American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-17


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Was saved hv the extraordinary exersions CT
gosecrang. who. work .ng with indefatisabie
I labor until 1avBreak, brought relnforeenis ais
Il az eirht Thousand men-not. as the VERY
4 ;n,eIfigent gentleman who enlightens the
] N;ssissippian declares, from Cairo and CO.
lnrnhus. bv the oversight - our general IL
= ,,a. eut;ing The railroad but from JAelntos
/ ~; I,l,a ard Eossutb.
srh;s farsa WAS concentrated. at daylight
mon The strory central Qualifications OF ihe
q taxyn hefare which the center and lrft OF
II orr ar,,,v u :. and where our gallant and no.
i HE sold;ers tlire,s themselves with the early
dawn iato these formidable works. They
were too few BID the places their Saior
had won. ThAywere the forces under The
gallant Price On the right. Loyeils diNa-
sion having taken the eAtelPr line OF IN
trenchnents, aud after Lar. fighting captured
q fort, found bis wing confronted by the last
strong holds which fuarded the town on IT,
& west His troops, not having been once re-
pulsed in their victorious march, were IN the
act of storming these last works, when he
received orders TIC retire and form the rear
guard TO protect and cover the retreat
i q sneral Van Dorm had cut of all rein
7 forcements from Bolivar. by so maneuvering
4 as to menace that point, aud by cutting the
frailroad between il aud Coriath.
Rosecrans, on Friday night, expected 10
lose Corintlk He startejnlis train IN retreat
toward Pennington. and barnt some OF his
military stores. He has deServediy Van a
right TO promotion By the toll, skill and
energy of his defense.
AS to the casualties of the fight. we have
every reason to conclude that in the killed
aud wounded, and in prisoners taken on the
field, the loss of the enemy was greater than
our own. The stragglers OF our army, worn
tout by the excessive heat and burning thirst
inf 81 .rUfs aft
may we'll their list of prisoners.
Il We captured at Corinth three pieces of
artillery. and lost one piece by a mistake Of
/ the driver, who ran ii into town.
4 rgER gTnEaT
! Was condtrted in a mastery manner as its
4 results proclaim. A baggage train, SIX or
seven miles in length. was brought OF ia
safety. Tie small loss of ten or twelve wasr-
IONS was occasioned bv the silly panic Of tie
drivers. There were but two ~nntests on the
i retreat The first occurred AT Davis bridge.
on the Hatchie river. near Pocahoatas, " here
the forces of Hurlburt's division, from Boil
var-a forwards reinforced bv Ross dix SION
from, the same Standardization the naS<ae-e
of the uatcbie The confess was ho-, ars
bloody. Morris brigade was in the advance
a nortian of his foree-ahont Eve hundred
!. in npmler-.cro<siner the briara A r.art az
/ s,6fasss aud sno-tion Of (ssn,nhe.i'S brio
e A. ,,. baa ~, ;,-s,,,,gr, ~ IA
hon
siJe a. tss 70; q - ,,xsi is t.r8
gs rtart 81 3fe 5, = ss4.. st,~ ff,,,r
On W, I,a~s e. = fl1 :, -
- 4b 49, 49,
ioverno,,erel nv -. sp.er;or numbers
srbe enemy s,srcpe.,es, s3s.sas,s,,~ ma. tv;.geA
/ but withdrew . fter 4 short eon5sst. on the
Ia,nroaeh az Uehert.s di,7S;on recommended.
/ nv General c;rsan nnri,e tsis rcr,hst -
tile Hatchie bridoe. the forces of Rosecraps.
fro,, Carintb a4tscleea et~ r.sr .-.,srs -.
rn;les 5;stanf a. ,be hr,.f-,e eNr,.ss - -
cumbia. Few : br,ga,3e Al tlfs latfrr ,.oin.
rennlsa1 the enfr,,,, VIII e.rest sla,st--- and
ltbat ,xas tIe Iss3 en,,7s, an re refre~,
+ y,n ncrr ,et;re.i pr;,.,-s s;,rs;o, ~, a.
Hatcbie 70 Krna,s min ,--cef,3 ~ - in,-
mense traina of bao~ar-r urr,olccre,i. re-
red a hride,a ~ tIst Y,oi.st which Ia} haen
burnt bv General Ar,nstrono tbaf p,eruios--
crossed and canned Loyell. aivfsien I'll
lowed the same rante nppsnleet.d-an.1 s,
this order our entire- arf,,. has nereh.a ~
Ills nornf i qhe xer,- i,s,ellisra.t s.a.fla
man. Of the NissfssipDfan puts down as oar
Of the tsro = eanses Of our rex4rses = re-
bnrninoeof a briaera across f-vr,ra~z ersef. 60.
miles from Cofinfh-as which poiut the enc
my held a comnandipo posirSau. Where our
raen had to ran down tie creeL aud cross
over d mill dam, etc. There was no bridge
burnt or injured on our entire route. from
Corinth to near Pocal,Ontas on the uafehsc-
that bridge was not burut-its 1sass aye was +
disputed by the enemy in positi0n-hut tae
contest cost them dearly They lost an
wards of one hundred killed. aud between
four and Eve hundred wounded amor
whom, were Generals Ord, and Yeitch-
while our loss was in prisoners between four
and FIVE hundred aud about forty or sixty .
killed aud wounded. At Tuscumbia the i
bridge was peffect-Price'S division had \
crossed it-and Lovell's division Was ap-
preaching it. The enemy were not in posi-
ton at it-but were sent bowling back before
they reached it. Bowen destroyed It after
he crossed.
have spoken in warm, but Irerited praise
Of all The officers and men engaged In the
bloody field of Corinth. There Is a class OF
soldiers OF whom have not spoken-e large M
class--would 1t had BEEN smaller IA class.
IN numbers, sufficient to form brigade-a
class of stragglers, who were not at Corintu
on either of the long to be remembered days n