village celebrated for its fine mineral listening for the sound of Ord's guns, and springs, about 15 miles east of Corinth, where a large amount of stores had been gathered. There, with Stanley's division, he encamped at Clear Creek, 7 miles east of Corinth, and, at the same time, Price moved northward from Tupelo with about skirmishing briskly by the way, had reached a point within 2 miles of Iuka, on densely wooded heights. There he formed a line of battle. He sent forward his skirmishers, who were driven back, and a severe battle immediately followed. The 12,000 Confederate troops. Price struck Iuka, Sept. 10, and captured the National property there. Grant at once put two columns in motion to crush Price-one, under Rosecrans, to attack his flank and rear, and another, under General Ord, to confront him. These movements began on the morning of Sept. 18. severe 11th Ohio Battery was, after a struggle, placed in position on the crest of the hill. With this battery, a few regiments of Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, and Indiana troops fought more than three times their number of Confederates, led by Price in person. Finally, when Colonel Eddy, of an Indiana regiment, was morOrd, with 5,000 men, advanced to tally wounded, the remainder of his regiBurnsville, followed by General Ross with ment was hurled back in disorder, leaving more, while Rosecrans moved with the the almost disabled battery to be seized separated divisions of Stanley and C. S. by the Confederates. For the possession Hamilton, about 9,000 strong, during a of these guns desperate charges and coundrenching rain, to San Jacinto, 20 miles tercharges were made, until at length the southward of Iuka. On the next morning, Confederate soldiers dragged the guns off Sept. 19, they pushed on towards Iuka, the field. All of the horses and seventy-two Mizner's cavalry driving a Confederate of the artillerymen had been killed. The guard. Early in the afternoon Hamilton, battle raged warmly elsewhere, when the Confederates were driven to the shelter of the hollows near the village. Darkness ended the battle of Iuka. The National loss was nearly 800, killed, wounded, and missing; that of the Confederates was nearly 1,400. Ord, meanwhile, whom Grant had sent to assist Rosecrans, had been watching the movements of Confederates who were making feints on Corinth. Expecting to renew the battle at Iuka in the morning, Stanley pressed forward for the purpose, but found that Price had fled southward under cover of the darkness, leaving behind the captured guns of the 11th Ohio Battery. Price was pursued all day, but escaped. Ives, HALSEY COOLEY, artist; born in Montour Falls, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1846; studied art; was chief of the art department of the World's Columbian Exposition; and Professor of Drawing and De GEORGE IZARD. Izard, GEORGE, military officer; born in South Carolina in 1777; son of Ralph Izard. Having finished his education and GRAVES OF THE 11TH OHIO BATTERY-MEN. made a tour in Europe, he entered the United States army, in 1794, as lieutenant of artillery. He was appointed aide to General Hamilton in 1799; resigned in 1803; commissioned colonel of artillery in the spring of 1812; and promoted to brigadier general in March, 1813. He was in command on Lake Champlain and on the Niagara frontier, in 1814, with the rank of major-general. From 1825 until his death he was governor of Arkansas Territory. Early in September, 1814, he moved towards Sackett's Harbor, under the direction of the Secretary of War, with about 4,000 troops, where he received a despatch from General Brown at Fort Erie, Sept. 10, urging him to move on to his support, as he had not more than 2,000 effective men. The first division of Izard's troops arrived at Lewiston on Oct. 5. He moved up to Black Rock, crossed the Niagara River, Oct. 10-11, and encamped 2 miles north of Fort Erie. Ranking General Brown, he took the chief command of the combined forces, then numbering, sign, and Director of the Museum and with volunteers and militia, about 8,000 School of Fine Arts in Washington Uni- men. He prepared to march against Drummond, who, after the sortie at Fort versity. Erie, had moved down to Queenston. Izard moved towards Chippewa, and vainly endeavored to draw Drummond out. He had some skirmishing in an attempt to destroy a quantity of grain belonging to the British, in which he lost twelve men killed and fifty-four wounded; the British lost many more. Drummond fell back to Fort George and Burlington Heights. Perceiving further operations in that region to be useless, and perhaps perilous, Izard crossed the river and abandoned Canada. Knowing Fort Erie to be of little service, he caused it to be mined and blown up, Nov. 5. He died