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| October 3-4, 1862 | |
|  After the Battle of Iuka, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched from Baldwyn to Ripley where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn was senior officer and took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched to Pocahontas on October 1, and then moved southeast toward Corinth. They hoped to seize Corinth and then sweep into Middle Tennessee. Since the Siege of Corinth, in the spring, Union forces had erected various fortifications, an inner and intermediate line, to protect Corinth, an important transportation center. With the Confederate approach, the Federals, numbering about 23,000, occupied the outer line of fortifications and placed men in front of them. Van Dorn arrived within three miles of Corinth at 10:00 am on October 3, and moved into some fieldworks that the Confederates had erected for the siege of Corinth. The fighting began, and the Confederates steadily pushed the Yankees rearward. A gap occurred between two Union brigades which the Confederates exploited around 1:00 pm. The Union troops moved back in a futile effort to close the gap. Price then attacked and drove the Federals back further to their inner line. By evening, Van Dorn was sure that he could finish the Federals off during the next day. This confidence--combined with the heat, fatigue, and water shortages--persuaded him to cancel any further operations that day. Rosecrans regrouped his men in the fortifications to be ready for the attack to come the next morning. Van Dorn had planned to attack at daybreak, but Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert's sickness postponed it till 9:00 am. As the Confederates moved forward, Union artillery swept the field causing heavy casualties, but the Rebels continued on. They stormed Battery Powell and closed on Battery Robinett, where desperate hand-to-hand fighting ensued. A few Rebels fought their way into Corinth, but the Federals quickly drove them out. The Federals continued on, recapturing Battery Powell, and forcing Van Dorn into a general retreat. Rosecrans postponed any pursuit until the next day. As a result, Van Dorn was defeated, but not destroyed or captured, at Hatchie Bridge, Tennessee, on October 5.
| | | | Result: Union victory Campaign: Iuka and Corinth Operations (1862) Commanders: Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans [US]; Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn [CS] Forces: Army of the Mississippi [US]; Army of the West Tennessee [CS] Casualties: 7,197 total (US 2,359; CS 4,838) Classification: IV.1 (Class A) | |
| Alcorn County, MS | |
| | | | | | Return to Advanced Search Page | | | | | Confederate Forces | Union Forces | MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN MAJOR GENERAL STERLING "Pap" PRICE 1st Division - Brigadier General Louis Hebert Brigadier General Martin E. Green 1st Brigade - Colonel Elijah Gates 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel Francis Marion Cockrell 33r Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel James A. Pritchard (W) 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment 1st Missouri Dismounted Cavalry- Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Maupin Missouri Battery Captain William Wade K-53 W-332 M-92 =477 2nd Brigade - Colonel W. Bruce Colbert 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment 17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel John Griffith 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment 40th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1st Texas Legion Lieutenant Colonel E. R. Hawkins 3rd Texas Dismounted Cavalry Clark's Missouri Battery- Lieutenant J. L. Faris St. Louis Missouri Battery- K-11 W-129 M-132 =272 3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green Colonel W. H. Moore (W) 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Terral (W) 43rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel W. H. Moore 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel A. MacFarlane 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel Eugene Erwin (W) 3rd Missouri Dismounted Cavalry Guibor's Missouri Battery- Captain Henry Guibor Missouri Artillery Battery- Captain John C. Landis K-77 W-369 M-302 =748 4th Brigade - Colonel John D. McLain 38th Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel F. W. Adams Unidentified Battery attached K-41 W-203 M-0 =244 Maury's Division - Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury Moore's Brigade - Brigadier General John Creed Moore 42nd Alabama Infantry Regiment- Colonel John W. Portis 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Squire Boone 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Pennington 35th Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel William S. Barry 