The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports.: Searching Inside

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. his time and keep his army starving in a barren country for nearly three... were again en route to attain the enemy's front and oppose his advance on Camden. At 4 p. m.... on the 14th, we were in his front, 14 miles from Camden, at the junction of the Prairie D'Ane and Camp Bragg... Camden that night, and that further effusion of blood was totally unnecessary, having sent a party under... Lieut. John C. Moore, my acting assistant adjutant-general, to Camden to destroy such Government

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... animals were lost in the swampsis between Prairie D'Ane and Camden, but think our loss was less 1l han 200... animals from the 23d day of Marchl to the 15th d a of Ap)ril, the day we reached Camden. There were aIout... and with an active enemy in front. The country about Camden contained quite an amount of corn, but the enemy sent out... and returned to within 12 miles of Camden, when they were attacked by the enemy, commanded by General Price... Camden and brought up to that place. My forage parties also found small lots of corn secreted

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, In the Fel,(l Caiden, April 17, 1864... found the other roads to Camden impassable. A heavy rain fell, raising the Little Missouri so... of timber, commanding the Washington and Camden road and the approach on the prairie for one-half a mile... pursued a few miles, and then turned toward Camden. Our supplies were nearly exhausted, and so... into the fortifications by the south road with his infantry and artillery, having evacuated Camden under the supposition

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. In this day's fighting the following men of the battery had been wounded... Meyers, in head, slightly. We camped in the fort southeast of Camden, the fort being constructed for six... Indiana Battery, was sent after forage on the same road on which we came to Camden. On the 18th, the train... to a supply train from Camden to Pine Bluff. The center section remained at Camden. During the evening.... Ark. We crossed the Ouachita River at Camden, during the night of the 26th and 27th of April

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... at Dutch Mills. Skirmish at White Oak Creek. 15, 1864.-Skirmish at Camden. 16, 1864.-Skirmish at Liberty... Post-Office. 16-18, 1864.-Skirmishes about Camden. 17, 1864.-Skirmish at Red Mound. 18, 1861.-Engagement... at Poison Spring. 20, 1864.-Skirmish near Camden. 23, 1864.-Confederate demonstration on Camden. Affair... at Swan Lake. 24, 1864.-Skirmish near Camden. 25, 1864.-Action at Marks' Mills. 25-26, 1864.-Skirmishes... in Moro Bottom. 26, 1864.-Steele's column retreats from Camden. 28, 1864.-Skirmish near Princeton. 29

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... Calvin, George W. Mentioned......................................... 997,998 Camden, Ark. Confederate... demonstration on, April 23,1864. See Camden, Ark., Expedition, March 23-May 3, 1864. Reports of Steele, p. 668...; Marinaduke, p. 834. Skirmishes about, April 16-18, 1864. See Camden, Ark.. Expedition, March 23-May 3, 1864.... Skirmish at, April 15. 1864. See Camden, Ark., Expedition, March 23-May 3, 1864. Reports of Gibson, Hiram D... 654 April 24, 1864. See Camden, Ark., Expedition, March 23-May 3, 1864. Report of Marmaduke, p. 834

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... at daylight in the direction of Camden; got in front of the enemy, and bivouacked at Gulley's, 10 miles from... Camden; flankers fell in with a small force which they attacked and dispersed; distance, 26 miles. April...; turned to the right and moved over to the Camp Bragg road, 6 miles of Camden; Lawther's regiment remained... in front of Steele's column, fighting until dark and passing thltrough Camden; loss, 4 wounded; distance.... Hulett charges a detachment 2 miles of Camden, capturing 2; several escapades to-day; ordered at 4 p. m

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.... Of three roads leading from Washington to Camden the one we took is the most northerly, via Moscow... with it in the same direction to reach the fortifications of Camden. Near the junction, about 12 miles west of Camden... that leads via \Vo(odlawn to Camden. woul(l have reached(l that latter place. The nature of the ground( did... place of our destinationn. Camden, high on the banks of the O(uaclitla. is a strongly fo(rtified town... forage train of 1 S wagons. which ]ha(d )een sent out some 12 miles wVest from Camden, was captured )y

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... the enemy withdrew from our front. Our entire loss iln killed and wounded when we reached Camden amounted... to 1 killed and 4 wounded. I was relieved of my command on the 19th of April, while in camp at Camden... at Camden, Ark., until its arrival at Little Rock. including a list of casualties, &c.: I arrived at Camden... of particular interest took place from the time of the evacuation of Camden until my arrival at Saline River.... On the evening of the 29th, at G.30 p. mi., I was ordered to the rear on the Camden road to support Colonel

