The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-05

arrival. The army which fought on Sunday and wa
defeated has been reorganzed and under Major Genera
IT, II. Thomas, the Army OF West Tennessee, II now
forms the right wing OF the Army OF the Southwest
And the Kentucky army of Gen. Buell., minus tw'
divisions and brigade. Thomas old division added &c
his corps Mtches operating in North Alabama ane
Negeys brigade Central Tennessee the old Kentucky
army still under Buell. and still called the Army o.
the Ohio now forms the centre. the left is Pope
with his Army OF the Mississippi which has lately been
reinforced by those divisions of sge and Davis, which
formerly belonged it, have been operating with Curtis
and with grand army in the rear under Gen. Mccler
nand the force is completely With these troops
in their several respective positions as named
General HaIleck has slowly marched forward
until he has assumed his present position
and has thrown up his works and began the
SIEGE The advance has been slow. know no reason
Tor it. need not detail that march. need not tell how
advanced if in line Of battle There is necessity
Tor explaining how each corps-each dvision-became
connected by telegraph with the headquarters Of General
Halleck and he watched the progress with anxiety, be-
holding everything at glance. The typographical eng
nsers taking advantage Of every advance mapped tho
country and laid It before the mind in his quar-
tsrs in the And then became necessary to change
the base Of operations and the whole line detected to the
left until they within four miles Of Corinth and
then again DETECTING to the right after an armed recon
noissance along the whole line May 90 threw up their
hrst line Of intrenchments, one and half miles from
the works Of the rebels and within three miles Of
Corinth
THE FIRST PARALLEL.
When the first works were thrown up the right Of
General homas-the right wing-rested on the Purdy
road and his left the main Corinth road. Buell's
right was on the main Cornth road, and extended to
Pope's rght-the atter's left resting one mile from
Pennington the Pennington and Hamburg road,
continuation of the Cornth and Pennington road The
advance made and the position being found secure
and tenabe, the work Of ntrenchng began With their
arms stacked and the artillery in position, the
whole line went to work and had completed its
abors One who has not watched tho process can have
idea how regiment will intrench its entire line
The great saplng trees feed with rapdity that is
astonishing and practiced woodsmen ply the upon
busy hands place the timbsrs in their position. The
brushwood piled upon and the spades and shoves
quickly bury the in the clay and soil thrown up
from the This is the side that Pillow accused
of dtching upon but imagine the renegade old rascal
knew what he about. You have no idea how strong
these works after they have had few hours TO SETTLE
six-pounder would hardly penetrate foot, If dis
charged at only half mile distance At the right Of
each brigade Except that the extreme rght) bat
terry artillery be looked TO- and the infantry rcg
ments either side of them had the labor to perform
In some instances mere breastworks thrown up,
but in moot neat strong and extensive dem lune
forts have been constructed with embrazures for the six
pieces. This gives enhlading fire which the rebels
will find quite dangerous should they conclude to attack
Siege guns also put in position the telegraph
nectsd the different headquarters the camps moved
forward and peaceable possession taken Of the po
for Apa Of tho
Cincinnati Gazette in the camp OF the Fourteenth Ohio,
whom shell took of the top Of Colonel steadmans tent
and exploded fty feet from You could have heard
the Colonel order the boys sfa in" had you been at
Cornth But that the only disturbance Of peace
which saw or Of which heard.
rw SECOND PARALLEL.
But we rested In peace only day. Our generals dis
turbed this time and another advance ordered
We had boon encamped two regiments deep behind the
first parallel-that is, brigade formed in camp in q
square OF four regiments. But when rested behind
the second works found had advanced quarter Of
mile further forward than that distance to the
right and all frontsd the line. General Shermans
works extended beyond the Purdy road General Bues
right General Woods DIVISION crossed the main Corinth
road but Popes left rested where it had been before,
that it mile in the advance. BY this you will
understand that tho line acknowledgement
what it threatensds The left flank Of the rebels. Do
you see what it exposed Our right flank. And SO
forward moved the right reserve, two divisions, and
protected il.
rode along the line yesterday despite of provost
marshals and my doctor. The works Of the same
character those described under the preceding
built in the same manner,
Is what l mean. must not be sup
posed that they are built on scientific plans, from
drawings by"topogs - but each colonel Of regiment
throws up his breastwork 10 suit the ground nhs front
thus line is often broken and unconnected One Of the
division commanders here-Port Royal Sherman-made
his brgadier generals sign q document binding them
selves attend TO the duty Of throwing up the works
their 'front.' and retired Kusses house, TO partake Of
certain Injuries derived from neghboring suter. On
my trip along the line got into Nelson's DIVISION and
found my eye gaddened by an open ed-almosta prairie
But the midst Of unaccountabe growth Of small
timber caught my eye, and rode towardst approached
passed around it. Six terrible black thirty twos were
behind it, "a masked battery Of siege guns" said the
guard reply to inquiry. little farther on found
four other guns. and by completely hidden,
tire regmenta camp Crossing Afterwards TO the right
l found similar masks, behind one OF which found
Lady Halleck -" Lady Buell., "Oh Abe" and some
other thirtytwo Founders, standing stately and
silently in . heavy demi lune and looking
grimly on Corinth. There hundreds Of other mat
tiers Of along the line which cannot give at this
time The division and brigade organizations Of the
three grand corps have been you at the
per time.
WHEN THE RAIL- Is OPEN.
And thus resting before Cornth the question up
When will the ball openS Three weeks ago came from
Pittsburg Landing the advance because understood
that the army ordered to be line Of battle at three
O'Clock the following morning believe have heard
the same story every morning and evening since, and
yet general engagement II Is told this afternoon
coming from General Thomas that the left will open
morrow morning If there is no postscript stating that
fact you can consider it all false have doubt it is
Indeed the approach to the rebels appears TO have
produced rather fraternal feeling The pickets In
front Of Nelson's division had quite a pleasant
conversation with the rebel pickets yesterday
and exchanged coffee Of the Union persuasion for rebel
sugar Of which the burners have left quantity on
hand For the past two days everything has been un
usually quiet There has been picket shooting any
skirmishing along the line, whereas few days since