THE OPPOSING FORCES AT IUKA, MISS.



thing was made ready for battle in the morning.
The enemy, however, left the vicinity of the field
during the night, leaving the battery which had
been the object of such a sanguinary struggle but
a short distance to the rear, and near their first line
of battle.
  The Pulton road being open, there was nothing
to interfere with the enemy's escape. A pursuit
was made the following day -but a pursuit of a
defeated enemy can amount to little in a country
like that of northern Mississippi, heavily wooded,



and with narrow roads, when the enemy has time
enough to get his artillery and trains in front of
his infantry. To make an effective pursuit, it must
be so close on the heels of the battle t4at trains,
artillery, and troops can be made to blockade the
roads by being mixed in an indiscriminate mass.
  On the following day, September 21st, ourtroops
were back in their old encampments at Jacinto.
Just two weeks later, the same divisions and bri-
gades were measured against each other on the
field of Corinth.



              THE OPPOSING FORCES AT IUKA, MISS.

                                     September l1th, 1862.

Tin e,-npofiflon.  lo s.   Mrnl strength of e h  any as  here h at',l  give tle gist of a11 ls .1st  oldtaaal lo in th.e Omcis
itecoe .  K  stan.d   t-o kIillcd. w  fr - o - .led 1; r  w  for .- ..rt.lly  wo,,n.le l  m for  capt.ueel or  i ,  capt.-reA.

                                  THE UNION FORCES.
                 ARMY OF THE M18SISSIPPI.- Major-General William S. Roseerans.



smcoiti Dmsllix- Brig.-tt. David S. Stanley.
FirA Brigde, Col. John W. Fuller: 27th Ohio, Major
Zephaniah S. 8paulIding; 39th Ohi". Cot. Alfred W. Gil-
bert; 43d1 Ohio. Col. J. L. Kirby Smith: S3d Ohio, Col.
John W. Spragus; M, 1st Mo. Arty. Capt. Albert M.
Powell; sth Win. Battery (ettcon), Lieut. John D.
McLean; F, 2d U. t. Art'y, Capt Thomas D. Maurice.
Brigade loss: w, 8. Send Brigade, CoL. Joseph A
Mower: 26th 111.. Major Robert A. Gimore; 47th Ill.,
Lient.-Col. William A. Thrush; 11th Mo., Major Andrew
J. Weber: stb Wia, Lieut.-Col. George W. Bobbins; 3d
lowv Battery. Capt. Nelson T. Spoor; ad Mi(h. Battery.
COpt. Alex W. Dees. Brigadeloss: k. 8; w. 81 m, 4=-3.
TItIRl' DIVlU10 . Brig.-ien.Ce. F. Hamilton. Stattffto-: w.2.
E.ort: C, 5th Mo. Cav., Capt. Albert Borcherdt /w).
Loss: kl; w,2=.
First Brigade, Col. John B. Sanborn: 48th Ind., Col.
Norman Eddy (w). Liet.-Col. De Witt C. Rugg; 5th
Iowa. Col. Charles L. Matthbes; lath Iowa, Cot. Alex-
ander Chambers w), Lieot.-Col. Add. H. Sanders: 4th
Minn.. Capt. Ebenezer Le Gro; 26th Mo., Col. George B.
Boomer (w); 11th Ohio Battery. Lieut. Cyru Sears (w).
Brigade loss: k, 127; w. 434; m. 27=588. bro.d Bri-
gude, Brig.-Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan: 10th Iowa. Co.



