The Confederacy's Last Hurrah by Wiley Sword

Groves states that they were fired on by musketry, and 4 guns from a commanding position on the left (south) side of the bank. 5 east of Davidson’s Landingġ:00 AM USS Fairplay Battle Report Bell’s Bend Acting Master Geo. Note: Upper Battery could be Walton’s: 2 -12# Howitzers, 2-12# Parrots, Location. Carondelet make at least two passes up and down the battery’s. Confederates open a volley of musketry into the boats along the entire line, as well as four guns on the upper battery. 10th District Mississippi Squadron leaves late in the evening for Bell’s Bend in the following order: Ironclad USS Carondelet, USS Fairplay, Paddelweller USS Moose (LCDR Le Roy Fitch Commanding), Paddelweller USS Reindeer, Paddelweller USS Silver Lake2ġ:00 AM USS Carondelet Battle Report Bell’s Bend USS Ironclad Carondelet opens fire, on the lower battery and encampment. The Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, Wiley Sword p 284ĩ:30 PM US Navy leaves Hydes Ferry for Bell’s Bend Hydes Ferry / Nashville1. Kelly captures the transport steamers Prima Donna and Prairie State with 56 prisoners and 156 horses and mules2.ġ. US Navy hears that Forrest has erected a battery of 2 riffled Parrots1 on the Cumberland River near Bell’s Mill, Tennessee heads down river. The Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, Wiley Sword p.316ĭec 2, 1864 CSA blockade on the Cumberland River Davidson’s Landing Bell’s Bend. Artillery will be placed in all favorable positions.1 Confederate force is 23,000.2ġ. Where: Travelers Rest Confederate line will extend in a semicircle arch from as near as possible from one end of the Cumberland river to the other, above and below Nashville. 629ĭec 2, 1864 Hood issues order for alignment of his forces. Forrest and of Forrest’s Calvary (New York: n.p., 1868 repr., n.p., Morningside Bookshop, 1973), p. Where: Moves in by Nashville and Franklin Pike Chalmers Calvary ordered to move west and guard the Harding and Hillsboro pikes.

Dec 1, 1864 Hood moves toward Nashville from Franklin.

The Confederacy's Last Hurrah by Wiley Sword