. Life and services of Gen. U. S. Grant . rants careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesigns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskilful combinations to defeat them. THE BATTLE OF lUKA. General Sterling Price, with a force of twelve thousandmen, marched boldly up from the south, to cross the Mem-phis and Charleston Eailroad at some point between Corinthand Tuscumbia, probably at luka. As he advanced, on the10th of September, to Jacinto, the small Union garrison atthat place retired to Corinth. Tuscumbia was also evacuatedby Colonel Murphy, of General Stanleys division, who fe
. Life and services of Gen. U. S. Grant . rants careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesigns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskilful combinations to defeat them. THE BATTLE OF lUKA. General Sterling Price, with a force of twelve thousandmen, marched boldly up from the south, to cross the Mem-phis and Charleston Eailroad at some point between Corinthand Tuscumbia, probably at luka. As he advanced, on the10th of September, to Jacinto, the small Union garrison atthat place retired to Corinth. Tuscumbia was also evacuatedby Colonel Murphy, of General Stanleys division, who fellback in haste to luka. The little garrison of luka was, inpursuance of the same general orders, withdrawn to Corinth,and Murphy was left bcliind it, to destroy the stores collected lUKA AND CORINTH. 121 there, and fall back also upon Corintli. But Price was tooquick, or Murpliy was too slow in destroying the stores, andtoo quick in leaving them, for the latter was driven out byPrices advance, leaving a quantity of supplies a. Powells 63(1 4o<\ Ohio. d. 27th Ohio. e. 39th Ohio. /. 8th Wisconsin. ff. 26th 4Tih 101 h 4stli 16Lh Iowa.•m. 5th Iowa. OPERATIONS AT lUKA. n. 25th MissourL o. ITtli 4th 11th Ohio Battery. r. Spoors Biittery. 5. 11th Missouri. The game, the opening of which Grant had been expecting,was now becoming interesting. Price occupied luka and theraihoad; but it was manifestly Grants intention to permitthis temporary possession, in order that he might fuUy discernthe enemys plans, and form his own intelhgently. The re-ports with regard to Prices designs were numerous, confused,and deceptive. Grants caution was eminently proper, and 122 GRiiNT AND niS CAMPAIGNS. was abimclantly repaid; for it became evident that Price wasmaking a feint to cross the Tennessee, as if to follow Buell,whp was then retreating upon Nashville, in order to drawGrants forces away from Cori
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