Identifier: mississippivalle01fisk (find matches)
Title: The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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effects of exposure at FortDonelson, brought him in a few weeks to the grave.He was then lying ill at Savannah, and his divi-sion was commanded by William Wallace. LewWallaces division was five miles down the riverat Crumps Landing, whence a road runs westwardto the town of Purdy. Movements of the enemywere possible in this direction, and Wallace re-mained to watch the Purdy road. Another roadparallel with the river connected Wallace directlywith the right of the Union reserve by a bridgelately built over Snake creek. The only quarter in which the Union army wasexj^osed to assault was the open front between Owland Lick creeks. At a later period of the warthis line would doubtless have been entrenched,and the whole position made invulnerable. Butthe need of entrenching was not then so keenlyfelt as it came to be afterward. It took just suchterrible affairs as Shiloh to reveal the need of it.For it was even in this strong position that John-ston resolved to attack and crush Grants army
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SHILOH, APRIL 6, 1862, MORNING Fort Donelson and Shlloh 75 before Buells should have joined it. Could thisbe done, it might repair the disaster of The eve ofFort Donelson and regain to the Con- l>attle.federacy the lost territory. At the very least, itwould save Corinth and restore the prestige of thesouthern arms. Johnston waited as long as hedared for the arrival of Van Dorn from Arkansas,with 20,000 men, but swollen streams and miryroads made him wait in vain. On the other hand,Buells march from Nashville was delayed by un-looked-for obstacles. There was a freshet in Duckriver, and a bridge had to be rebuilt, which tookseveral days. In the early spring American roadsare at their worst, and marching was slow. StillBuell made progress, and on Saturday evening, the5th of April, the head of his foremost division,under Nelson, arrived at Savannah. At thatmoment the Confederate lines were already de-ployed and ready for battle in front of the Federalarmy, but hidden from view in the f

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