The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-03

General Orders, No. Isl.
The preliminary announcement of the
results of the great battle of Corinth was
given to you on the battle field by myself
in person. l then proclaimed to you
that the enemy were badly beaten at all
points, and had fed, leaving their dead
and wounded on the field.
When told you to replenish your
cartridge boxes and haverSacks, snatch
q sleep after your two days fighting and
two nights watching and movements,
and be ready by the mornings dawn to
follow the retreating foe, my heart beat
high with pride and pleasure at the
round and joyful response from your toll
worn and battle-stained ranks Such
response was worthy ofsuch soldiers, and
the country and cause for which they
fought.
l have now received the reports of the
various commanders. have now to tell
you that The magnitude of the stake, the
battle, and the results become more
than ever apparent Upon the issue of
this fight depended the possession of
West Tennessee, and perhaps even the
fate of operations in Kentucky. The en-
tire available force of the rebels in Mis-
sissippi, save few garrisons and small
reserve, attacked you. They were COM
manded by Van Dorm, Price, Villipigue,
Rust, Armstrong, Maury and others, in
person. They numbered, according to
their own authorities, nearly 10000 men,
almost double your own numbers. You
fOnprht than, int. 4ha la1,r0l
On the Sd, Furnishing them terribly, and
on the 4th, in three hours after the in
fantry entered into action, they were
completely beaten. You killed and
buried !, ,423 officers and men, some of
their most distinguished officers falling,
among whom was the gallant Colonel
Rogers, of the I'd Texas, who bore their
colors at the head Of his storming col
umn to the edge of ii ditch of battery
RobInett, where he fell
Their wounded, and the usual ratio,
must exceed 5000 You took 2,26S pris-
oners, among whom are 137 field officers,
captains and subalterns, representing SO
regiments of infantry, l6 of cavalry, 13
batteries, battallions, besides several
companies. You captured $500 stand
of small arms, "a stand of fcolors, 2 pieces
of artillery, and a large quantity of
equipments. You pursued his retreat
ing columns forty miles in force, with
infantry, and sixty miles with cavalry,
and were ready to follow him to Mobile,
if necessary, had you received orders.
congratulate you on these decisive
results. In the name of the people l
congratulate you. / beg you to unite
with me in giving thanks to the Great
Master of all our victory. 1t would be-
come a great pleasure to signalize in this
general order those whose gallant deeds
are recorded in the various reports, but
their number forbids. | WILL only say
that to Generals Hamilton, Stan
ley, Macarthur and Davies, to General
Oglesby and Colonel Mesicher, and the
brigades and regimental commanders
under them, L offer my thanks for the
gallant and able manner in which they
have performed their several duties; to
the regimental commanders and chiefs
of batteries and cavalry, and especially
to Cols. Lee and Hatch, | present my
thanks for their gallantry on the battle
field and in the pursuit.
| desire especially to offer my thanks
to Gen. Davies and his division, whose
magnificent fighting on the Sd more than
atones for all that was lacking on the
4th. To all the officers and soldiers OF
this army, who brayely fought, l Offer
my heartfelt thanks for their gallant be-
havior, and pray that God and their coun-
try may add to the rewards which may
flow from the consciousness of duty per
formed, and that the time may speedily
come when under the flag of our nation
one and indivisible benign peace may
again smile on us amid the endearments
Of home and family.
But our victory cost US the lives of 315
brave officers and soldiers, besides the
wounded. Words of praise cannot reach
those who died for their country in this
battle, but they console and encourage
the living The memory of the brave
Hackelman, the chivalrous Kirby Smith
the true and noble Colonels Thrupp, Ba
ker and Mills, and Capt Guy G. Ward
with many others, live with us, and il
the memory of a free people, while his
tory will inscribe their names among itt
heroes. w. S. RosECRANs,
Major General Commanding.