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment- Colonel William P. Rogers (K) Bledsoe's Missouri Battery- Captain H. M. Bledsoe K-53 W-230 M-1,012 =1,295 Cabell's Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Colonel N. Daly (MW) 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Colonel Thomas Pleasant Dockery 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Colonel H. P. Johnson (K) 21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Colonel Jordan E. Cravens Jones's Arkansas Infantry Battalion Ripley's Arkansas Infantry Battalion Captain James A. Ashford Appeal's Arkansas Battery- Lieutenant William N. Hogg K-98 W-323 M-214 =735 Phifer's Brigade - Brigadier General C. W. Phifer * 3rd Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry 6th Texas Dismounted Cavalry- Colonel Lawrence Sullivan Ross 9th Texas Dismounted Cavalry Stirman's Sharpshooters Colonel Ras. Stirman McNally's Arkansas Battery- Lieutenant Frank A. More * Phifer's commission as a General is not on record as being promoted by the K-0 W-2 M-9 =11 Reserve Artillery Hoxton's Tennessee Battery- Lieutenant Thomas F. Tobin (C) Alabama Artillery Battery- Captin Henry H. Sengstak K-1 W-4 M-14 =19 1st Division - Major General Mansfield Lovell 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Albert Rust 4th Alabama Infantry Battalion Major Gibson 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment 35th Alabama Infantry Regiment- Captain A. E. Ashford 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Colonel Isaac L. Dunlop 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment- Colonel A. P. Thompson 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment- Colonel Ed Crossland Hudson's Mississippi Battery- Lieutenant John R. Sweaney K-25 W-117 M-83 =225 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General John Bordenave Villepigue 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel D. W. Hurst 39th Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel W. B. Shelby K-21 W-76 M-71 =168 3rd Brigade - Brigadier General John S. Bowen 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel Robert Lowry 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Colonel M. Farrell 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment- Captain J. D. Lester Mississippi Battalion Captain C. K. Caruthers 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Riley Watson's Louisiana Battery- Captain A. A. Brusley K-28 W-92 M-40 =160 Cavalry Brigade - Colonel W. H. Jackson 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Montgomery 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Stocks K-1 W-0 M-0 =1 Louisiana Zouave Battalion Major St. L. Dupiere K-2 W-4 M-14 =16 CASUALTIES = Killed 505; Wounded 2,150; Missing 2,185; TOTAL 4,838 | MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM STARKE ROSECRANS 2nd Division - Brigadier General David S. Stanley 1st Brigade - Colonel John W. Fuller 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment- Major Zephaniah S. Spaulding 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment- Colonel A. W. Gilbert Lieutenant Colonel Wager Swayne 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment- Colonel John W. Sprague Jenks's Company, Illinois Cavalry - Captain Albert Jenks 3rd Battery, Michigan Artillery- Lieutenant Carl A. Lambert 1 Section, 8th Battery Wisconsin Artillery- Lieutenant John D. McLean Battery "F", 2nd U.S. Artillery- Captain Thomas D. Maurice K-55 W-255 M-11 =321 2nd Brigade - Colonel Joseph Anthony Mower (W) 26th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Major Robert A. Gillmore 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Colonel William A. Thrush (K) Captain Harman Andrews (K) Captain Samuel R. Baker 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment- Colonel Lucius F. Hubbard 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment- Major Andrew J. Weber 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel George W. Robbins (W) Major John W. Jefferson (W) Captain William B. Britton 2nd Battery, Iowa Artillery- Captain Nelson T. Spoor K-48 W-248 M-26 =322 3rd Division - Brigadier General Charles S. Hamilton Company "C", 5th Missouri Cavalry 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Napoleon B. Buford 48th Indiana Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel DeWitt C. Rugg (W) Lieutenant James W. Archer 59th Indiana Infantry Regiment- Colonel Jesse L. Alexander 5th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Colonel Charles L. Matthies 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment- Colonel John B. Sanborn 26th Missouri Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel John H. Holman (W) Battery "M", 1st Missouri Artillery- Lieutenant Junius W. MacMurray 11th Battery, Ohio Artillery- Lieutenant Henry M. Neil K-7 W-48 M-0 =55 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Jeremiah C. Sullivan