These Holly Springs enties were taken from the June 2022 presentation at the McHenry County Civil War Round Table meeting.
Van Dorn eventually covered 500 miles on his raid on Holly Springs and returned to Grenada on the 28th. As a result of Van Dorn's action, Grant withdrew from northern Mississippi.
In the meantime,Sherman went ahead with hisattack at Chickasaw Bayou. With Grant's withdrawl from northern Mississippi, Confederates reinforced Chickasaw Bayou which led to Sherman's defeat.
On his part, it wasn't too long before Van Dorn was killed by a jealous husband.
As for our hapless Colonel Robert Murphy at Holly Springs, he was mortified and sacked of his command. He appealed all the way to Washingtn, D.C., but to no avail and after fifteen years, gave up.
He died in 1888 and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery. In 2021 a headstone was put up for him.
--Old Sesh
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