Identifier: abrahamlincol07nico (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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orps leading, and the enemywas overtaken at the bridge over the Big Black River.A sharp action took place here. The enemy wereposted in the river bottom on the east bank withina long line of rifle-piis, which were defended by abayou. They presented a somewhat formidablefront as the Union army approached, but as Grantsline was extended it was found that the rifle-pitscould be flanked, under the cover of the river bank,and a brilliant assault, by Carrs division, sodemoralized the enemy that little resistance wasmade, and a race for the bridge ensued, by whichthe fleet Confederates saved themselves, withheavy loss, however, in prisoners and guns. In the mean time Sherman had reached Bridge-port, several miles higher up the river, which hecrossed in the night by means of a pontoon bridge.Grant was with him, and the two generals sat on aMemS log looking at the passage of the troops over thep?324. bridge, which was illuminated by brilliant fires ofpitch-pine. McClernand and McPherson passed
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gkants MAY BATTLES IN MISSISSIPPI 193 the night in building floating bridges, and crossed chap.vii.their commands early in the morning of the 18th. May, i863.This unavoidable delay enabled Pemberton tobring his beaten army back to Vicksburg, a hotjourney of twelve miles over dusty roads, with allthe fatigue and discouragement which a week ofdefeat inflicts upon the bravest soldiers; but, onceinside the works of Vicksburg, their fortitude re-turned, and when the Union army, flushed with itsvictories, came surging up against the rebel worksit found them firmly held and stoutly defended. In the mean while General Johnston, with a faithwhich would seem to have had insufficient nourish-ment under the circumstances, had been expecting ^SraSveto meet Pembertons army somewhere on the road ofoUerta-ryfrom Livingston to Edwardss Station. It must be p. i85.admitted however that, if he were marching inview of such a junction, he moved with singulardeliberation, for, during the whole day of the 16

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