...e evening of the 18th it was still thirty kilometres from Iuka. Grant, having been notified in time, directed Ord not to begin his attack until the booming of cannon should announce the approach of Rosecrans . The latter, in spite of all his diligence, was unable to reach the neighborhood of Iuka till three or four o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th. Before entering this village the Jacinto road asc...