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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
I will try and find Roddey to-night and develop the move early in the morning. He reports to me the Mobile and Ohio Railroad cut to-day just the farther side of Glendale, 9 miles from here. Yours, truly, Braxton Bragg, General, &c. P. S.--Since writing the above, No. 2 is received from Roddey. He is invaluable. [inc, Miss.: General: I have just learned, through one of my men who walked here from Burnsville that the enemy have damaged the railroad at the steam-mill beyond Glendale, about 9 miles from this place. Very respectfully, P. D. Roddey, Captain Tishomingo Rangers. [inclosure no. 2.]Corinth, May 4, 1862. George G. Garner, Aslike one. Have patience with me; you will hear my guns soon. Yours, &c., Earl Van Dorn. Corinth, Miss., May 22, 1862--10 a. m. Major-General Van Dorn, Near Glendale, Miss.: Your note of 8 a. m. just received. I hope everything will yet go right. We are all ready here. I have ordered the telegraph line extended as far a
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Iii. Kentucky--Tennessee--Alabama. (search)
saw fit not to flank these formidable defenses, but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches, involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting, with very little loss; three weeks of which brought our nearest batteries within three miles of Corinth. May 21. A reconnoissance under Gen. Paine to Farmington, May 21. five miles N. W. of Corinth, had brought on a skirmish, in which he took 200 prisoners, striking the Charleston and Memphis Railroad at Glendale, three miles farther, and partially destroying it; while the Ohio road was in like manner broken at Purdy. Col. Elliott, with two regiments of cavalry, was dispatched on the night of the 27th to flank Corinth and cut the railroad south of it, so as to intercept the enemy's supplies. He struck it on the 30th, at Booneville, 24 miles from Corinth, in the midst of an unexpected retreat of the Rebel army, which had commenced on the 26th. Beaurefgard had held Corinth so long as possible aga
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 4 (search)
o Hon E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: General Paine's division made a reconnoissance to Farmington to-day, found about four thousand five hundred of the enemy, drove them in hand — some style, killing thirty, wounding many, and capturing some prisoners, their camp equipage, etc. At dark our cavalry was in pursuit of their artillery and baggage-train beyond Farmington, in the direction of Corinth. I witnessed the fight. Our men behaved splendidly. An artillery reconnoissance went to Glendale this morning and destroyed two trestle-bridges, and some track of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. It has been a splendid day's work for the left wing. The weather is clear and the roads are becoming good. Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secretary of War. A National account. headquarters General Pope's command, before Corinth, May 4, 1862. Yesterday was a busy and bloody day with this command, or a part of it at least. Our forces had scarcely got fairly into their new camp, m
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Iowa Volunteers. (search)
int, Mo., February 17, 1862. Expedition against Thompson's forces February 25-29. Moved to New Madrid, Mo., March 4. Actions at New Madrid March 13-14. Operations against Island No.10 March 16-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 12-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Action at Birmingham April 24. Monterey April 28-29. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnoissance to Memphis & Charleston Railroad April 30. Glendale May 8. Farmington May 9. Near Farmington May 12. Reconnoissance to Memphis & Charleston Railroad May 13-15. Expedition to Booneville May 28-30. Booneville May 29. Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Tuscumbia Creek May 31-June 1. Blackland June 4. Reconnoissance toward Baldwyn June 6. Reconnoissance to Guntown, Baldwyn, etc., June 9-10. Booneville July 1. Brown Springs July 21. At Rienzi till September. Rienzi August 26.