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. In this affair we dismounted one of the enemy's guns, which they concealed... 15, the enemy occupied Camden, Colonel Lawther with his regiment gallantly disputing their advance... Camden, on the south side of the Ouachita River. On the 17th, the enemy sent out a foraging train of some... Washington, Munn's Mill, and Camden road known as Poison Spring. For full details of this brilliant affair, I... attention from this movement, a feint was made upon the city of Camden. The Arkansas and Missouri divisions

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... on April 16, en route for Camden. Walker moved on the right via Minden, Parsons in the center via Benton... Natchitoches, and '66 from Camden) General Walker was in a good attitude to meet any movement of Banks..., but did not go far from the river. Parsons and Churchill had been held about 25 miles from Camden, ready... works at Camden with his whole force on the 18th. General Price had been instructed to throw his cavalry... about 2,500 strong) at Poison Springs, 12 miles from Camden, dispersing the whole force and capturing

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... CHAP. XLvi.] TItE CAMDEN EXPEI)ITION. 841 I would respectfully suggest... Division, of engagement at Poison Spring. HEADQUARTERS MAXEY'S CAVALRY DIVISION, Camp on Middle Camden... on the old military road between Camden and Washington, supported by a considerable force of artillery... without (lelay from my bivouac near Woodlawn to Lee's farm, on the Camden an(1 Wdashington road, about 10... miles from Camden. at which) point I would find other troops, and as senior officer to take command

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... things justify, move rapidly down the west bank of the Washita and take Camden. The commanding general... directs that you, in co-operation, observe the enemy in the direction of Monticello. toward Camden. If our... a feint in the direction of Camden, and move rapidly down the Saline by way of Warren to Long View.... at which point the enemy have a pontoon bridge over which they cross in communicating with Camden from... Steele, through his chief of staff, to observe the enemy in the direction of Monticello and Camden

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. would probably result in his retreating before me, crossing the Saline... in the direction of Camden and Princeton, and at the same time moving rapidly with a small command to Long View... of Camden, 8 miles, to the vicinity of Marks' Mills. In this neighborhood the roads from Camden, Princeton... on the Camden road, the two Princeton roads, and up each side of the Saline River, with instructions to convey

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... Camden had determined me in leaving him to conduct the operations on Red River, while in person I marched...; Steele about occupying our fortifications at Camden. His dislodgment was an absolute necessity. He... that this was the strategic point from which he could be thrown rapidly to Camden, Caninpti, or Shreveport. The fortifications... at Camden were too strong t!o be taken by assault. A few days' delay in operations awaiting the arrival... precipitated General Steele's retreat from Camden. He evacuated the place on the morning of April 27

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.... the next (lay, and although the enemy made a gallant resistance, at a point 14 miles from Camden, hlie... and Camden, the advance marching in and taking possession of the city and works before dark, having marched... Bluff. At this place the length of the bridge was 265 feet. The rest of the time that I was in Camden... was devoted to a careful reconnaissance of our whole front. A tracing of the Iap* of the town of Camden... the Washita nearly 50 miles below Camden. This event showed the precarious nature of our supplies. Our

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... THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. o'clock, I commenced to move forward and advanced some 4 miles or more... was then moved forward on the road toward Camden, across the prairie through Moscow, andl encamped for the night... received that the enemy was attempting to reach Camden in advance of our own force, toward evening... for the night near White Oak Creek, 18 miles from Camden, the balance of the division camping 6 miles farther... Washington and Camden road with the one on which we had moved forward. There the enemy opened upon our

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... TIIE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. lery from Voegele's battery. The well-directed fire of the battery... to White Oak Creek, and, in conjunction with a brigade of cavalry, proceed as soon as possible to Camden... the next morning, in conjunction with his cavalry, we proceeded on the road to Camden; our skirmishers... and those of the cavalry were in front. Near the junction of the middle Washington and Camden road we came... proceeded then to Camden, skirmishing nearly all the way, and subject occasionally to a short fire

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... 'H1 LE CAMDEN EXPEI)ITION. encamp)ed about 18 miles from Camden. The advance under Major McCauley... the enemy in any force. Finding the roads much worn by the loaded supply trains to Camden and greatly... rear, at the junction of the Chambersville and Camden roads, with instructions to patrol at daylight... and Camden roads, on the ridge known as Red Lands. I soon ascertained that a large force of the enemy

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... CHAP. XLVI.] THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION. 779 No. 47. Report of Capt. William F.... HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, Camden, May -, 1864. GENERAL : I have the honor to submit the following..., and followed soon after by Fagan's brigade, then at Camden, left for the time only cavalry at my disposal.... At the same time Brigadier-General Marmaduke, with Marmaduke's brigade, was ordered from Camden to that point