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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Iuka and Corinth. (search)
man blood, Halleck, instead of advancing boldly against Beauregard as Grant would have done and risking all upon the hazard of a battle whose issue would have been uncertain, first fortified his position on the left bank of the Tennessee, and then began to strengthen his army by bringing to it all the available forces of his immense Department. Pope was recalled from before Fort Pillow, which he was preparing to attack, and reached the Tennessee with the Army of the Mississippi on the 21st of April. He came flushed with his victories at New Madrid and at Island No.10--the last of which Halleck pronounced a splendid achievement, exceeding in boldness and brilliancy all other operations of the war, and one that would be memorable in military history and admired by future generations. Halleck did not then know how weakly the place had been defended by the officer to whom Beauregard had intrusted its defense. Though the main body of the army with which Curtis had defeated Van Dorn