CAIRO, May 8.
No engagement had occurred at Corinth up to yesterday
noon. The army was still gradually
advancing, and our forces were at an average distance of three miles from the
enemy’s advance. The enemy were acting
strictly on the defensive, and for three days had sent out no reconnoitering
parties. The advanced lines of the rebel
army have thus far slowly retired from the advancing movements of the different
divisions. Indications point strongly to
the belief that Corinth has really been evacuated.
The roads are in bad condition owning to a late fall of
rain.
It was reported that three brigades from Buell’s army had
seized that part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad which lies midway
between Corinth and Grand Junction, thus cutting off communication between the
two points. It is also reported that a
detachment of Pope’s army has seized upon the railroad south of Corinth. It is highly probably that these two
achievements have been performed.
Every steamer that arrives brings reports of the evacuation
of Corinth.
The steamer Desoto reached here to-day from Fort Pillow, but
brought no later news than that already telegraphed.
A rebel spy had been captured while endeavoring to cross the
Mississippi at night in a skiff. He had
copies of the Chicago Times of the
4th inst., St. Louis Republican of
the 5th inst., and N. Y. Times of the
1st. He was arrested and placed in close
confinement.
The steamer Sam Gaty passed her to-day en route for Pittsburg, with a number of physicians, nurses, and a
large quantity of hospital supplies on board.
She has on board nearly four hundred sick soldiers, who are to be taken
to St. Louis.
The railroad track between here and Mound City is being
repaired so that the trains will run regularly.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, May 10, 1862,
p. 1
No comments:
Post a Comment