. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . c-tiiall\- the railway station at Corinth, Miss., and here was played a little comedyby way of prelude to the tragic spectacle that was to happen on this very scene. After the battle of Shiloh, General Beauregardretreated to Corinth, where soon the Confederate army niuubered about eighty thousand men. Halleck, who had assumed command mperson, after a little delay started in pursuit at the head of the largest army ever assembled west of the .\lleghanies, numbering morethan 135,000 effective men. But the great forces did not come to
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . c-tiiall\- the railway station at Corinth, Miss., and here was played a little comedyby way of prelude to the tragic spectacle that was to happen on this very scene. After the battle of Shiloh, General Beauregardretreated to Corinth, where soon the Confederate army niuubered about eighty thousand men. Halleck, who had assumed command mperson, after a little delay started in pursuit at the head of the largest army ever assembled west of the .\lleghanies, numbering morethan 135,000 effective men. But the great forces did not come to decisive blows; Halleck, as usual, did not act with energy. For morethan a month he went on gathering still more reenforcements, planning and organizing, all the time closing in slowly on Corinth. Itwas expected that a conclusive battle would soon take place, but Beauregard did not risk the test of arms. Keeping his intentionsabsolutely secret, he decided to evacuate. This plan was carrie<l out with great cleverness; his army with its stores and munitions. il|ii(^.;^i^|iiN^ *■* J? ^-i-j - ■,-^- i^£s^^^^^^-:i&*^-- M^Jk THE GUARDED TRACK, CORIXTH, :MISSISSIPPI. 1802 boarded the assembled railway trains on the night of May 29, ISU2, and the roads to the southward were filled with wagons andmarching troops. But along the Confederate front the watch-fires burned brightly; and Hallecks army, waiting within sounds of commotion—the tooting of locomotive whistles and, with every fresh clear blast, loud cheers. It was rumored throughthe Federal camp that strong Confederate reenforcements were arriving. Into the gray of the morning this continued. The troopsawoke with the nervous expectancy of battle, but before them la.\ a deserted town. The whistling and the cheering had coveredBeauregards retreat. The movement of artillery that had been reported had been some olil wagons dri\cn round in a Pope was sent in pursuit of the wily Confederate leader
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