Excerpt from The Lifes of General U. S. Grant, and Henry Wilson
Important Reconnoissances and Skirmishes; Advance of the Army - Further Reconnoissances and Skirmishes, and capture of Holly Springs, Miss.; Preparation for the assault on Vicksburg - Changes in the Army Organization; The William"s Canal - The Queen of the West and Indianola - New "Cut Offs" proposed - The Yazoo Pass Expedition; Reconnoissance of Steele"s Bayou - Running the Gauntlet - Advance of the Army; The Siege of Vicksburg - General Grant"s Official Report of the Siege; Official Correspondence with various Generals referred to in General Grant"s Official Report; The Interview between General Grant and the Rebel General Pemberton; The Commander and his Men - He issues an Address to the Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee; The Rebel loss during the Siege - A tribute from General Halleck; President Lincoln"s Congratulatory Letter to General Grant - How the news was received North and South; The Fall of Port Hudson - The pursuit after the surrender of Vicksburg - The reopening of the Mississippi; U. S. Grant is appointed a Major-General in the Regular Army; Important Orders issued by Major-General Grant; General Grant at Memphis - A Public Entertainment given to him by the citizens, and he is toasted; He makes no speech, but Dr. Hewitt speaks for him and proposes a toast for General Grant; General Grant"s letter to the citizens of Memphis; General Grant at New Orleans - He meets with a serious accident; General Halleck refers to it - General Grant goes to Indianapolis, and is met there by the Secretary of War - He is appointed to the command of the Military Division of the Mississippi; General Grant and the Secretary of War proceed to Louisville, Ky. - General Grant"s Order issued at Louisville; General Grant at Nashville and Chattanooga - His preparation for the Campaign
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