The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-21

possession of all our camps. Both
sides were, however, very much
demoralized. During the night Gen.
Lew Wallace, with 1000 men, ar
rived on the field from Crump's
Landing; also the Army of the
Center, commanded by Buell., with
10000 men, crossed the Tennessee
River, so as to be ready for action
the next day. Grant had his line
readiusted that night, and every
thing in position for an early adj
vance, which he had ordered for
the next morning. Johnston, the
commander of the rebel army, had
fallen on the battlefield on the 9th.
Beauregard was now in chief COM
mand. On the morning of the 7th,
at early dawn, our forces moved
forward to the contest. The battle
began, and ragged fiercely, the adj
vantage through the day being
somewhat in our favor until about
O'Clock in the afternoon, when
Grant in person led his hosts in a
gallant charge, recaptrlring our old
camp and driving the enemy pell-
nell from the field. The enemy
were in full retreat upon Corinth.
Our army was filed with joy, and
with shouts of triumph and victory
bore the old starry banner of the
Republic once more to the front.
Gen. Halleck now came to Pitts
burg Landing and took command of
the army, placing Grant in a posi-
tion unassigned, where he had no
command whatever. Halleck's jcal-
ousy of Grant was so strongly eX-
hibited that it was noticeable by all.
Grant was not even asked for
suggestions or consulted as to any
movements to be made. His SOL
dierlv qualities under these circum-
stances were sorely tried. In fact,
he was under cloud; no one could
exactly explain or understand why.
He again contemplated sending his
resignation, but after coolly and
quietly considering the matter his
better judgment prevailed. We
now, under command of Gen. Hal
leck, commonly known in the army
as "Old Brains" moved upon
Corinth by succession of intrench-
ed and fortified approaches, but so
quietly and slowly that our army
continued to augment until we had
grown to be an army of over 100000
men. The enemy was estimated at
about the same number.
The advice to our commander TO
attack the enemy either on his left
or right flank was UNDECIDED. The
information given Grant, and by
him to the commanding officer, that
the enemy were evacuating their
position, was laughed at by Halleck.
had myself become so thoroughly
satisfied from information | could
not doubt that Beauregard was with
drawing his whole force and eluding
Halleck that / asked permission to
move forward with my command,
which at that time was one division.
Finally, when Beauregard withdrew
from the front of Halleck, it was
done so quietly that when Corinth
was entered there was hardly trace
of the enemy left. Halleck was
soon thereafter ordered to the East
and General Grant again placed in
command of the Army of the Ten
nessee. But his forces were so
scattered up and down railroads and
at different points, by the disposi-
tions made by the commanding Cen
eral of the Department prio: to his
leaving, that his army amounted to
a very small force at any one point.
Soon Buell. and Bragg started on a
race through Tennessee and Ken
lucky, marching at times on parallel
roads and within hearing of each
other. Grant was left to guard
Buell's communications. Finally,
when relieved from this duty, he
defeated Price at Coriuth and on the
Hatchie and advanced south through
La Grange and Oxford, and drove
the enemy into the central part of
the State of Mississippi. After this
success he was, under percmptory
orders from Halleck, compelled to
make retrograde movement. Prior
to receiving this order he had sent
Sherman upon an expedition against
Vicksburg with 10000 men, intend
ing to have moved on himself down
through the central part of the
State in the rear of Vicksburg,
thereby cooperating with Shcrman's S
force. Sherman's expedition failed.
Grant now moved wi h all the avail
able force he had to Miliken's Bend,
just above Vicksburg. AT this time
he had within his department about
100000 men, whom he organized
into Army Corps, numbered respec-
lively Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth, and Seventeenth, which were
commanded respectively by McCler-