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Oliver Boardman correspondence and journals, 1861-1863
02_1862-06-06 Page 02
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already two of their railroads cut off another move would have cut off the other two then where would they have been with such an army but I suppose Bureguard knew all this as well as any of us the town was well fortified but it availed them nothing they dare not come out of their breast works to fight us and it seems as though it was not Halleck plan to go inside of theirs until they were entirely cut off they could shell us some from their breast works but it didnt amount to much we had as many guns as they and some of the very best quality the day before Corinth was evacuated our line was moved about amile closer it was done by sending out aregiment of infantry and abattery from each brigade to drive in the heavy picket that the rebels kept close to us all the time it seemed as though there was nothing could stop the balls and shells that our twenty pound parrot guns fired some of them cut their way through the heaviest kind of timber for three or four miles and struck right in Corinth The joke on us was a after we moved up that night we worked all night throwing up breast works and when morning came there was no enemy within miles of us. but I believe the boys were generaly well pleased with the turn affairs had taken The weather was very warm and water none too plenty a hard contested battle was not very desirable under the circumstances and we soon saw that we had gained as much as we could have done by fighting unless we had been very successful, and there was no lives lost. our opinion here is that they will never find abetter place to make astand they had here at Corinth if they couldnt stand here they couldnt anywhere I believe we have men enough in Virginia under McClelan for the rebels there and I know we have enough here for them here its the general opinion of the soldiers here that we will not pass another winter in Uncle Sam's service. I think myself that this summer will wind it up .... I will close my epistle by telling you that the weather is warm and a good prospect for fruit, write soon. Oliver
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already two of their railroads cut off another move would have cut off the other two then where would they have been with such an army but I suppose Bureguard knew all this as well as any of us the town was well fortified but it availed them nothing they dare not come out of their breast works to fight us and it seems as though it was not Halleck plan to go inside of theirs until they were entirely cut off they could shell us some from their breast works but it didnt amount to much we had as many guns as they and some of the very best quality the day before Corinth was evacuated our line was moved about amile closer it was done by sending out aregiment of infantry and abattery from each brigade to drive in the heavy picket that the rebels kept close to us all the time it seemed as though there was nothing could stop the balls and shells that our twenty pound parrot guns fired some of them cut their way through the heaviest kind of timber for three or four miles and struck right in Corinth The joke on us was a after we moved up that night we worked all night throwing up breast works and when morning came there was no enemy within miles of us. but I believe the boys were generaly well pleased with the turn affairs had taken The weather was very warm and water none too plenty a hard contested battle was not very desirable under the circumstances and we soon saw that we had gained as much as we could have done by fighting unless we had been very successful, and there was no lives lost. our opinion here is that they will never find abetter place to make astand they had here at Corinth if they couldnt stand here they couldnt anywhere I believe we have men enough in Virginia under McClelan for the rebels there and I know we have enough here for them here its the general opinion of the soldiers here that we will not pass another winter in Uncle Sam's service. I think myself that this summer will wind it up .... I will close my epistle by telling you that the weather is warm and a good prospect for fruit, write soon. Oliver
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