Colonel Samuel A. Holmes 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Green Berry Raum 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Major Nathaniel McCalla 17th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Major Jabez Banbury 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel Samuel A. Holmes Major Leonidas Horney 80th Ohio Infantry Regiment- Major Richard Lanning (K) Battery "E", 24th Missouri Artillery- Captain Lafayette M. Rice Captain David Skeels 6th Battery, Wisconsin Artillery- Captain Henry Dillon 12th Battery, Wisconsin Artillery- Lieutenant Lorenzo D. Immell K-34 W-227 M-15 =276 Cavalry Division - Colonel John K. Mizner 1st Brigade - Colonel Edward Hatch 2nd Brigade - Colonel Albert Lindley Lee Cavalry troops: 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment- Colonel Edward Prince 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment- Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll 2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment- Major Datus E. Coon 7th Kansas Cavalry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel T. P. Herrick 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment- Captain Lyman G. Willcox 4 Companies, 5th Ohio Cavalry- Captain Joseph C. Smith K-5 W-17 M-14 =36 64th Illinois Sharpshooters * Captain John Morrill 6 Companies, 1st U.S. Siege Artillery- Captain G. A. Williams * Also known as Yate's Sharpshooters K-16 W-53 M-15 =84 2nd Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Plesant A. Hackleman (K) Colonel Thomas W. Sweeney 52nd Illinois Infantry Regiment- Colonel Thomas W. Sweeney Lieutenant Colonel John S. Wilcox 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment- Colonel James Baker (MW) Lieutenant Colonel Noah W. Mills (MW) Major James B. Weaver 7th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Colonel Elliott W. Rice Union Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel John P. Coulter Detachment, 58th Illinois Infantry Detachment, 8th Iowa Infantry Detachment, 12th Iowa Infantry Detachment, 14th Iowa Infantry K-49 W-318 M-36 =403 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Richard J. Oglesby (W) Colonel August Mersy 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Colonel August Mersy 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Colonel Augustus L. Chetlain 22nd Ohio Infantry Regiment- Major Oliver Wood 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment- Colonel Thomas Morton K-38 W-222 M-73 =333 3rd Brigade - Colonel Silas D. Baldwin (W) Colonel John V. DuBois 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Colonel Andrew J. Babcock 50th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel William Swarthout 57th Illinois Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Frederick J. Hurlbut Major Eric Forsse K-21 W-115 M-46 =182 Artillery - Major George H. Stone Battery "D", 1st Missouri Artillery- Captain Henry Richardson Battery "H", 1st Missouri Artillery- Captain Frederick Welker Battery "I", 1st Missouri Artillery- Lieutenant Charles H. Thurber Battery "K", 1st Missouri Artillery- Lieutenant Charles Green K-6 W-29 M-0 =35 14th Missouri Infantry Regiment- * Colonel Patrick E. Burke * Also known at Western Sharpshooters K-6 W-14 M-3 =23 6th Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. McKean 1st Brigade - Colonel Benjamin Allen Brigadier General John McArthur 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment- Colonel David Moore Major Edwin Moore 16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Major Thomas Reynolds 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Colonel John L. Doran K-11 W-67 M-23 =101 2nd Brigade - Colonel John M. Oliver Independent Company Illinois Cavalry- Captain William Ford 15th Michigan Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel John McDermott 4 Companies, 18th Missouri Infantry Captain Jacob R. Ault 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Colonel John Hancock 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Colonel Gabriel Bouck K-45 W-108 M-38 =191 3rd Brigade - Colonel Marcellus M. Crocker 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel William Hall 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel John Shane 15th Iowa Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Addison H. Sanders (W) Major William Purcell K-14 W-111 M-24 =149 Artillery - Captain Andrew Hickenlooper Battery "F", 2nd Illinois Artillery- Lieutenant J. W. Mitchell 1st Battery, Minnesota Artillery- Lieutenant G. F. Cooke 1 Section, 3rd Battery Ohio Artillery- Captain Emil Munch Sergeant Sylvanus Clark 5th Battery, Ohio Artillery- Lieutenant B. S. Matson 10th Battery, Ohio Artillery- Captain H. B. White K-0 W-8 M-0 =8 CASUALTIES = Killed 355; Wounded 1,841; Missing 324; TOTAL 2,250 |
| | | | CORNITH, MISSISSIPPI 3-4 October 1862
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