. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ashington, placed GeneralGrant at the head of the armies of the West. Hewas not at first able to follow his natural disposi-tion, and to attack the enemy opposed to him, onaccount of the large subtractions which were madefrom his forces to enable Buell to hold his positionsin Tennessee. He had a long line to hold, fromMemphis to Corinth, and had all he could do toguard it against the attacks of an active and vigi-lant enemy. He massed his troops, as well as hecould, in a triangle of which the points were Jack-son, Bohvar, and Corinth. He remained abouttwo months
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ashington, placed GeneralGrant at the head of the armies of the West. Hewas not at first able to follow his natural disposi-tion, and to attack the enemy opposed to him, onaccount of the large subtractions which were madefrom his forces to enable Buell to hold his positionsin Tennessee. He had a long line to hold, fromMemphis to Corinth, and had all he could do toguard it against the attacks of an active and vigi-lant enemy. He massed his troops, as well as hecould, in a triangle of which the points were Jack-son, Bohvar, and Corinth. He remained abouttwo months in this enforced inactivity, which wasonly broken, at last, by an attack of the Confederate generals Price and Van Dornwere in front of him, the former on the left andthe latter on the right; and towards the middle ofSeptember they made a movement, the object ofwhich was to effect a junction and either attackand disperse the forces of Grant, or, together pass-ing his flank, to reenforce Bragg in his campaign 112 r II. GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER. PRELUDES TO THE YICKSBUEG CAMPAIGNS 113 Chap. V. against Buell. In pursuance of this object Priceseized the village of luka, twenty-one miles south-east of Corinth, Colonel Robert C. Murphy, whocommanded the place, giving way without resist- Grant,ance and displaying a pusillanimity which, when Memoirlrepeated on a subsequent occasion, caused gieat p. to the Union arms. As soon as Grant heard of the movement he pre-pared, with his usual energy, to prevent the twoConfederate generals from effecting their ordered Greneral Rosecrans, whose troops wereat the moment south of Corinth, to attack lukaon the southwest, and General E. 0. C. Ord tomarch on the north of the Memphis and Charlestonraiboad and attack that side of the town at thesame moment. The two generals had about17,000 men, almost equally divided. This plan metwith the usual ill-success which attended such con-certed movements during the early part of t
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