. La vallée du Mississippi pendant la guerre civile . r belowNew Madrid, cette route de Tiptonville était leur ligne d'évasion. Mais pour fermer le chemin du thisroad, il était nécessaire que les Fédarés non seulement tocape New Madrid, mais aussi de faire fonctionner leurs bateaux à canon et de transporter le long de l'île elle-même, et ce fut considéré comme impossible. L'île a été garrisée par 7000 hommes. Jusqu'à présent, avant les Linewas confédérés nécessairement susceptibles d'être submergés, sans doute il aurait été évacué, mais pour la croyance que les canonnières fédérales ne pouvaient pas le passer. Sur la 3d de Mars général Jean Pape A.

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. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . r belowNew Madrid, this Tiptonville road was their onlypossible line of escape. But in order to close thisroad, it was necessary for the Federals not only tocapture New Madrid, but also to run their gun-boats and transports past the island itself, and thiswas thought to be impossible. The island was garrisoned by 7000 men. Aposition so far in advance of the Confederate linewas necessarily liable to be overwhelmed, anddoubtless it would have been evacuated but for thebelief that Federal gunboats could not pass it. Onthe 3d of March General John Pope arrived with20, 000 men on the western bank of the river, anderecting batteries at Point Pleasant, twelve milesbelow New Madrid, he cut off the supplies of thetown and in ten days compelled it to surrender. The enemys only line of escape was now theTiptonville road, and Popes problem was how toseize it, for his transports, under convoy of Footesfleet, were all above the formidable island. Thedensely wooded peninsula opposite the island, made. NEW MADRID AND ISLAND NUMBER TENMARCH 3-APRIL 7, 1862 57ie Capture of New Orleans 103 by the great bend of the river, was at that timeoverflowed, and at some distance to the north waspartially intersected by bayous. The whole penin-sula was under water, and it was resolved to cut anavigable channel through the forest Sa-wingoutaby sawing off the trees near the ground, channel.The army contained an engineer regiment, com-posed entirely of skilled workmen, and this regi-ment with much labour accomplished the task.First the men, working in relays of three hundred, stood upon small rafts and cut o£E the trees abouteight feet above the water. As fast as the treesfell, another set of men in small boats tackledthem with ropes and they were hauled away bysteamboats. When room enough was cleared inthis way, a large raft was fastened to a stump, andfrom this raft a huge saw, attached to a pivot, was set working below the water so as to cut awaythe stum

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