Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-07
SeIrttr0 9fllstrIlanp.
The Evacuation of Corinth-Card
from Gen. Beauregard.

The Evacuation of Corinth-Card
from Gen. Beauregard.
We find the following in the Mobile Ne,os of
the 18th:
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPT, June II.
GENTLEMEN: Ny attention has just been called
to the following dispatch published in your issue
of yesterday of Major General Halleck, com
mandng enemy's forces, which, coming from
such source, is most remarkable in one respect
that it contains many misrepresentation
lines:
WASHINGTON, June 5. 1s62-The following
dispatch was received this afternoon at the War
Department:
"HALLEcK's HEADQUARTERs, June f.
"Hon. E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War:
"Gen. Pope, with 10000 men, is thirty miles
south of COrinth pushing the enemy hard. He
already reports 1000 prisoners and deserters
from the enemy, and $4,000 stand of arms cap
tured.
Thousands Of the enemy are throwing away
their aims. A farmer says that when Beauregard
learned that Col Elliott had cut the railroad on
his line of retreat, he became frantic, and told
his men to save themselves the best way they
could
eve have captured nine locomotives and a
number of cars. One of the former is already
repaired, and is running to-day. Several more
THE result is all could possibly desire.
"H W. HALLEcK,
"MajOr General Commanding"
Gen. Pope did not "push hand" upon me with
4O,O0O men, thirty miles from Corinth on the 4th
inst, for my troops occupied a defensive line in
the rear of Twenty Mile Creek, less than twenty
five miles from COrinth, until the Sth inst, when
the want of good water induced me to retire at
my leisure to better position; moreover, if Gen.
nd att cd At ius tha
treat frum COrinth to push hard upon me, s.I
would have given him lesson that would have
checked his ardOr; but he careful to advance
only after my troops had retired from each sue
cessiVe position.
The retreat was conducted with great order
and precision, doing much credit to the officers
and men uuder my orders, and must be looked
upon in every respect by the country as equiva-
lieut. to a brilliant victory.
Gen. Pope must certainly have dreamed of
having taken 10000 prisoners and Ii, 900 stand
of arms, for we positively never lost them; about
one or two hundred stragglers would probably
cover all the prisoners he took; and about five
hundred damaged muskets all the arms he got;
these belonged to a convalescent camp, four
miles south of COrinth, evacuated during the
night. and were overlooked on account of the
darkness.
The actual number Of prisoners taken during
retreat was about equal on both sides, and they
were but few.
Major General Haleck must be very credu-
lous to believe the absurd story of .that
farmer" He ought to know that the burning of
two or more cars on a railroad is not sufficient to
make ''Beauregard frantic" and ridiculous, espe-
cially when L expected to hear every moment of
the capture Of his marauding party, whose de-
parture from Pennington had been communica-
ted TO me the day before, and had given in
sequence all necessary orders; but part of my
forces passed Bonneville an hour before the arri-
val OF Colonel Elliott's command, and the other
part arrived just in time to drive it away and lib
crate the cOnvalescents captured; unfortunately,
however. not in time to save four of the sick,
who were barharOusly consumed in the station
house. Let Col Elliott's name descend 20 infa-
my as the author Of such revolving deed. Gen.
Halieck did not capture nine locomotives. 1t
was only by the accidental destruction of
bridge before some trains had passed that he got
seven engines in a damaged condition, the cars
having been burned by my orders
lt is indeed lamentable to see how little our
enemies respect truth and justice when speaking
of their military operations. especially when,
thSOugh inability or Over-cOn6dence, they meet
with deserved failure.
If the result be call he desired. - it be said
he is easily satisfied; it remains to be seen
whether his Government and people are of the
like opinion.
l attest that all we lost at Corinth and during
the retreat would not amount 10 one days ex-
penses of his army
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. I. BEAUREGARD.