The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-11-27
The Battle Of Corinth.
OaleIal nepor. Of Gen. ROseerans

WAsmNaroN, Nov. 10.
The following las been received at
the headquarters oflhe army:
lead'qrs Army of Mississippi, y
Third Div District Of W. Tenn.
4 ., ., Coripih, Oct. 28,h, u }
MAJOR: have the honor to submit
for the information Of the Major General
commanding the District, the following
report Of the bstrls Of CoinLh =
PRELINlNARiEs.
The rumors whi-h followed the battles
Hof Iuka were that Price had marched to
the vicinity Of Ripley, and was being
Joined by Vah Dorm wiki all the available
rebel forces in North; Mississippi. for the
purpose Of capturing Corinlh, or break
ling our line Of communication, and fore.
ling US TO rrtreat toward Columbus. 8
Iry These rumors gained strength until the
lEt Of October, when strong cavalry scouts
sent out for the purpose, demons rated
the fact that the rebels were moving
from Ripley via RucktrsviIle, and the
main body was ut Pocahontas.. &c.,. o.
The question then was, whore would
they strike the main blow. u.
Equally fsvorably situated to strike
either Bolivar. Bethel,J ackson or ccrinth
which would it lie? "N
UnfOr unalely Cor me thre was no map
oftfe county northSe OF this place TO be
found therefore could not tell whe. her
to expect strong d monslrstion here to
hold us 10 suspense While tie blow was
struck teewher-, or vice versa. Rumors
That tho attack was to take the direction
of Jackson or Bolivar via Bethrl, wore 30
rife, ard the Notifications of Coriuth,
we're 50 well known to the rebels, that
had hopes they wOnI undertake to mask
me, and passing north, give nue. an oppor-
tuciiy lo beat the masking force and cut
off their retreat. ,.... ........ d.. .-..
This hope gained some siren ,th from
lha supposed difficulties f the county
lying in the triangle formed by the Mem.
pbis & Charleston the Mobile q Oio
Railroads AMI Cypress Creek.
To be prepared for eventuaiies, Ham.
ilton'+ AID 5lansy'S divisions we're placed
just beyond Bridge Creek, the infan ry
outposts were called in from Iuka, Burn.
vile, Rreuzi and Danvil!e, and the out.
p0SB at Chewala retired to Nsw Al kan
der, aud strengthened by another regiment
and battery early on the morning Of the
.2I.
During tllt day evidences increased
showing The pra;licabiIiy Of the county
northwest Of US, not known before, that
there were two good roads IRON Che walla
eastward, one leading directly into The
old retel iGtfyhchmen.s. and tie her
crossing over into the pltsburg Landing
road. ., H-. -
Accordingly, the following disposition
of the troops for the 81 was older d al
| O'Clock a. NJ, Of that DAY, w:
There b-iug indication OF a possible
attack on Corinth. Immediately the fol. |
loving disposition OF troops will be u,a %,
Gen. McKyan with lis division will oc
cupy the present position; Gen Davis will
occupy the line balween The Memphis & |
Columbus road; Gen Hamilton with his
division will take position between the
rebel works on The Purdy and on the
Hamburg roads; and Gen Stanley will
hold his division in reserve al or near the
old headquarters of Major Gen. Grant
The respective divisions will be formed
10 two lines, the second line being either
in line Of battle or close coInmn by divis.
ION, as their circumstances may require.
The troop, were ordered 10 move to
w'rd their position wrtE 100 roands Of
ammunition aud tbcce days ra'ions per
man, by 10 O'clock A NJ ..
These isposi,ions we've made and the
troops at 9 o'c'ock on the morning Of the
3 occupied tho positions shown on The
accompanying map. llanil on on the
right, Davidson the center, Mexican on
the left, with IN advance OF litse real.
Eens OF infantry and Il section I . arulIr.
ry under Col Oliver on tho Chew,lla road |
At or near Alexander's beyond the r, bel
brcatwoIks, The cavalry we've disposed
as follows See map compauying Col, |
Weizncr's 5 reporL) A ba'aIlon al Burn.
vile, one At konoy's Mill, on the Jacinlo
aud Co,inth road. Col. Lee with the 7th |
Kansas and part of the 7h lllinois. at
Kos, nth and BOneyard. watching the reb
els right flank; Col Hatch aud Captain
Wilcox on the east and north fronts, GOV. |
ering and reconhoitoring.
The reason for these dispositions flow
obviously from the foregoing explanation
OF our ignorance OF the Northwesierly ap. |
proach, and OF the possibility that the
rebels might threaten us on the Chewalla
and attack US by the Smith Bridge road. |
on our lett, or 80 round and Try us with
his main force on the Purdy, or even thu
Pittsburs Landing Road.
THE GENERAL rLAN.
Which was explained to the division
commanders verbally on the morning Was
to hold the enemy at arms length toy sp
preaching him strongly in our assumed |
aud when his force became fully d vel.
Oped aud ho hal asspmeda position to
take position which would give us tho
use of our batteries and The open grouud
in the vicinity of Corinlh. the exact po.
sitou to be- determined by events and the
OF tre enemy.
OPERATIONS OF THE BATTLE OF THE 3D OF
OCTOBER.
Early in tho morning the advance un
der Col Oliver found s'roug indications
that the pressure undrr which he hal re.
tired on the 81 came from the advancing
foe, and accordingly took a strong posi-.