DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF: THE EXPEDITION TO TEXAS; ATTACK UPON SABINE PASS (9/20/1863)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/20/1863

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The United States Mail steamship Columbia, D.B. BARTON, Commander, from New-Orleans, Sept. 13, with mails and passengers to SPOFFORD, TILESTON & CO., and with a cargo of cotton and sugar, arrived last evening. The Columbia experienced heavy weather during the entire passage.

On the 12th inst., the expedition against Texas under Gen. FRANKLIN, returned to New-Orleans, having failed to effect a landing at Sabine Pass, Texas. The gunboats Clifton and Sachem were both lost in the attempt to take the rebel batteries.

We are again indebted to E. HENDERSON, Esq., purser of the Columbia, for prompt delivery of our dispatches.

OUR NEW-ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE.

RETURN OF FRANKLIN's EXPEDITION -- REVIEW OF NEGRO TROOPS -- GEN. GRANT'S ACCIDENT.

NEW-ORLEANS, Saturday, Sept. 12.

The expedition to Texas has failed for the present. The force was attempted to be landed at Sabine Pass, though Gen. BANKS had full information that there were batteries there, at least so I am told by naval officers, and might have sent the force by some other route that would have answered every purpose. Still it is hardly ever right to cast blame on anyone for a disaster of which we know so little as we do of this. I am inclined to think the expedition was got up in a great hurry and without due preparation. I do not see why we should be in such a hurry to get into Texas. That job will keep a few weeks at least. The loss of the gunboats Clifton and Sachem, and the delay, are the only results of this "disaster," over which the rebels are so jubilant and the Union men so disheartened.

is still confined to his room, and though he is recovering gradually, he is not yet able to be moved to the boat.

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Department of the Gulf: The Expedition to Texas – 2-3
Operations at Charleston: Arrival of the McClellan with 100 Prisoners – 3
From the Southwest: Martial Law to be Rigidly Enforced in Gen. Schofield’s Department – 3
The War in Tennessee: A Stirring Campaign in Prospect – 3
The War in Tennessee: Gen. Rosecrans’ Official Report of the Campaign which Ended with the Capture of Tullahoma – 3-5
The Troubles in Kansas: The Meeting at Paola – 5
The Rebel Army of the Potomac: Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee’s Farewell – 5-6
News from Washington: Dispatches to the Associated Press – 6
President Lincoln on Shakespeare: A Letter to Mr. Hackett – 6
A Cheerful Invitation – 6
Editorial: The Impending Fight in Georgia – 6
Communism in Dixie – 6-7
Shameful Treatment of a Maimed Soldier (Letter to the Editor) – 7
American and Russia-A Frenchman’s Views – 7

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September 18-20, Battle of Chickamauga, major CSA victory, second highest casualties after Gettysburg of any CW battle.

Georgia 1862 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 10-11	Fort Pulaski, GA	Union Dept of the South, S. Atlantic Squadron (DuPont, Hunter ~10,000 +51 ships) & Confederate Dept of SC, GA, FL, Savanah River Squadron (RE Lee, Tatnall ~385 + 5 ships)	Union 5-total (1-killed), Confederate 368-total (5-killed)	USA
Jan 27 - Mar 3, 1863	Fort McAllister, GA	Union South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (DuPont, Drayton 4-monitors), Confederate Fort McAllister garison (Gallie, Anderson ~1,500?)	unknown	CSA
Sept 10-11	Davis' Cross Roads, GA	Union Army of the Cumberland (Rosecrans. Thomas, Negley ~8,000), Confederate Army of Tennessee (Bragg 12,000)	unknown	Inconclusive (outnumbered Union withdrew to avoid larger battle)
Sept 19-20	Chicamuaga, GA	Union Army of the Cumberland (Rosecrans, Thomas, Crittenden, McCook ~60,000), Confederate Army of Tennessee (Bragg, Longstreet, Hood, Breckenridge ~65,000)	Union 16,170 (including 1,657-killed, Confederates 18,454 including 2,312-killed)	CSA

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of September 20, 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	2	1	4
Mississippi	11	5	0	16
Texas	0	2	0	2
Alabama	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	69	61	24	154

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	97	35	245

Casualties totaled nearly 35,000 including almost 4,000 killed in action, bringing the war's totals to date, by my count, to over 516,000 casualties including at least 58,000 killed in action.