THE VICTORY AT CORINTH: The Enemy Intercepted in their Flight by Gens. Hurlbert and Ord; Another Battle of Seven Hours’ Duration (10/8/1862)

Generals ORD and HURLBERT came upon the enemy yesterday, and General HURLBERT having driven in small bodies of the rebels the day before, after seven hours' hard fighting, drove the enemy five miles back across the Hatchie towards Corinth, capturing two batteries, about three hundred prisoners, and many small arms.

I immediately apprised Gen. ROSECRANS of these facts, and directed him to urge on the good work. The following dispatch has just been received from him:

The enemy are totally routed, throwing everything away. We are following sharply.

Under previous instructions, Gen. HURLBERT is also following. Gen. MCPHERSON is in the lead of Gen. ROSECRANS' column. The rebel Gen. MARTIN is said to be killed. U.S. GRANT,

[The rebel General MARTIN, who is reported in the above dispatch as killed, is probably Brig.-Gen. JAS. G. MARTIN, a North Carolinian, who was a Captain and Brevet-Major in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army when the war broke but, He lost an arm in Mexico. Some years ago he was stationed at the United States Arsenal in Philadelphia.]

As yet we can only state the general results of the fighting at Corinth, Skirmishing commenced Tuesday last, and there has been more or less fighting every day since. The rebel loss is about 800 killed and from 1,500 to 1,800 wounded. We have 3,500 prisoners at Corinth and 300 on the Hatchie River and more constantly coming in.

We have taken several thousand stand of arms thrown away by the rebels in their flight. They are mostly new and of English make.

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"Today" Kentucky's largest battle of the war, at Perryville, the war's 153th engagement, Kentucky's 13th, Union strategic victory.

Kentucky 1861-'62 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Sep 19	Barbourville, KY	Union KY Home Guard (Black ~300) & Confederate Dept 2 (Zollicoffer ~800)	Union 15-total (1-killed); Confederates 7-total (7-killed)	CSA
Oct 21	Camp Wildcat, KY (near Cumberland Gap)	Union IN & KY Infantry, KY Cavalry (Schoepf ~7,000) & Confederate TN Infantry (Zollicoffer ~5,700)	Union 25-total (5-killed), Confederates 53-total (11-killed)	USA
Nov 8-9	Big Sandy-ivy Mountain, KY	Union: Dept of Ohio (Nelson ~5.500) & Confederate 5th Kentucky (Williams, ~1,010)	Union 62-total (12-killed), Confederates 235-total (41-killed)	USA
Nov 20	Skirmish at Brownsville, KY	Union Dept of Cumberland (~115) & Confederate Cavalry (Morgan ~200)	Union 14-total (6-killed), Confederates 1-total (1-killed)	CSA
Dec 17	Rowlett's Station, KY	Union 32nd Indiana (Willich ~500) & Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, 1sT Ark. (Terry ~1,350)	Union 46-total (13-killed), Confederates 91-total (33-killed, including Terry)	inconclusive (outnumbered Union forces held the field)
Dec 28	Sacremento, KY	Union cavalry (Murray ~500) & Confederate Cavalry (Forrest ~250)	Union 23-total (10-killed), Confederates 5-total (2-killed)	CSA
Jan 10	Middle Creek, KY	Union KY&OH Inf (Garfield 2,100) & Confederate KY Inf & VA Art+Cav (Marshall 2,500)	Union 27 total, Confederates ~65 total	USA
Jan 11	Lucas Bend, Columbus, KY	Union gunboats Essex, St. Louis (Foote, Porter) & Confederate Gunboats Jackson, Ivy, Polk, N.O. (Holland, Rogers)	Union none, Confederates unknown	Inconclusive
Jan 19	Mill Springs, KY	Union KY, IN, OH, Mn, TN Inf, Cav & ART (Thomas ~4,400) & Confederate MS, TN, KY, AL Inf, Cav & Arty (Crittenden, Zollicoffer ~5,900)	Union 246-total (39 killed), Confederates 529-total (125 killed incl Zollicoffer)	USA
Aug 22	Big Hill, KY	Union Army of Ohio (Metcalfe), Confederate Cavalry, E. Tenn (Scott).	Union 270-total Confederates 16-total	CSA
Aug 30	Richmond, KY	Union Army of KY, (Nelson ~6,850), Confederate Army of E TN (Smith, Cleburn -6,500)	Union ~5,353-total (206-killed), Confederates ~451-total (78-killed)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Sep 14-16	Munfordville, KY	Union garrison (Wilder, Dunham ~4,200), Confederate Army of MS (Buckner, Chalmers ~25,000)	Union 4,148-total (4,000+ captured), Confederates 714-total (100?-killed)	CSA (fort held)
Oct 8	Perryville, KY	Union Army of the Ohio (Buell, Thomas, 22,000), Confederate Army of Mississippi (Bragg, Polk ~16,000)	Union 4,241-total (845-killed), Confederates 3,396-total (510-killed)	USA (strategic)

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of October 8, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	2	2	1	5
Virginia	7	26	11	44
North Carolina	5	1	0	6
Florida	2	0	0	2
Louisiana	3	1	0	4
Tennessee	6	3	1	10
Arkansas	4	0	1	5
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Mississippi	3	1	0	4
Total Engagements in CSA	33	34	14	81

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	3	0	1	4
West Virginia	9	3	2	14
Missouri	12	12	1	25
New Mexico	5	8	0	13
Kentucky	5	6	2	13
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	34	32	6	72
Total Engagements to date	67	66	20	153

With over 7,600 casualties, Perryville brings the war's totals to nearly 242,000 total casualties, including ~29,000 killed in action. Of those, 20,000 casualties are in Kentucky alone.

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