in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 22, 1828. Izard, RALPH, statesman; born near Charleston, S. C., in 1742; was educated at Cambridge, England, and in 1767 mar ried a daughter of Peter De Lancey, of New York. They spent some time in Europe, and Mr. Izard was appointed by Congress commissioner to the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and resided in Paris, where he took sides with Arthur Lee against Silas Deane and Franklin (see DEANE, SILAS). He returned home in 1780; procured for General Greene the command of the Southern army, and pledged his large estates for the purchase of ships-of-war in Europe. He was in Congress in 1781-83, and in the United States Senate in 1789-95. Two years afterwards he was prostrated by paralysis. His intellect was spared, and he lived in comparative comfort about eight years, without pain, when a second shock ended his life, May 30, 1804. Jackson, city and capital of the State of Mississippi; on the Pearl River and several important railroads; is a large cotton-shipping centre and has extensive manufactories; population in 1890, 5,920; in 1900, 7,816. J. opposition, and began tearing up the railway between that town and the capital. Sherman was also marching on Jackson, while McClernand was at a point near Raymond. The night was tempestuous. In the morning, Sherman and McPherson In 1863, while the troops of General pushed forward, and 5 miles from Jack Grant were skirmishing at Raymond, he son they encountered and drove in the learned that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was Confederate pickets. Two and a half hourly expected at Jackson. To make miles from the city they were confronted sure of that place, and to leave no enemy by a heavy Confederate force, chiefly in his rear, Grant pushed on towards Georgia and South Carolina troops, under Jackson. McPherson entered Clinton ear- General Walker. General Crocker's dily in the afternoon of May 13, without vision led the van of the Nationals, and a battle began at eleven o'clock, while a back. Grant sent Sherman reinforceshower of rain was falling. The Confed- ments, giving that leader an army 50,000 erate infantry were in a hollow, with strong. With these he crossed the Big their artillery on the crest of a hill be- Black River, during a great drought. In yond them. Crocker pressed the Confed- dust and great heat the thirsty men erates out of the hollow and up the slopes and animals went on to Jackson, Johnto their artillery. Still onward the Na- ston retiring before them and taking tionals pressed in the face of a severe fire, position behind his breastworks there. when the Confederates broke and fled tow- Sherman invested Jackson, July 10, each ards the city, closely pursued for a mile flank resting on the Pearl River. He and a half to their earthworks. Under a planted 100 cannon on a hill, and openheavy storm of grape and canister shot ed on the city, July 12; but his trains poured upon their works, the Nationals being behind, his scanty ammunition was reformed for the purpose of making an soon exhausted. In the assault, General assault; but there was no occasion, for Lauman pushed his troops too near the the garrison had evacuated the fort. They Confederate works, and in the course of left behind them seventeen cannon, and a few minutes 500 of his men were killed tents enough to shelter a whole division. or wounded by sharp shooters and the The commissary and quartermaster's grape and canister from twelve cannon. stores were in flames. The city was taken Two hundred of his men were made prisonpossession of by the Nationals, and the ers. Under cover of a fog, Johnston made stars and stripes were unfurled over the a sortie, July 13, but with no beneficial State House by the 59th Indiana Regiment. result, and on the night of July 16-17 Entering Jackson that night, Grant he withdrew with his 25,000 men, hurlearned that Johnston had arrived, taken ried across the Pearl River, burned the charge of the department, and had or- bridges behind him, and retreated to Mordered Gen. J. C. Pemberton to march im- ton. Sherman did not pursue far, his mediately out of Vicksburg and attack object being to drive Johnston away and the National rear. make Vicksburg secure. For this purpose After the fall of Vicksburg, Johnston he broke up the railways for many miles, hovered menacingly in Grant's rear. and destroyed everything in Jackson that Sherman had pushed out to press him might be useful to the Confederates. JACKSON, Jackson, ANDREW, seventh President of the United States; born in the Waxhaw Settlement, Mecklenburg co., N. C., March 15, 1767. His parents had emigrated ANDREW from the North of Ireland, in 1765, and were of the Scotch-Irish. At fourteen years of age, Andrew joined the Revolutionary forces in South Carolina. In |