. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . April 1st our united forceswere concentrated along theMobile & Ohio railroad from Bethel to Corinth, and on the Memphis& Charleston railroad from Corinth to luka. It was then determined to assume the offensive, and strike a sud-den blow at the enemy, in position under General Grant on the westbank of the Tennessee at Pittsburg, and in the direction of Savannah,before he was re-enforeed by the army under (reneral Buell, then knownto be advancing for that purpose by rapid marches from Nashville. GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD. BATTLE OF SHILOH. 87 via
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . April 1st our united forceswere concentrated along theMobile & Ohio railroad from Bethel to Corinth, and on the Memphis& Charleston railroad from Corinth to luka. It was then determined to assume the offensive, and strike a sud-den blow at the enemy, in position under General Grant on the westbank of the Tennessee at Pittsburg, and in the direction of Savannah,before he was re-enforeed by the army under (reneral Buell, then knownto be advancing for that purpose by rapid marches from Nashville. GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD. BATTLE OF SHILOH. 87 via Columbia. About the same time General Johnston was advisedthat such an operation conformed to the expectations of the President. By a rapid and vigorous attack on General Grant, it was expectedhe would be beaten back into his transports and the river, or captured,in time to enable us to profit by the victory, and remove to the rearall the stores and munitions that would fall into our hands in such anevent before the arrival of General Buells army on the scene. Itwas never contemplated, however, to retain the position thus gainedand abandon Corinth, the strategic point of the campaign. Want of general officers needful for the proper organization ofdivisions and brigades of an army brought thus suddenly together, andother difficulties in the way of an effective organization, delayed themovement until the night of the 2nd instant, when it was heard froma reliable quarter that the junction of the enemys armies was near athand. It was then
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