Excerpt from Narrative of Military Operations, Directed, During the Late War Between the States Start for mississippi-dispatch from General pemberton.-arrival at Jackson. Movements of the Enemy - Orders to General Pemberton. - Battle of Baker's Creek - Retreat of General Pemberton across the Big Black to Vicksburg - Letter from General Pemberton. - Order him to evacuate Vicksburg - Investment of Vicksburg by the Enemy - Port Hudson in vested - Siege of Vicksburg - Telegraphic Correspondence with the Presi dent and Secretary of Wan - Move to the Relief of General Pemberton. Receive News of the Fall of Vicksburg - Army retires to Jackson 174. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.