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EXPEDITION TO GRENADA, MISS., ETC.
expedition, but Major Coon furnished me with those supplied him,
a copy of which is herewith sent, marked E, and from those instruc-
tions I believed the success of the expedition would depend on the
rapidity of movement, and at once moved toward Water Valley.
About 6 miles south of Oxford I was joined by the First Brigade
of cavalry under Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace, with an aggregate of
about 750 men with four 12-pounder mountain howitzers, who I
also found my junior in rank, which placed me in command of the
expedition, and that without further instructions than those kindly
furnished by Maj. D. E. Coon already referred to.
I arrived with my advance at Water Valley at 11 a. m. on the 15th
ultimo. At this place my advance captured a train of 6 wagons, 6
mule teams, four of which wagons I burned; the other two I
directed Major Coon to use for transportation for his command.
The crossing of the Yoh-na-pata-fa River, 6 miles north of Water
Valley, being very difficult, the boat being very small and the river
quite high and very rapid, I did not get all my command across
until near 5 p. m. I moved from Water Valley to Coffeeville, thence
toward Grenada. We met 8 miles north of Grenada a force of the
enemy estimated at about 600. Constant skirmishing was kept up
from this point until we arrived at the Yalabusha river at Grenada,
though we advanced rapidly. Six miles north of Grenada I cap-
tured a train of 20 cars and 6 locomotives. With these I left a
guard and ordered them to be run to Grenada when I arrived at that
place.
When I arrived at a point about 4 miles north of Grenada I saw a
dense smoke rising from the direction of the city, which afterward
I found to be occasioned by the burning of the two railroad bridges
over the Yalabusha River at that place. When within a half mile of
the river the enemy contested my advance vigorously, but were
driven across the river. At 2 p. min., the Second Brigade, Major Coon
commanding, was ordered to attack the enemy at the upper ferry,
and two guns of the four attached to Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace's
brigade I ordered forward, and also three companies of the Ninth
Illinois Cavalry, of Colonel Wallace's brigade, as a support to co-
operate with Major Coon's brigade. The greatest part of the
enemy's forces were in position on the south side of the river at the
upper ferry, and had in position in field fortifications three pieces
of artillery, one a rifled gun, while the supports were protected by
rifle-pits. I ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace to move to the
right 2 miles below, and, if possible, effect a crossing and attack the
enemy on their left flank and rear, whilst at the same time I ordered
Major Coon to attack as vigorously as possible, to insure the success
of the First Brigade, under Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace, in effecting
a crossing below, by keeping the forces of the enemy engaged at the
upper ferry. Having no guides, and not aware of the direction of
the roads, I had a regiment from Major Coon's brigade left at the
forks of the road at Statem's [?] Station, 2 miles north of the river.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace having gained the ferry without op-
position, I found the enemy giving way very rapidly and moving
toward their right, when I ordered a prompt advance, and sending
several dismounted companies over on the boat, I also ordered that a
regiment of cavalry should be sent across, swimming the river if it
could not be forded. The enemy retreated from the city in a south-
east direction. Having gained the city, I sent an order to Major
Coon to burn all cars, car or railroad shops and buildings, and also15
CHAP. XLII.]
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United States. War Department. 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., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/26/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.