ANOTHER TRIUMPH: Corinth in Possession of Gen. Halleck; The Place Evacuated by the Rebels on Thursday Night (5/31/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 5/31/1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

WASHINGTON, Friday, May 30.

A telegraphic dispatch has just been received at the War Department from an unofficial source, stating that the rebels left Corinth last night, and that Gen. NELSON occupied their intrenchments at 8 o'clock this morning.

WASHINGTON, Friday, May 30.

A dispatch just received at the War Department, fully corroborates the former message that Corinth is evacuated by the rebels and occupied by our troops. Prisoners say the enemy left last night for Okolona, a point about 60 miles south of Corinth, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

[Okolona is a hamlet and post village in Chickasaw County, Miss., situated on the line of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Its location will be found indicated on our map.]

DISPATCHES FROM BEFORE CORINTH

BEFORE CORINTH, Thursday, May 29 -- Midnight.

No additional movements have taken place except picket skirmishing and strengthening our position. Gen. HALLECK has moved his camp two miles forward to-day.

Lieut. WEBB, aid to Gen. DONELSON, was among the prisoners captured yesterday.

CORINTH ASCERTAINED TO BE EVACUATED.

NEAR CORINTH, Friday, May 30.

Gen. POPE's advance, the Thirty-ninth Ohio Regiment, occupied Corinth at 6 40 this morning, and planted our flag on the Court-house.

The enemy evacuated the place last night, retreating down the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

The telegraph line is occupied with military business, but expect to obtain particulars soon.

DISPATCHES FROM GEN. HALLECK.

THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF WEDNESDAY.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI
CAMP ON THE CORINTH ROAD, May 28, 1862.

Hon. E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War:

Three strong reconnoitering columns advanced this morning on the right, centre and left, to feel the enemy and unmask his batteries. The enemy hotly contested his ground at each point, but was driven back With considerable loss.

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Retreat of the Rebel Army from Corinth (map) – 2
Another Triumph: Corinth in Possession of Gen. Halleck – 3
From Harper’s Ferry: Further Particulars Relative to the Retreat of Gen. Banks – 3-4
From Gen. McClellan’s Army: Our Pickets Within Five and a Half Miles of Richmond – 4
From the South: The Opposing Armies at Richmond – 4-5
Department of the Rappahannock: Another Change of Programme – 5
Gen. Hooker’s Division: Return of Gen. Sickles to his Brigade – 5
News from Washington: The Importance of the Successes Recently Gained by Gen. McClellan – 5-6
An Alleged Outrage – 6
Our Gunboats – 6
“Are We Prepared?” – 7
Confederate Money – 7
Banks and McDowell – 7
Editorial: The Evacuation of Corinth – 7

[Theophilus]

I’ll have to go see the earth works at Corinth.

[Conan the Librarian]

Poor Halleck. Built a huge army. Slow crawled up to the Confederates. Confederates stole a march on him and invaded Kentucky.

[M Kehoe]

Can someone Please tell me why “we” are not in downtown Richmond yet!

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