Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Union occupying
Holly Springs
since Nov. 13.
Rebels continue to
retreat south.

Grant begins
first major
campaign
against
Vicksburg.

Texans engage
Washburn at
Oakland, Rebel
army escaping
to Granada.

4

Hatch reports
capture of 183 of
Van Dorn's men
at Water Valley.

Griffith writes
Pemberton and
proposes
raid on
Holly Springs.

Pemberton asks
to meet with
Griffith
to discuss
proposed raid.

Mrs. Grant at
Walter house
with Govan
family since
last week in Nov.

8

Sherman sent
back to Memphis
to begin
combined assault
on Vicksburg.

9

Rebels continue
falling back to
new defensive
line on
Vicksburg.

Grant notifies
McPherson to
ready for
overland advance
on Vicksburg.

11

Federals occupy
Water Valley.
Rebels continue
to withdraw.

Pemberton places
Van Dorn in
charge of
new combined
cavalry.

Griffith reports
with 6th Texas,
3rd Texas, 9th
Texas and First
Texas Legion.

Texas Brigade
joined by
brigades of
Jackson and
McCulloch.

Confederate
withdrawal
continues. L .S.
Dickey occupies
Pontotoc.

Van Dorn's
cavalry camps on
north bank of
Yalobusha River
near Granada.

Raiders move out
at dusk, not
halting until
next morning.

Cavalry greeted
in Pontotoc with
gifts of food.
Make camp at
New Albany.

Grant alerts all
Union bases and
sends for Mrs.
Grant.
Raiders
wait for dawn

20

Raid On
Holly
Springs

Union Cavalry
occupies Holly
Springs. Van
Dorn moves to
Davis Mill, Tn.

Retreating, Grant
issues new orders
to plunder food
and forage from
local civilians.

From Holly
Springs, Grant
is unable to warn
Sherman of new
developments.

Three Union
cavalry units
unsuccessful in
pursuit of Van
Dorn.

Grant's report
blames Robert C.
Murphy for
huge losses at
Holly Springs.

Hatch joins in
pursuit of Rebel
Cavalry. Still
unable to catch
Van Dorn.

At Pontotoc, with
no Federals in
sight, Van Dorn
reduces
pace of march.

Victorious
raiders return to
base at Granada

Reinforcements
from Granada
now present at
Vicksburg.

Grant continues
to withdraw all
Union forces
from northern
Mississippi.

Sherman, alone
at Vicksburg,
makes five
assaults and
is defeated.