The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . , he supposed its ol)ject to beBolivar or Jackson, and that only afeint would be made on Corinth ; buthe was prepared for any emergency,having his forces well in hand andthrown out westward, into andbeyond Beauregards fortificationsalready mentioned. Hamilton heldt
The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . , he supposed its ol)ject to beBolivar or Jackson, and that only afeint would be made on Corinth ; buthe was prepared for any emergency,having his forces well in hand andthrown out westward, into andbeyond Beauregards fortificationsalready mentioned. Hamilton heldthe right, with Davies in the center,and McKean on the left; while threeregiments, under Col. Oliver, werethrown out in advance on the Che-walla road, down which the Rebelswere advancing. Yan Dorn moved at an early hour,and, forming in order of battle at adistance from our outworks, hisright, under Gen. Mansfield Lovell,encountered, at 7^ a. m., our leftadvance, under Col. Oliver, holdinga hill which afibrded a strong posi-tion, and a broad and ex-tensive viewof the country beyond it. He hadorders to hold it pretty firmly, so asto compel the enemy to develop hisstrength. Rosecrans, still distrasting that thisattack was more than a feint, d&- Oct. 2. VOL. n.—15 ^ Sept. 20. » Oct. 3. 226 THE AMERICAN signed to cover a movement on Boli-var and Jackson, at 9 oclock sentGen. McArthur to the front, whoreported widespread but slack skir-mishing, and said the hill was ofgreat value to test the strength of ourassailants. McArthur, finding him-self hotly assailed, called up fourmore regiments from McKeans divi-sion, and continued what by this timehad become a serious engagement,until a determined Rebel charge, in-terposing between his right and theleft of Gen. Davies, forced himrapidly back from the hill, with theloss of 2 heavy guns; thus compel-ling a slight recoil of Davies also. By 1 p, M., it had become evidentthat the attack was no feint, but?meant the capture of Corin
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