. Campaigns of the civil war . n-nessee, Beauregard was reinforced, almost immediately after his re-turn, by Van Dom with 17,000 troops seasoned by campaignsin Missouri and Aikansas, raising his effective strength to50,000. The Confederate Government at Richmond and theState governments in the Southwest strained every resourceto increase his force. Unimportant j)osts were denuded oftheir garrisons, new regiments were recruited, and Price, ofMissouri, whom the Government at Richmond had refusedto recognize, was appointed major-general. Beauregardfound his force amount on the muster-rolls to an
. Campaigns of the civil war . n-nessee, Beauregard was reinforced, almost immediately after his re-turn, by Van Dom with 17,000 troops seasoned by campaignsin Missouri and Aikansas, raising his effective strength to50,000. The Confederate Government at Richmond and theState governments in the Southwest strained every resourceto increase his force. Unimportant j)osts were denuded oftheir garrisons, new regiments were recruited, and Price, ofMissouri, whom the Government at Richmond had refusedto recognize, was appointed major-general. Beauregardfound his force amount on the muster-rolls to an aggregateof more than 112,000. But sickness and absence were soprevalent that the return of effectives never quite reached53,000. The position at Corinth was naturally strong. CORINTH. 185 Standing on a long ridge in the fork of two streams, whichnin parallel to each other nearly to their junction, protectedon the front and both flanks by swampy valleys traversed bythe streams and obstructed by dense thickets, a line of earth-. EXPLANATIONS Itoutes of ^rmy * Entrenchments ^^^^Entrenchments JiebeLArmy -^^t^ Scale }<inch=l mile Approach to Corinth. works running along the crest of the liighland borderingthe valleys, it could be approached with difficulty. The diffi-culty was enhanced by a belt of timber which screened the 186 FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTR works from view. Eailroads coming into the town facili-tated reinforcement and supply. Beauregard kejjt strong parties well advanced to his front,while the National force at the river, absorbed in the workof organization and supply, made little effort to ascertainhis position. As late as April 27th, a reconnoitering partysent out by McClemand discovered that Monterey, twelvemiles from the landing, was held in some force. Next dayGeneral Stanley, of Popes command, sent out a detachmentthat diove this force beyond Monterey. General Halleckbegan his march about the close of April, moving slowly,keeping his army compac
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