THE GRAND CAMPAIGN: The Situation in Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee; The Great Flank Movement Against Lee (5/24/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 5/24/1864

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Arrival of Admiral Porter at the Month of the Red River-The Fleet all Safe-Gen. Banks at Semmesport-Sherman Again in Pursuit of Johnston-The Way the Armies are Being Reinforced and Supplied.

[OFFICIAL.]

WASHINGTON, May 23.

Maj.-Gen. Dix:

Dispatches from Maj.-Gen. CANBY, dated mouth of the Red River, at midnight, May l5, state that "Admiral PORTER has just arrived. The remainder of the gunboats will arrive to-night. Gen. BANKS will probably reach Semmesport, on the Atchafalaya to-morrow."

A dispatch from Admiral PORTER, dated on board the flagship Black Hawk, mouth of Red River, May 10 states that the portion of the squadron above the falls at Alexandria have been released from their unpleasant position, owing to the indefatigable exertions of Lieut.-Col. BAILEY, Acting Engineer of the Nineteenth Army Corps, who proposed and built a tree dam of six hundred feet across the river at the lower falls, which enabled all the vessels to pass in safety, the back-water of the Mississippi reaching Alexandria, and allowed them to pass over all the shoals and the obstructions planted by the enemy, to a point of safety. Lieut.-Col. BAILEY will be immediately nominated for promotion, for distinguished and meritorious services.

An unofficial report from Cairo, dated May 22, states that the army and gunboats were all safe at the mouth of the Red River and Semmesport.

Maj.-Gen. SHERMAN, by a dispatch dated 8:30 P.M. last night, reports that he would be ready by the morning to resume his operations. Returned veterans and regiments, he says, have more than replaced all losses and detachments.

We have no official reports since my last telegram from Gen. GRANT or Gen. BUTLER.

Official reports of this department show that within eight days after the great battle of Spottsylvania Court-house, many thousand veteran troops have been forwarded to Gen. GRANT.

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The Grand Campaign: The Situation in Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee – 2-4
The Pirate Florida: Steering for the Track of Vessels from America to England – 4
From Newbern – 4
Gen. Butler’s Army: The Rebels Assume the Offensive – 4-6
From the Southwest: Admiral Porter’s Fleet Out of Red River – 6
News from Washington: Special Dispatches to the New-York Times – 6-7
Proceedings of Congress – 7-8
Editorial: The Campaign in Georgia – 8
Amusements this Evening – 8