...ber 4th (Price's corps only) did not exceed 9,000 effectives. I think this battle illustrated the superior elan of Confederate troops. The outer defences of Corinth had in the spring of 1862 held Halleck 's great army before them for six weeks; and although the Confederate army holding those works was not half so strong as the Federal army under Halleck, he never dared to attack us. In October, 1862, ...