. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . , Grants careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesigns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskilful combinations to defeat them. THE BATTLE OF IUKA. General Sterling Price, with a force of twelve thousandmen, marched boldly up from the south, to cross the Mem-phis and Charleston Railroad at some point between Corinthand Tuscumbia, probably at Iuka. 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 divis
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . , Grants careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesigns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskilful combinations to defeat them. THE BATTLE OF IUKA. General Sterling Price, with a force of twelve thousandmen, marched boldly up from the south, to cross the Mem-phis and Charleston Railroad at some point between Corinthand Tuscumbia, probably at Iuka. 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 Iuka. The little garrison of Iuka was, inpursuance of the same general orders, withdrawn to Corinth,and Murphy was left behind it, to destroy the stores collected IUKA AND CORINTH. 121 there, and fall back also upon Corinth. But Price was tooquick, or Murphy 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 6-3(1 Ohio. d. 27th Ohio. e. 39th Ohio. /. 8th Wisconsin. g. 2fith 47th Illinois. i. 10th 4Sth Indiana. I. 10th 5th Iowa. OPEEATIONS AT IUKA. n. 25th Missouri. o. 17th Iowap. 4th 11th Ohio Battery. r. Spoors Battery. «. 11th Missouri. The game, the opening of which Grant had been expecting,was now becoming interesting. Price occupied luka and therailroad; but it was manifestly Grants intention to permitthis temporary possession, in order that he might fully discernthe enemys plans, and form his own intelligently. The re-ports with regard to Prices designs were numerous, confused,and deceptive. Grants caution was eminently proper, and 122 GRANT AND HIS CAMPAIGNS. was abundantly repaid; for it became evident that Price wasmaking a feint to cross the Tennessee, as if to follow Buell,who was then retreating upon Nashville, in order to drawGrants forces away from C
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