. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . ready to advance against this inferior force,and on the 26th of October he wrote to Halleck,proposing to abandon Corinth after destroying therailroads all around it, and then to concentrate hisforce at Grand Junction and move upon Vicks-burg by way of the Mississippi Centralmovement railroad. This was the correct thingagainst to do, but the Suggestion did not find favour with Halleck, who was apt un-duly to exaggerate the value of places as such, andto forget that after all it is the destruction of theenemys army that is the primary object in war-far
. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . ready to advance against this inferior force,and on the 26th of October he wrote to Halleck,proposing to abandon Corinth after destroying therailroads all around it, and then to concentrate hisforce at Grand Junction and move upon Vicks-burg by way of the Mississippi Centralmovement railroad. This was the correct thingagainst to do, but the Suggestion did not find favour with Halleck, who was apt un-duly to exaggerate the value of places as such, andto forget that after all it is the destruction of theenemys army that is the primary object in war-fare. Before the victory at Shiloh had decided thatCorinth was to be ours, that little town was a pointof intense strategic interest. But now that it hadbeen definitely gained with all its fruits, includingthe fall of Memphis and the opening of the Missis-sippi down to Vicksburg, there was no good reasonfor continuing to occupy it in force. Strategicpoints can be held by covering them as well as byleaving men to defend them, and a movement of. GRANTS FIRST MOVEMENT AGAINST VICKSBURGNOVEMBER 24, 1S62-JANUARY 10, 1863 TJie Vlckshurg Problem 189 Grants whole army upon Pemberton, pressing himdown through the state of Mississippi, would haveeffectually covered Corinth. Halleck seems neverto have answered Grants letter or taken anynotice of his suggestion ; so that being left withoutinstructions, and unauthorized to abandon Corinthor any other point held by his army. Grant triedto see what could be done under these embarrass-ing circumstances. By weakening his forces atCorinth and Bolivar, he got together about 30,000men near Grand Junction, and prepared to advanceagainst Pemberton. But he was so puzzled anddelayed by incomprehensible telegrams from Wash-ington that he did not get started until the 24thof November. By this time reinforcements hadarrived at Memphis, and Sherman was ready tomove thence toward Grant and join him on theTallahatchie river. As the Union army advanced,the Conf
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