May 30, 1862 | Corinth, MS | Union Army of the Mississippi (Halleck, Grant, Thomas, Buel ~120,000), Confederate Army of the Mississippi (Beauregard, Bragg, Van Dorn ~65,000) | Union 1,000+ total, Confederates 1,000+ total | USA |
| Sep 1 | Denmark, MS | Union Army of the Missippi, (Dennis ~1,000), Confederate Army of the West (Armstrong -4,000) | Union 108-total (8-killed), Confederates 288 total (11=killed) | CSA |
| Sep 19-20 | Iuka, MS | Union Army of Mississippi (Rosecrans, ~4,500), Confederate Army of the West (Price, ~3,179) | Union 790-total (144-killed), Confederates 1,516-total (263-killed) | USA |
| Oct 3-4 | Corinth, MS | Union Army of MS (Rosecran s, 12,000), Confederate Army of West TN (Van Dorn, Price ~22,000) | Union 2,520-total (355-killed), Confederates 4.233-total (473-killed) | USA |
| Dec 27-29 | Chickasaw Bayou, MS | Union Army of TN, MS Squadron (Sherman ~30,720), Confederate Dept of MS (Pemberton, SD Lee~13,792) | Union 1,776-total (208-killed), Confederates 187-total (57-killed) | CSA (CSA outnumbered |
| Apr 29, 1863 | Grand Gulf, MS | Union Mississippi squadron (Porter 7-ironclads ~10,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg batteries (Bowen 4,200) | Union 80-total (24-killed), Confederates 22-total (3-killed) | CSA (Grant changed his plans) |
| Apr 29 | Snyder's Bluff, MS | Union XV Corps, Mississippi squadron (Sherman 8-gunboatss ~10,000), Confederate Herbert's Brigade (Herbert 3,000) | Union unkwn-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates unkwn-total (unkwn-killed) | CSA (Union feint to fix CSA forces) |
| May 1 | Port Gibson, MS | Union Army of TN (Grant ~23,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Bowen, ~8,000) | Union 861-total (129?-killed), Confederates 787-total (118?-killed) | USA |
| May 12 | Raymond, MS | Union Army the Tennessee (McPherson 12,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Gregg, 4,000) | Union 446-total (67?-killed), Confederates 515-total (77?-killed) | USA |
| May 14 | Jackson, MS | Union Army the Tennessee (Grant, Sherman, McPherson ~30,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Johnson, Gregg, 5,000?) | Union 332-total (48?-killed), Confederates 850-total (127?-killed) | USA |
| May 16 | Champion Hill, MS | Union Army the Tennessee (Grant, McClernand, Sherman, McPherson 32,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Pemberton 22,000) | Union 2,457-total (410-killed), Confederates 3,840-total (381-killed) | USA |
| May 17 | Big Black River Bridge, MS | Union Army the Tennessee XIII Corps (McClernand, 5,000), Confederate Army of Vicksburg (Bowen Vaugn, 5,000) | Union 275-total (41?-killed), Confederates 1,751-total (262?-killed) | USA (Union outnumbered) |
Summary of Civil War Engagements as of May 20, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Virginia | 10 | 23 | 12 | 52 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Florida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Texas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Engagements in CSA | 56 | 49 | 18 | 123 |
Engagements in Union states/territories:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Missouri | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total Engagements in Union | 38 | 33 | 6 | 77 |
| Total Engagements to date | 94 | 82 | 24 | 200 |
Casualties for both battles totaled over 8,300 including over 1,000 killed in action.
These bring the war's totals, by my count, to over 357,000 casualties, including over 41,000 killed in action.
Wouldn't you call yesterday's Union assault on the Vicksburg defensive works a separate engagement? It involved Grant's entire force and cost them 1,000 casualties. If it had been successful the siege would have ended right there.
I guess there were two initial assaults on Vicksburg, May 19 and again May 22, of which the second will be even more deadly for Union troops, producing 3,200 Union casualties, versus maybe 500 Confederate casualties.
Those are 2/3 of the casualties listed for the entire siege.
So I agree, will list the assaults separate from the siege itself.
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