Identifier: pictorialhistory00wils (find matches)
Title: The pictorial history of the great Civil War: its causes, origin, conduct and results; embracing full and authentic accounts of its battles by land and sea, with graphic descriptions of heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals; narratives of personal adventure; thrilling incidents; daring exploits; wonderful escapes; life in camp, field, and hospital; adventures at sea; blockade life, etc., etc.; containing carefully prepared biographies of the leading generals and naval commanders of both the North and the South / by John Laird Wilson
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Wilson, John Laird, 1832-1896
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Bryan, Taylor
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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s harderto conquer than Columbus, its shoresbeing lined with forts, each fort com-manding the one above it. Beauregardtelegraphed to Richmond that the Nartional guns had thrown three thousandsliells and burned fifty tons of gunpow-der, his batteries being uninjured andonly one man killed. The canal madea complete change in the situation.New Madrid had been evacuated onthe l2th of March; and on the April8th of April, four days after the 8.completion of the canal. Island No. 10had ceased to be a Confederate strong-hold. The defenders of the batterieshad fled in confusion; but they werepursued by Pope and compelled to snivrender. The garrison on the island,learning what had taken place and be-lieving the situation to be hopeless, senta flag of truce to Commander Foote,offering to surrender. The immediatefruits of victory were some seven thou-sand prisoners, including three gene-rals and two hundred and seventyfield and comj)any officers, one hundredheavy siege guns, twenty-four pieces of
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THE SEW VOFtKPUBLIC LIDUAUY ASTOK, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS PEA EIDGE. 97 field artillery, a large quantity of am-munition, several thousand stands ofsmall arms, with tents, horses, and wag-ons innumerable. No single battlefield has yet afforded to the North suchvisible fruits of victory as have beengathered at Island No. 10. Such wasthe language used by the high officialsat Richmond. The Mississippi was nowopen as far south as Fort Pillow. While these events were followingeach other in rapid succession in MiddleTennessee and Western Kentucky, suc-cesses of a scarcely less substantial kindwere attending the National arras inArkansas, in the grand movement, con-ducted by Curtis, Sigel, and others,down the Mississippi valley toward thegulf. Early in February the Confede-rate General Price had been compelledto retreat from Missouri into Arkansas.Feb. On the 18th of that month he wasi8- closely followed by the Nationalsunder General Samuel R. Curtis ofIowa. On the same day, joy was cre

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