Feb. 25, 1863. ADMIRAL:I have the honor to report ... throwing off corn to lighten her. We reached the Mississippi at dawn. Opposite Ellis' Cliffs Mr. GARVEY ran the Era, a boat drawing less ...

VICKSBURGH, Miss., Monday, July 27, 1863. Now that Vicksburgh is ours, the Mississippi open, and all armed rebels chased from our vicinity or captured, the restless spirit peculiar to American ...

Benjamin Grierson (1826-1911), was the principal element in a remarkably sophisticated deception plan to intended to divert Confederate attention from U.S. Grant’s surprise crossing of the Mississippi ...

This first volume deals with Johnston's activities during the first two years of the war, and comprises two "books", one on Johnston's role in operations in Virginia and adjacent areas in 1861-1862, ...