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ion was taken, and held until the 7th of June, to await an advance of the enemy. It being apparent that no attack would be made, General Beauregard again put his army in motion, the main portion of it arriving at Tupelo, fifty-two miles from Corinth, on the 9th of June. There was found, as expected, a salubrious region, pure water, and all the requirements of a good defensive position. The following extracts are from General Beauregard's official report The entire report, dated June 13th, 1862, will be found in the Appendix to this chapter. of the evacuation of Corinth. After giving his reasons for withdrawing his army, and explaining his various orders to that effect, he says: . . . At the time finally prescribed the movement commenced, and was accomplished without the knowledge of the enemy, who only began to suspect the evacuation after broad daylight on the morning of May 30th, when, having opened on our lines from his formidable batteries of heavy and long-range gun
ing at that place until further orders. His cavalry will remain where at present posted, and will follow his movement along the same road, guarding his rear, at 3 A. M. on the 8th instant. 6th. All infantry outposts should be recalled in time to join their commands. 7th. All finger-boards and mile-posts should be taken down by the cavalry of the rear-guards. G. T. Beauregard, Genl. Comdg. Report of Genl. G. T. Beauregard, commanding Western Department. Tupelo, Miss., June 13th, 1862. Genl. Samuel Cooper, Adj. and Insp. Genl. C. S. Army, Richmond, Va.: General,—In relation to recent military operations in this quarter, I have to submit the following for the information of the War Department. The purposes and ends for which I had occupied and held Corinth having been mainly accomplished by the last of May, and by the 25th of that month having ascertained definitely that the enemy had received large accessions to his already superior force, while ours had been r