Posted on 09/09/2023 11:44:40 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
ST. LOUIS, Thursday, Sept. 3.
A letter from Gen. STEELE, received at Headquarters Tuesday night, dated Clarendon, Aug. 26, says:
"Our advance, under DAVIDSON, has driven MARMADUKE'S cavalry, about 3,000, out of Brownsville, capturing Col. BURBRIDGE and some privates.
At the date of the dispatch from DAVIDSON, GLOVER'S brigade was pushing the enemy toward Bayou Metor."
This morning the following dispatch was received from Geo. FISK:
PILOT KNOB, Wednesday, Sept. 2.
To Major-Gen. Schofield:
A deserter from BURBRIDGE'S command reports that our forces attacked PRICE on the 25th at Brownsville and Bayou Meter. "Old Pap's" forces were driven back across Arkansas River on Wednesday forenoon last.
The entire rebel force was in full retreat, STILLS and DAVIDSON hotly pursuing them, and shelling the fleeing rebels.
Hundreds are deserting.
MARMADUKE'S command was wholly routed and scattered.
Little Rock was within the grasp of the Federal army.
The people of Arkansas, north of White River, are praising God for the prospective deliverance from the Jeff Davis despotism.
C.B. FISK, Brigadier-General.
Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
CLARENDON, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 26, 1863.
The Confederates are fortifying at Bayou Metor, about fifteen miles this side of Little Rock. The point is one of many advantages, and, if well fortified and desperately defended, will prove a hard place to take. The bayou is upon the extreme western limit of the "Grand Prairie," which stretches from the White to the Arkansas River. It is some fifty feet wide, has abrupt banks and a treacherous and miry bed. The rebel position is said to be flanked by swamps, which will prevent its being Turned, and compel Gen. STEELE to attack in front, where they have from twenty to thirty nieces of artillery ready to place in position upon the completion of their works.
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The War West of the Mississippi: Official Reports of Gen. Steele’s Movements – 2
The Movement Against Mobile: Franklin, Ord and Herron to be in Command under Banks – 3
Operations Against Charleston: Further Interesting Details – 3-4
Affairs on the Mississippi: Vicksburgh – 4-5
News from Washington – 5-6
The Siege of Vicksburgh: Gen. Sherman’s Official Report of the Operations of the Fifteenth Army Corps – 6-7
An Ovation to Gen. grant in Memphis – 7
The Rebel Battle Reports: Official Reports of Battles – 7-9
Editorial: The Return of Barbarism – 9
Pierre Toutant Beauregard – 9-10
The Great Rebellion from an Anagrammatic Stand-Point – 10
From San Francisco – 10
The California Election – 10
Washington Hunt at Lockport – 10
Trouble Between a Naval Officer and a Provost-Marshal – 10
A Banker Absconds – 10
Fire in Chicago – 10
Large Fire at Danville, C.W. – 10
The Fifty Million Loan – 10
Counterfeits – 10
Naval Intelligence – 10
Arkansas 1862- '63 Engagements
| Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1862 | Little Sugar Creek, AR | Union Army of the Southwest (Curtis ~2,000) & Confederate Army of AR (McCullough ~2,000) | Union 33-total (13-killed), Confederates 250-total (23-killed) | Inconclusive |
| Mar 6-8 | Pea Ridge, AK | Union Army of Southwest (Curtis, Sigel ~10,500)& Confederate Army of the West (Van Dorn, Price, McCulloch, Pike ~16,500) | Union 1,384 total (203 killed), Confederate 2,000 total (unknown killed) | USA (Union outnumbered) |
| May 19 | Whitney's Lane, AR | Union Dept of the SW (Curtis, Steele ~30,000), Confederate Trans-Mississippi (Roane ~1,200) | Union 51-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates 10-total (unkwn-killed) | USA |
| June 17 | St. Charles, AR | Union 4-river boats, 46th Ind Inf (Fitch, Kitty-WIA ~1,000), Confederate AR 29th Inf (Fry-POW) | Union 160-total (58-killed), Confederates 40-total (8-killed) | USA |
| July 7 | Cache River, AR | Union Army of SW (Curtis, Havey ~600, Confederate 12th & 16th Cavalry (Hindman, Rust ~600) | Union 63+-total (6-killed), Confederates ~100-total (30-killed) | USA |
| Nov 27 | Yellville, AR | Union Army of the Frontier, (Wickersham, cavalry from Illinois, Iowa & Wisconsin ), Confederate garrison | Union none, Confederates 60-total captured & paroled | USA -- salt mining disrupted |
| Nov 28 | Yellville, AR | Union Army of the Frontier, (Blunt, Cloud ~5,000), Confederate Trans-Mississippi Dept (Marmaduke, Shelby ~2,000) | Union 44-total (8-killed), Confederates 80-total (10-killed) | USA |
| Dec 6 | Reed's Mountain, AR | Union Army of the Frontier, (Blunt, Basset 3 regiments), Confederate Trans-Mississippi Dept (Shelby's brigade, Monroe +2 regiments) | Union 8-total (1-killed), Confederates 37-total (10-killed) | Inconclusive -- USA tactical, CSA strategic |
| Dec 7 | Prairie Grove, AR | Union Army of the Frontier, (Blunt, Herron ~9,000), Confederate Trans-Mississippi Dept (Hindman ~11,000) | Union 1,251-total (175-killed), Confederates 1,317-total (204-killed) | USA strategic (Union outnumbered) |
| Jan 9-10, 1863 | Arkansas Post, AR | Union Dept of MS, MS Squadron (McClernand, Porter ~ 20,090), Confederate Ft. Hindman garrison (Churchill ~5,000) | Union 1,092-total (165?-killed), Confederates 4,931-total (60-killed) | USA |
| May 1-2 | Chalk Bluff, AR | Union Army the Frontier (Vandever ~10,000), Confederate Army of Trans MS (Marmaduke, ~2,000) | Union 120-total (23-killed), Confederates 210-total (30-killed) | CSA (Union strategic) |
| July 4 | Helena, AR | Union XIII Corp 13th Div (Prentis 4,129), Confederate Dist. of Arkansas (Holmes, Price 7,626) | Union 237-total (including 57-killed), Confederates 1,636-total (including 173-killed) | USA |
| Sept 1 | Devil's Backbone, AR | Union Cavalry from Kansas, Missouri & Indiana (Cloud 1,500), Confederate Arkansas cavlary (Cabell 1,250) | Union 16 total (including 3-killed), Confederates 65 total (including 10-killed) | USA |
| Sept 10 | Bayou Fourche (Little Rock), AR | Union Arkansas Expedition (Steele, Davison, Rice ~15,000), Confederate District of Arkansas (Price, Marmaduke, Frost 7,749) | Union 137-total (including 18-killed), Confederates 64-total (including 12-killed) | USA |
The Union has now won 11 engagements in Arkansas, lost only one and Confederates are forced to move their state capital to Washington, Arkansas, in the state's southwest corner.
Summary of Civil War Engagements as of September 8, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Virginia | 11 | 33 | 15 | 59 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Florida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Texas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Engagements in CSA | 69 | 60 | 23 | 152 |
Engagements in Union states/territories:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Missouri | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Indiana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total Engagements in Union | 44 | 36 | 11 | 91 |
| Total Engagements to date | 113 | 95 | 34 | 243 |
Casualties totaled 201 including 30 killed in action.
These leave the war's totals at 482,000 casualties, including 54,000 killed in action.
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