The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-15

The Battle of COrinth--Ffeld Opera
tioas-7ReJel Mouements a ffsx the Bat
tie of I,tkd-0 Operations of General
Rosecrdas after Price Retreat from
Inka-D Disposition of Federal Troops
IA tack. upon The, Union Army,
< Fridag, sOcL 33-Battle. of the. .3d. and
4tk- Crushing Detsat Of The Enemy
Incidents Of the Battle and Pttr-l
& suit Caasalties. bot aiiagaaailal q
Iii GoRISTH MISS, = Oct 9, 1862 z
Approaching Corinth from the north
via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, you
scent the battlefield from atar. Sicken-
ing exhalations from the carcasses of
horses and men half stihe you = So
The battle of Corinth-a dreadful car
nage-a glorious victory Perhaps three,
thousand dead men, and three thousand
mangledl 1t was an event History
will record that so many lives went out
here; that so many splendid deeds of
manlike gallantry were done--and that
the first example Of soldierly pursuit In
this bloody scar of q gaaqitished enemy,
scas here signaiized 5ya Union General
Thus it was an epoch-eyen if those re-
suits which may follow victory, does not
make it such. r e"f 80 --1' &
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The battle of Idka wasas much a part of
the battle of Corinth as South Mountain
was of Antietam.s Itwas the first act of
8 the tragedy-strategy was displayed, on
either side. The rebels hoped to possess
J Corinth by their movement on Iuka, and
d
tions were discovered and he would have
been splendidly entrapped if somebody
had not blundered As it was, it was a
wonder that he did not crush Rosecrans
isolated command. 1t was pity that
Grant did not attack in time to enable
Roseerans to bag Price. Fiasco on
either hand. Price supposed that by at
tacking Iuka and drawing out our forces
from Corinth, Van Dorm would rush into
Corinth, but as soon as Price retreated
from Iuka, General Ord was sent to Cor
inth by Grant, and Van Dorm, already
too slow, discovered that an attack with
his army would result in disaster So he
waited for Concentration of all the reb-
ell forces il'A tess ~
Iuka was deserted by our forces on the
Goth, after all our stores were removed,
the wounded rebel prisoners being pa
rolled and left'in charge of rebel Sur
g geons. General Rosecrans then march
ed to Jacinto, and on the 2lst of Septem-
Der established his headquarters at Cor
inth. General Ord returned to Bolivar,
and Grant to Jackson, Tenn General
Rosecrans, comprehending that he would
be attacked, began Immediately to pre-
pare for active operations, and by a Sc
ries of skillful maneuvers succeeded in
deceiving the enemy, and finally in1uen-
ced them to attack on the northeast
side of Corinth--as viii, appear, hereaf-
ter. Meantime, General Rosecrans ap-
preciating the fact that Beauregard's for
tifcations, constructed for 100000 men,
were indefensible by his force of not e-s-
ceeding l6, 900 men, proceeded to encir-
Gle Corinth with new chain OF redoubts
greatly contracting the old lines, and
falling large quantities of timber to af-
ford sweep for his guns, 1t is here nee
essary to remark that Corinth in the dry
season is not Corinth.in the rainy period.
In the former it is 'approachable on all
sides; during the latter it is assailable
only as Halleck assailed it, upon none
but the north and northeast sides The
defenses of the place had been constructs
ed on the other sides, and it was the de-
sign ofGeneral Rosecrans to seduce the
enemy to attack him upon his apparent
ly weak side. We shall discover the
reason. n .f ss-ts n.aH s1slg 9H
MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY. e3o 1i
Meantime the movementsof theenemy
were closely scrutinized Atone time
| Gen. Rosecrans shut himself up like q
tortoise, at another his feelers were opi
in every direction. To-day ne, was NOV
ing to Rienzi tomorrow advancing from
that point; next day moving back again
so that his own perplexed, officers wert
vexed with him. But Price was also
moving. BY placing your map before
you, his movements will appear clearly
Marching quickly in south-westerly di
rection thirty miles, he struck Baldwin
thence making q detour to the North
west, he passed Dumas Post-office fifteer
miles from Baldwin, where he ioineC
Van Dorm; moved to Pocahontas, thirt,
miles, leaving Ripley little on the left
Twas there joined by General Lowell, ant
moved down to Chevalli, and from
thence to Corinth, on the old State Lin
Road Van Dorm took chief commanc
at Dumas, his force being 1000 strong
Prices constituting the left wing, ant
Loyells small division Readers arr
/ probably familiar with the field. If not
brief glance at the map viii give then
all the geographical data they require
Bolivar and jackson being kept in view
as adjuncts of the great drama.
ims APPROACH OF THE ENEMY.
j y" The eyes of the army p-as Genera
Rosecrans sharply styles .eaxalry--werl
open, and the General was aPprised 0
the approach. Gen. Davies division an
other troops were sent out the Chevall
/ road to meet the rebels, with instruction
4 to resist strongly enough to draw then
under the defenses of Corinth. The ret
els skirmished with us on Tuesdas
Wednesday and Thursday, and appeare
in great force on Friday, Oct 3D. On
troops were then rather rudely pushe
back. We were, IN fact, getting til
worst of it, and severely. SANKEY'S d
/ vision meantime was sent out to suppol
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