...th of Colona, with orders to destroy the telegraph line and railroad, and especially the railroad bridge north of Okolona. At one P. M. on Monday, with the rest of my command, I took the road for Tupelo , through a terrific rain-storm, and, moving steadily forward, night came upon us about six miles from Tupelo. The approach was on a zig-zag road, with vexing intersecting roads, through low, muddy ...