. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . nts careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesifns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskiKul combinations to defeat them. THE BATlLE OF lUEA. 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 the,10th of September, to Jacinto, the small Union garrison atthat place retired to Corinth. Tuscumbia was also evacuatedby Colonel Murphy, of General Stanleys division,
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . nts careful reconnoissances disclosed the rebeldesifns upon his own department, and enabled him to makeskiKul combinations to defeat them. THE BATlLE OF lUEA. 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 the,10th 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 httle garrison of luka was, inpursuance of the same general orders, withdra^^^l to Corinth,and :Murphy was left behind it, to destroy the stores collected lUKA AND COIMNTII. 121 tlioro, and fall back also upou Corintli. But Pnco was tooquick, or Murphy was too slow in destroying tlio stores, andtoo quick in leaving them, for the latter was driven out byPrices advance, leaving a quantity of supplies a. Powells Ohio. d. •JTtli e. K9ih (lliio. /. Stli Wbconsln. ff. 2rih 47 li I liiiMig. t imh \v».k. 4M!i IGlli lowa.«7t. 5tU luwiu OPEKATIOXS AT I UK A. n. 2Slh MitsonrLo. ITili In«sp. 4tb Mlnnr»t«.y llili r. Si lJ:iUfry. «. 11th MissiiurL 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 emincntl}* proper, and 122 GRA^T A^D HIS campaigns. •was abiinJantlv repaid ; for it became evident tliat Price ■uasmaking a fciiit to cross the Tennessee, as if to follow Buell,■\vlio was then retreating upon Xasb^iUe, in
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