The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 11
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CHAP. XLII.] EXPEDITION TO GRENADA, MISS., ETC. 11
[Inclosure.]
ON MISS. CENTRAL AND MISS. AND TENN. RAILROADS,
August 20, 1863.
No. Character. Condition. Where left.
2 Engines .................... Good .......................... Grenada.
28 ....do ......................... Partially burned ............... Do.
3 ....do ....................... Good ......................... Winona.
10 ....do ......................... Need repairs ................. Do.
4 ....do .................... Good ...... .............. Duck Hill.
6 ....do ...................... Partially burned............... Above Grenada on Miss. Central
Railroad.
82 Cars, box and platform....... Burned ..................... Grenada.
59 ....do ......................... Running order................ Winona.
10 ....do .... ...................do ....................... Big Black River.
20 ....do ........................ ....do ....................... Duck Hill.
4 ....do ........................ Burned ....................... Above Grenada.
5 Passenger ................. Good ....................... Do.
86 ....do ....................... Burned ... .................. Grenada.
2 ....do ........... ........ Good ........................ Do.
11 ....do .........................do ....................... Below Grenada and Duck Hill
and Winona.
2 Baggage ................. ...do .......................... Grenada.
21 Box and platform ......... ...do ........................do Do.
2 Hand cars................... ...do ....................... Do.
Summary.-Engines, 53 ; cars, passenger, 99; baggage, 2; box, &c., 196; hand, 2. Total, 299.
E. F. WINSLOW,
Colonel, cfc.
AUGUST 12-23, 1863.-Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Grenada, Miss.,
with Skirmishes at Craven's Plantation, Miss. (14th), and Grenada, Miss.
(17th).
REPORTS.
No. 1.-Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, U. S. Army, commanding Sixteenth Army
Corps.
No. 2.-Col. John K. Mizner, Third Michigan Cavalry, chief of cavalry, Sixteenth
Army Corps.
No. 3.-Col. August Mersy, Ninth Illinois (Mounted) Infantry, commanding post of
.Corinth.
No. 4.-Lieut. Col. Jesse J. Phillips, Ninth Illinois (Mounted) Infantry, command-
ing expedition.
No. 5.-Maj. Datus E. Coon, Second Iowa Cavalry.
No. 6.-Lieut. Col. Martin R. M. Wallace, Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
No. 1.
Reports of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, U. S. Army, command-
ing Sixteenth Army Corps.
HEADQUARTERS SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
MEMPHIS, TENN., August 20, 1863.
SIR: I have honor to transmit copy of report of expedition ordered
from these headquarters.
Cavalry force from La Grange on 13th, under command of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Phillips, Ninth Illinois Infantry (mounted), reached
Grenada 17th, drove Slemons, with 2,000 men and three pieces ar-
tiliery, from the place, destroyed 57 engines, 400 cars, the depot build-
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