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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Because of Union victories at Fort Donaldson and Fort Henry, the
outer perimeter of defenses that protected western and middle
Tennessee left the city of Memphis, Tennessee exposed to Union
attack by river. After Grant's victory at Shiloh the Confederate
forces would concentrate their strength along the Ohio and Mobile
Railroad in northern Mississippi. The disastrous defeat of General
Earl Van Dorn at Corinth, Mississippi left the door wide open for a
union victory at Vicksburg and the fall of her sister fortress at
Port Hudson, Louisiana. The Mississippi River represents the
jugular vein of the South. The capture of New Orleans by Admiral
Farrago effectively shut commerce that the South depended upon. The
northern strategist fully recognized that the control of the
Mississippi and her tributaries would prevent any Southern
expansion into Missouri and Kentucky. The 18th Arkansas infantry
played a role in the defense of both the upper and lower
Mississippi River. This is their story.
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