Nicholas Per-eel: 17th Iowa, Col. John W. Rankln (in-
jired,Capt. Samson M. Archer iwi, Capt. John L.Young;
lOth Mo.,Col. Samuel A.Bolmes; E,24th Mo.,Capt. Lafay-
ette M. Rie-; 8sh Ohio, Lteut.-Col. Matthias H. Bartilson
(w), Major Richard Lanning; 12th WIs. Battery. Lieut.
Lorenzo D. Immell. Brigade ls: k. ; W. 76; m, 6 = 86.
CAVALRY DivIsiox, CoL. John K. Mlaner: 2d1 Iowa, Cot.
Edward Hateh; B and E, 7th Kans.. Capt. Frederiek
Swoyer; ad Mith., Capt. Lyman G. Witt-ox. 1)v"ison
loss: w, 9. UTaaaeked: Jenks's Co., 111. Cav., Capt.
Albert Jenks. Loss: w, 1.
Total loss of the Union Army: killed, 141; wounded,
613; captured or missing. H1 = 790.
Generallloeeran ssays ("Offielal Records," Vol. XVIL,
PL I., p. 74) that w we moved from Jaeinto at 6 A. U., with
seoo men, on Prices forces at Inks. After a march of
18 miles attacked them at 4: 30 P. x. .. - with les than
halt our forces in action." Meanwhile the command of
General E. 0. C. Ord, comprising the divisions of Davies.
Ross, and McArthur, numbering about 800 men, was
marching from Corinth direct on Inks, and was within
four or five miles of the hattle-field on the 19th (wae map,
p. 730). The entire Union force near Iuka, including
Ord, was about 17,000 men.



      THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
ARMY OF THE WEST_-Major-General Sterling Price.



FIRST DvmsION. Brig.-Gen. Henry Little (tkt
First 1rig  . Col. ElUah Gates: 16th Ark., -;  3d
MY., CoL. Franca M. Coekrell; ad Mo., Cot. James A.
Pritchard; 5th Mo..    ; 1sot Mo. (dismounted cavalry),
Lieut.-Col W. D. Msupin; Mo. Battery, Capt. William
Wade. Brigade loss: w, l. Rmcod Brigadc, Brig.-Gen.
Louis llebert: l4th Ark., -; 17th Ark.. Lient.-Col.
John Griffith: 3d La.. Lleut.-CoL J. B. Gilmore w); 40th
Mis.. Col. W  Bruce Colbert: Ist Te.. Legion (di-
mounted cavalry). Col. John W. Whitfield (wi. Lieut.-
Col. E. R. Hawkins; ad Tes. (dismounted cavalry), Cot.
H. P. Mabry (t wl\ St. Louis ( Mo.) Battery, Capt. William
E. DawsOn: Clark (Mo.) Battery, Lieut. J. L. Paris.
Brgade ios: k, 63; w, 3S5; I. 40= 40. Tirsd Brigde,
Brig.-Gen. Martin E. Green: 7th Mis. Battalion. Lient.-
Cot. J. S. Terral; 43d Miss.. Cot. W. H. Moore; 4th Mo.,
Cot. A. MacFarlau-: 6th Mo., Col. Eugene Erwin; ad Mo.
udismounted cavalry,, -  ; Mo. Battery, Capt. Henry



Gnibor; Mo. Battery. Capt. John C. Landis. Fourth
Briedc, CoL. John D. Martin: 37th Ala., CoL. James F.
Dowdell (w); 36th Mis., CoL. W. W. Witherspoon; 37th
Miss., Col. Robert MeLain; 38th Miss, Col. F. W. Adams.
Brigade loss: k, 12; W, 95 = 117.
CAVALRY, Brig.-Gen. Prank C. Armstrong: Miss, regi-
ment, CoL Wirt Adams:; d Ark., Col. W. F. Slemons;
-d No., CoL Robert MeCulloch; lt Ml. Partisan Ran-
ger., Col. W. C. Falkner. Loss not reported.
Total Confederate loss: killed, 88; wounded, 410; capt-
ured or missing. 40 = 535.
The battle was fought on the Confederate side by Lit-
tle's division, and mainly by the brigades of Hebert aad
Martin, numbering 3179 men. But the effective strength
of Priee's entire command Is estimated at about 14,000,
including Dabney H. Maury's division, of three brigades,
which, duriag the 19th, was held near Iuka in readiness
to confront Ord.



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