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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Highly Important: A Great Battle Fought at Corinth on Saturday – 2
The President in Frederick: The Ovation by the Citizens on His Return to Washington – 2
Copper Coating Iron – 2-3
Important from Kentucky: Evacuation of Bardstown by the Enemy – 3
The War in Western Virginia: The Negroes Flying into Ohio – 3
The Army of the Potomac: Capture of a Company of the Fifty-Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment – 3-4
Our Army Correspondence: From the Antietam – 4
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Cumberland Gap – Lost and Regained – 5
Antietam Reproduced – 5


2 posted on 10/06/2022 7:25:27 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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3 posted on 10/06/2022 7:26:45 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Highly Important: A Great Battle Fought at Corinth on Saturday – 2"

The 2nd Battle of Corinth, a Union victory:

Mississippi 1862 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
April 29 - May 30Corinth, MSUnion Army of the Mississippi (Halleck, Grant, Thomas, Buel ~120,000), Confederate Army of the Mississippi (Beauregard, Bragg, Van Dorn ~65,000)Union 1,000+ total, Confederates 1,000+ totalUSA
Sep 1Denmark, MSUnion Army of the Missippi, (Dennis ~1,000), Confederate Army of the West (Armstrong -4,000)Union 108-total (8-killed), Confederates 288 total (11=killed)CSA
Sep 19-20Iuka, MSUnion Army of Mississippi (Rosecrans, ~4,500), Confederate Army of the West (Price, ~3,179)Union 790-total (144-killed), Confederates 1,516-total (263-killed) USA
Oct 3-4Corinth, MSUnion Army of MS (Rosecran s, 12,000), Confederate Army of West TN (Van Dorn, Price ~22,000)Union 2,520-total (355-killed), Confederates 4.233-total (473-killed)USA

4 posted on 10/06/2022 8:16:53 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
"Important from Kentucky: Evacuation of Bardstown by the Enemy – 3"

Kentucky's biggest battle of the war is brewing in central KY, near Perryville.

On the Confederate side are Gens. Bragg & Polk, both of whom are currently being renamed.
As I understand it, Gen. Bragg is renamed Freedom and the Rev. Polk is now Sgt. Johnson.

5 posted on 10/06/2022 8:25:15 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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