. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS A. DAVIE*.FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 742 THE BATTLE OF RAILWAY STATION AND TISHOMINGO HOTEL, CORINTH. FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH. On the 28th I telegraphed to General Grant at Columbus, Kentucky, confir-mation of my report of Prices movement to Ripley, adding that I should moveStanleys division to Rienzi, and thence to Kossuth, unless he had otherviews. Two days later I again telegraphed to General Grant that there wereno signs of the enemy at Hatchie
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS A. DAVIE*.FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 742 THE BATTLE OF RAILWAY STATION AND TISHOMINGO HOTEL, CORINTH. FROM A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH. On the 28th I telegraphed to General Grant at Columbus, Kentucky, confir-mation of my report of Prices movement to Ripley, adding that I should moveStanleys division to Rienzi, and thence to Kossuth, unless he had otherviews. Two days later I again telegraphed to General Grant that there wereno signs of the enemy at Hatchie Crossing, and that my reason for proposing*to put Stanley at or near Kossuth was that he would cover nearly all theHatchie Crossing, as far as Pocahontas, except against heavy forces, and thatHamilton would then move at least one brigade, from Rienzi. I asked that asharp lookout be kept in the direction of Bolivar. October 1st, I telegraphedGeneral Grant that we were satisfied there was no enemy for three milesbeyond Hatchie; also, that prisoners reported that General John C. Breckin-ridge, of Van Dorns command, had gone to Kentucky with three Kentuckyregiments, leaving his division under th
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