The National tribune., 1898-10-27
CHAPTER XXXIX.

BEAUREGARD OUTWITS HALLECK-THF
sITUATIoN-THE FORTUNES OF KARI
AND BRONSON-A VICTORY
Beauregard had outwitted Halleck. The
rebel General knew from the moment that
he ordered a retreat from the field of Shiloh
that Corinth was lost His only hope oil
saving the place and preserving the great
lines of communication of which it was the
key point, lay in crushing Grants army be.
fore it could receive reiniorcements, and then
IN similarly crushing other force in detail.
This hope vanished iuto thin air the moment
that Buell's forces formed junction with
those of Grant.
When Halleck brought up two more con-
siderable armies to add to this force the
question became with Beauregard how he
could extricate himself unframed. He did
this with skill SO foreign to his previous
and subsequent career i'll the army as to make
it very difficult to believe that he is entitled
to the credit of it. Although his orders
showed that he was making ready to retreat
as early as the 9th of May, he so daunied
Halleck with shows of aggression as to re-
strain the latter from making the decisive adj
vance till the Both of May, and up to the last
moment Halleek believed he was to be at
gard was fastening away with all the speed
possible, Halleck was gathering his forces to
repel a tremendous assault upon his left wing
which he thought was impending
Thus Beauregard was enabled to move of
without the least molestation and carry with
him every pound of camp equipage that he
desired to take
The men in the grand army who had
screwed their courage up 10 the sticking
point for sanguinary encounter felt that
curious mixture of chagrin and relief custom
airy on such occasions. They were elated
that the rebels had confessed their inferiority
by retreating without a battle; they breathed
freer that the long impending danger was
over: but they were angry that the enemy
whom they expected to crush had eluded
! them and escaped unscathed.
For a fortnight the army lay around the
| captured town while the cavalry and force
under Gen. Pope beat up the surrounding
country for the enemy
Good news was coming in from all direc
tions. The long lettering of the Army of tn,
Potomac around Washington had at las
ended. 1t was now advancing upon tn,
rebel Capital at pace that promised posses
sion of the headquarters of the rebellion be
fore the end of month. Island No 10
with its large garrison, had surrendered te
Gen. Pope the day that the rebels wer
Edriven back from Shiloh. The rebel flee
which had attempted to defend Memphi
from our gunboats had been defeated an(
utterly destroyed, and the city itself hat
fallen into our hands. AT the lower end O
the Mississippi similar good luck had at
tended our arms. Our feet had passed tn
forts guarding the approach from the sea
and had captured New Orleans itself /
seemed beyond a doubt that the Confederac,
was already tottering to a speedy fall
/, Leaving Walter and O'NeiI who was again
a full Sergeant, in a comfortable camp nea
Corinth, where the regiment was posted Il
guard a railroad bridge against raids of rebe
cavalry we will follow the fortunes of tn
other two of the File
i Karl's injury did not develop any of tn
serious consequences the Surgeon feared, ant
under the assiduous pad tender nursing o