The Battles (continued)
•Until dispersed by
artillery fire, the brigade held up the Union forces for a full day outside
Clinton.
In an effort to slow the Yankee advance the Texans slaughter cattle and
live stock
and through them into the cisterns and water supply. Undeterred the Union
soldiers pulled livestock from the feted water and drank it anyway. On July
9th,
Johnston ordered cavalry to defend Jackson, the Capital of Mississippi.