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15 Oct 62 p3

then it changed to the center and was very severe for a while, about nine o clock there was a lull but it was portentous for the rebels soon advanced in great force on our right. Heavy seige peices within forts and field peices boomed away in voleys making Corinth tremble upon its foundation and musketry rolled in volumes yet the rebels advanced and without running and without noise they marched up to the only fort in that quarter. Some were killed in the dich and some were blown away from the fort in torn shreds others were killed while climbing over the guns yet they took the fort and advanced into town. The fight was now transfered to the streets. A partially finished battery of heavy guns in the center of town now opened upon the rebels with terible effect insomuch that they fell back closely folowed and again the fort they had taken opened upon them and slew them with a great slaughter. The rebels also lost a good many of their men taken prisoner in this last movement. It was near noon when the rebels commenced falling back and they never halted in the vicinity but continued to retreat. About one o clock Gen. Grants division began to pour in but they were a little too late the victory had been won. In the evening our reg. went to our camp and for the first time we saw the recruits that had come to fill up our company and again saw our quinine brigade (as we call them) or those that are never able for duty or at least never ready always having some excuse such as a lame horse or a horse with a soar back a boil on their own posterior the tooth-ache or something else. Early on the morning of the [illegible] we left the quinine Brigade and the recruits, as they have no arms or saddles yet and started in persuit of the Butternuts. Our reg. and the 7th Kansas cav. (whith whom we are brigaded) a small force of infantry and two guns went out on the same road that we came in upon, on the night of the 3rd. while a large force folowed right after the rebels. The first night we camped on our old posis. 15 miles west of Corinth, and near Kosouth. During the night Co.s D & K went to Danville near Rienzi to see if we could find any rebels. Oct. 6th we camped on the Hachie and caught a rebel picket force there without fireing a gun. The next day (7th) we advanced cautiously towards Ruesserville expecting to find a large force there