The Eleventh Iowa was ordered down into town last night, for
it was expected that the rebels would make a charge into town to burn our
rations. We think, however, that they want our rations for their own
haversacks. We formed a line of battle and lay in the streets all night, but
the rebels did not show themselves. We received orders to march at daylight
this morning. The cars came in from Corinth at 4 o’clock this morning, and the
sick men, our baggage, and the remainder of our stores were loaded up and sent
to our headquarters at Corinth. By noon Iuka was expected to be entirely
evacuated by our men. Our regiment marched twenty-three miles and bivouacked for
the night within six miles of Corinth.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 72
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