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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

The Siege of Vicksburg: Another Line of Defences Discovered in the Rear of the City – 2-3
Threatened Invasion of the North: The War to be Transferred to the Loyal States – 3
From the Army of the Potomac: Important Orders Issued by Gen. Hooker – 3
The War in the Far West: The Yeager Raid – 3-4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4
Editorial: Rebel Threat of Invasion – 4-5
Editorial: Commerce on the Mississippi – 5-6
Confederate Bonds – 6
The Utica Gathering – 6


3 posted on 05/27/2023 6:36:15 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
As we discussed, here are Grant's initial assaults on Vicksburg listed as Confederate victories, though historians never do that because it would mean the statement, "Grant never lost a battle" is not quite right.

However, I'm not listing only campaigns and battles, but also relatively minor engagements, of which Grant's assaults on Vicksburg certainly qualify.

Mississippi 1862-'63 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
April 29 - May 30, 1862Corinth, MSUnion 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+ totalUSA
Sep 1Denmark, MSUnion 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 19-20Iuka, MSUnion 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 3-4Corinth, MSUnion 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 27-29Chickasaw Bayou, MSUnion 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, 1863Grand Gulf, MSUnion 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 29Snyder's Bluff, MSUnion 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 1Port Gibson, MSUnion 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 12Raymond, MSUnion 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 14Jackson, MSUnion 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 16Champion Hill, MSUnion 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 17Big Black River Bridge, MSUnion 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)
May 19-22Assault on VicksburgUnion Army of the TN (Grant, Sherman 77,000), Confederate Army of Mississippi (Pemberton, 33,000)Union 4,141-total (659-killed), Confederates 580-total (75-killed)CSA (CSA Outnumbered)

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of May 27, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
South Carolina2215
Virginia10231252
North Carolina81110
Florida2002
Louisiana7108
Tennessee97117
Arkansas81211
Georgia1102
Mississippi85013
Texas0101
Alabama1001
Total Engagements in CSA575018125

Engagements in Union states/territories:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
Maryland3014
West Virginia93214
Missouri1413128
New Mexico58013
Kentucky56213
Oklahoma1304
Total Engagements in Union3833677
Total Engagements to date958324202

Grant's assaults on Vicksburg May 19 & 21 cost the Union 85% of the total casualties and killed in action they would experience during the siege which ended July 4.
For Confederates, it was the reverse -- 20% of CSA killed & wounded at Vicksburg happened during Grant's initial assaults.

These bring the war's totals to date, by my count, to over 362,000 casualties, including over 42,000 killed in action.

4 posted on 05/27/2023 7:41:30 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"A DISPATCH FROM GEN. HURLBUT.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 26."

Union Maj. Gen. Hurlbut is XVI Corps commander, currently stationed in Memphis, Tennessee, guarding Grant's supply lines from the North.

Included in Hurlbut's XVI Corps are:

  1. 5th Division, Brig. Gen. JC Veach Commanding, which includes:
  2. 4th Brigade, Col. David Moore Commanding, which includes:
  3. 119th Illinois Voluntary Infantry, Col. Thomas Kinney (elected) Commanding, which includes:
  4. K Company, Capt. Calvin Johnson Commanding, which includes:
  5. My great grandfather, a private who still spoke very little English.
The 119th is "now" assigned to guard duty around the city of Memphis, something they consider to be ideal work, a "happy time" in an otherwise brutal war.

My great-grandfather is now home in Illinois, farming and telling his younger brother about this great Confederate cavalry general, Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Some in my family claim this inspired the younger brother to join the Confederate cavalry.
Others say, naw, that's impossible, it must have been the Union cavalry.
But nobody can find a record of him in the Union cavalry, and that's where it remains...

6 posted on 05/27/2023 8:14:11 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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