. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . *iWJ&»* miMNTH IN MAY. Halleek, before advancing, reorganized his army. Having little faith inGrant, he assigned him to the merely honorary position of second in commandof the forces—a position analogous to and as unimportant as that of Vice-President. George H. Thomas was transferred with his division fromBuells army to Grants—the Army of the Tennessee—and put in commandof that army, which formed the right wing of the forces. Buell with theAr
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . *iWJ&»* miMNTH IN MAY. Halleek, before advancing, reorganized his army. Having little faith inGrant, he assigned him to the merely honorary position of second in commandof the forces—a position analogous to and as unimportant as that of Vice-President. George H. Thomas was transferred with his division fromBuells army to Grants—the Army of the Tennessee—and put in commandof that army, which formed the right wing of the forces. Buell with theArmy of the Ohio occupied the center, and Pope with the Army of theMississippi the left. Moving cautiously, and intrenching every time that he halted, Halleek bythe middle of May approached within four miles of Corinth, some twentymiles from the Tennessee. He then seized and fortified a line extending fromthe Mobile and Ohio railroad on the north-west to and beyond Farmingtonon the south-east—some five miles or more in length—and began to mounthis heavy siege guns. By the 25th of May he was almost ready to open withthese upon the Con
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