CORINTH, April 28th.
Purdy was evacuated last night, and has since been
burned. Every building is said to be
destroyed. The Yankees are moving in
that direction. Our outposts had a
skirmish with their advance early this morning, capturing sixty prisoners,
including nine commissioned officers.
CHICAGO, May 3.
The Memphis Argus
of the 29th has the following dispatch:
CORINTH, May [sic] 28.
Beauregard is moving large bodies of troops southward; some
go by rail, others afoot. Few have gone
West. It is generally understood he is
evacuating, though he declines answering questions. He says President Davis understands his
movements.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, May 5, 1862, p. 1
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