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
From Harper’s Ferry: Visit of the President to Harper’s Ferry – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4-5
Cumberland Gap – Lost and Regained – 5
Antietam Reproduced – 5
The 2nd Battle of Corinth, a Union victory:
Mississippi 1862 Engagements
| Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 - May 30 | Corinth, MS | Union 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+ total | USA |
| Sep 1 | Denmark, MS | Union 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 19-20 | Iuka, MS | Union 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 3-4 | Corinth, MS | Union 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 |
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.