. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . wo thousand men, at Ripley, the latter asSeptember 28. i tt • • i senior takmg command. He is wise enough to see that a successful attack upon isolated Corinth willthrust Grant back, as Bragg has served Buell, and neutralizeall his victories. Full of his purpose Van Dorn with his wontedenergy moves upon Corinth and marshals his army on the lUKA AND CORINTH. 91 north-west of the town. His position sev-ers Rosecrans force from Grants. Van ^P ^^^ eiDorns plan is to feint upon Rosecransleft, thereby drawingtroops from his right, and then to throw Price
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . wo thousand men, at Ripley, the latter asSeptember 28. i tt • • i senior takmg command. He is wise enough to see that a successful attack upon isolated Corinth willthrust Grant back, as Bragg has served Buell, and neutralizeall his victories. Full of his purpose Van Dorn with his wontedenergy moves upon Corinth and marshals his army on the lUKA AND CORINTH. 91 north-west of the town. His position sev-ers Rosecrans force from Grants. Van ^P ^^^ eiDorns plan is to feint upon Rosecransleft, thereby drawingtroops from his right, and then to throw Price upon thedepleted wing and crush it. He attacks. At an earlystage of the battle a gap is opened in Rosecrans line. Intothis breach Van Dorn is not slow to press. Our left andcentre is borne back, but the right remainingintact, wheels and threatens Van Dorns ex-posed flanks. Darkness brings the combat to a close. The forces of each are about equal. The night is spentin reforming the troops for the morrow. Van Dorn pur- October Corinth. Oetober 3-4, 1862. poses to assault at dawn, but is belated by , however, he does attack, it is with characteristicvigor. Part of his troops actually enter the city, and for 92 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1862. about an hour cannot be ejected. But Rosecrans holds hisown ; Yan Dorn j&nds that he cannot worst him, and, fear-ing an attack upon his rear, determines on retreat. Thishe skilfully effects, under cover of renewed October 4. attack. Rosecrans makes no motion to follow. In falling backVan Dorn runs across Ord at the fords of the Hatchie river,and had Rosecrans been at his heels, Van Dorn might havebeen badly used up. But by ably manoeuvring his rear-guard. Van Dorn manages to elude Ord, crosses theHatchie a trifle to the east and escapes. TJie Confederate loss and ours were not far from twothousand five hundred each. We took two thousandprisoners. Shortly after, Van Dorn was displaced by Pemberton,while Rosecra
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