Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Eastport” in chapter 15, page 156 of Col. John C. Moore, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.2, Missouri:
...hus mingled together, pursuers and pursued rushed upon the infantry of the rear guard and the battery was safe, while its pursuers found it necessary to retire in a hurry.
The army passed through Eastport , Iuka and Jacinto to Verona At this time Gen. Dabney H. Maury, who had frequently commanded the brigade and knew it intimately, wrote it a letter in which he said: As for you,
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