ARMY OPERATIONS (1863). 



Plan to attack Arkansas Point, 39 ; White 

 River, 39; movement of the fleet, 39 ; position 

 of Fort Hindman, 39 ; bombardment, 39 ; as- 

 sault, 39 ; surrender, 39, 40 ; expedition up the 

 White River, 41. 



General Grant leaves Memphis for Vicks- 

 burg, 41 ; assumes command, 41 ; plans for the 

 attack on Vicksburg, 41 ; the canal, 41 ; routes 

 by which to reach the rear of Vicksburg, 42 ; 

 Lake Providence, 42 ; Yazoo Pass, 42. 



Queen of the West runs the blockade, 42; 

 her expedition down the river, 43 ; returns, 

 43; second expedition, 43; moves up the 

 Atchafalaya, 43 ; captures the Era No. 5, 43 ; 

 Fort Taylor, 43 ; ajbtack on, 43 ; injury to the 

 Queen, 44 ; capture of, 44 ; escape of the offi- 

 cers with the De Soto, 44 ; meets the India- 

 nola, 44 ; description of the Indianola, 44 ; runs 

 the batteries at Vicksburg, 44; pursues the 

 Webb, 45; returns to Big Black River, 45; is 

 captured by the Webb and Queen of the West, 

 45. 



Situation of Lake Providence, 45 ; how con- 

 nected with Red River, 45 ; route of the pro- 

 posed canal, 45 ; situation of Moon Lake, 45 ; 

 Yazoo Pass, 45; Coldwater, 45; route, 45; 

 advance of the gunboats, 46 ; the force, 46 ; 

 Fort Pemberton, 46 ; its situation, 46 ; Green- 

 wood, 46 ; force of the enemy, 46 ; attack on 

 the fort, 47 ; repulse, 47 ; its cause, 47 ; expe- 

 dition withdrawn, 47. 



Expedition by way of Cypress Bayou, 47 ; 

 the route, 47; its progress, 47; fleet with- 

 drawn, 47; cause of the failure, 47. 



Route from Milliken's Bend to New Car- 

 thage, 48 ; rams Switzerland and Lancaster at- 

 tempt to pass the batteries at Vicksburg, 48 ; 

 General Grant orders New Carthage to be oc- 

 cupied, 48 ; advance of General McClernand, 

 48 ; Perkins's plantation reached, 48 ; bad roads, 

 48 ; transports at the same time run the bat- 

 teries at Vicksburg, 49 ; march of the troops 

 below Vicksburg, 50 ; attack on Grand Gulf 

 by the gunboats, 50; report of Admiral Por- 

 ter, 50 ; do. of General Grant, 50 ; transports 

 run the batteries at Grand Gulf, 50 ; troops 

 prepare to cross the Mississippi, 50 ; landed at 

 Bruinsburg, 50; advance of the Thirteenth 

 Corps, 50; Port Gibson, 50; enemy encoun- 

 tered, 50; repulsed, 50; Bayou Pierre, 50; 

 Ilawkinson's Ferry, 51 ; General Grant's re- 

 port of the crossing of the Mississippi, 51; 

 Admiral Porter's report of the capture of 



Grand Gulf, 51 ; movement of General Sher- 

 man up the Yazoo, 51 ; its object, 51 ; attacks 

 Haines's Bluff, 51 ; position of General Banks 

 et this time, 51; ferries over the Big Black 

 River, 52. 



Colonel Grierson's raid, 52 ; his force, 52 ; 

 leaves La Grange, 52; reaches Ripley, 52; New 

 Albany, 52 ; skirmish, 52 ; King's Bridge, 52 ; 

 Pontotoc, 52 ; return of Major Lall, 52 ; Co- 

 lumbus, 52; Louisville, 52; Nichols's planta- 

 tion, 52; Raleigh, 52; Brandon, 52; Stork- 

 ville, 52 ; expedition of Captain Forbes, 52 ; 

 Pearl River, 68; Gallatin, 63; Brookhaven, 

 53 ; Summit, 53 ; Edward's Bridge, 63 ; prep- 

 aration to stop him at Osyka, 54 ; Greensburg, 

 64; Clinton, 64; arrives at Baton Rouge, 54. 



Arrival of General Sherman, 54; advance 

 of General Grant, 54; route of General Mc- 

 Pherson, 54; do. of General Sherman, 54; do. 

 of General McClernand, 54 ; dispatch of Gen- 

 eral Grant, 64; battle of Raymond, 54; fur- 

 ther advance, 65 ; capture of Jackson, 65 ; 

 movements of the enemy, 65 ; battle of Cham- 

 pion Hills, 57 ; fight at Black River, 58 ; Gen- 

 eral Sherman marches upon Bridgeport, 58 ; 

 Walnut Hills occupied, 68; supplies for the 

 troops, 58 ; investment of Vicksburg, 68 ; re- 

 port of Admiral Porter, 58 ; do. of expedition 

 to Yazoo City, 59; retreat of Pemberton to 

 Vicksburg, 69 ; assault on the works made by 

 General Grant, 59 ; a second assault, 60 ; how 

 made, 60 ; report of General Grant, 60 ; report 

 of the enemy, 61 ; report of Admiral Porter 

 on the assault on Vicksburg, 61 ; siege deter- 

 mined upon, 62 ; how conducted, 62 ; rein- 

 forcements to General Grant, 62 ; attack on 

 Milliken's Bend, 62; sinking of the Cincin- 

 nati, 63 ; report of Captain Bache, 63 ; progress 

 of the siege, 63 ; flag of truce, 68 ; proposal to 

 surrender, 63 ; correspondence, 63 ; opinion 

 of General Grant of the terms of surrender, 

 64 ; dispatch of Admiral Porter, 65 ; result of 

 the campaign, 65 ; letter of President Lincoln 

 to General Grant, 65 ; report of General Hal- 

 leck, 66 ; new expeditions, 66 ; General Sher- 

 man sent to attack General Johnson, 66 ; dis- 

 patches of General Grant, 66. 



Destruction of property at Jackson, Missis- 

 sippi, 66 ; negroes flocking after the army, 67 ; 

 their views, 67 ; expedition against Yazoo City, 

 67 ; movement of General McPherson, 68 ; vast 

 extent of the military campaign, 68. 



General Banks sails for New Orleans, 68; 



