Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-05-22

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= GENERAL MBEAUaEGARD's OFFICIAL REPORT.
y ssss5s sHrapouLsTERs Army OF rHr misslssrPI,
- . ~ - CosniTH, Mas, April II, 1862
- ~ GENERAL: On the I'd ultmo, having
ascertained conelnsiyely, from the move
emeuts Of the enemy on the Tennessee river,
and from reliable sources of ofinformation,
that his aims would be to cut ofmy COM
omunicaeiors in West Tennessee, with the
eastern and southern States, by operating
from the Tennessee river, between Crump's
Landing and Eassport as base, ] deter
mined to foil his designs BY concentrating
all nv available forces at and around Cor
.inth.
sMeanBhile, having called on the Cover
nors Of the States of Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana to furnish addiI
stional troops, some Of them, chiefly regi1
rmsnts from Louisiana, soon reached this
T3,;,:, T3,;,;n:,n and v;;tb two divisions of Gene
~ poiI,s .o,n ,.,ana from Golpnbus and
. fine corps of troops from Mobile and
'Pensaeola,p under Major General Bragg,
a ,hs sssS,s time GspsraI Johnston being
- - mn,frsssha,o, 'ors nm sthe msf9h sto;forrm 3
;nno,;on ns b;s fn,oes With mine. was called
on 10 send at least : brigade by railroad, so
that we might fan on and crush the enemy
sbonld he astemnt an advance from under
his .euuboats. = The call on General John
stop was promptly complied with. His
entire force was also shastened in this d.
,rectiop and by the lst of April our united
farces were concentrated alongshe Mobile
and Ohio railroad from Bethel to Corinth,
and on the Memphis and Charleston rail,
-ro road from Corinth to Iuka.
ssaI : 1t was then determined to assume the
offensive and strike sudden blow at the
enemy in position under General Grant, on
the west bank Of the Tennessee, at Pitts
burg and in the direction of Savannah, be-
fore be was reinforced by the army under
General Buell., then known to be adgan-
einp for that PURPOSE by rapid marches
from Nashville via Columbia. About the
same time General Johnston was advised
that sneh an operation conformed to the
expectations Of the President.
R1ar.n;d and v;sorous attack on Gen.
oval er.rt i ,.s axnected he vould be
ba..sn b.ot into his TRANSPORTS and the
r;H0r =, osnt,r.a :, t;me to enable us n
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o. rs,e ON, nrsnarat;ons far such grave
and nomentoas adventure Accordingly,
that NIGHT. At one o'clock. A. M, the pre.
limipary, orders to the commanders Of corps
were issued for the movement.
On the following morning the detailed
orders of movement, a copy of which is
herewith marked "a were issued, and
the movement after some delay. commen.
ced the troops being in admirable spirits.
Il was expected We should be able to reach
-tbs enemv,s lines in time to attack them
early on the 9Th inst The men. however,
for The most mart. we're unused to march.
iap,- the roads narrow, and traversiug a
denseIv wooded country. became almost
;mnassable after severe rain storm on tie
nieht Of the 4th. which dreuched the troops
in biyouac; hence our forces did not reach
the Intersections of the roads from Pitts
burg and Hamburg, in the immediate vi.
ciuity of the enemy, until late Sunday af-
ternoon. ....- -. 49,.
T. was then decided that the attack
sbonld he made on the next morning at