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CHAPTER VI
THE SIEGE OF CORINTH
Leaving Winter Quarters-The Prairies-Duvall's BluffAwaiting
Transportation-White River-The MississippiMemphis-Am
Detailed-En Route to Corinth-Corinth-Red
Tape-Siege of Corinth-"A Soldier's Grave "-Digging for
Water-Suffering and Sickness-Regiment ReorganizedlEvacuation
of Corinth.
CAPTAIN FRANK M. TAYLOR having died, First Lieutenant
J. J. A. Barker was promoted to captain and
Private James E. Dillard was promoted to second
lieutenant. After remaining at our winter quarters
for a few days, resting and feeding up, we started on
our long eastward journey, leaving the wounded and
sick in charge of Dr. I. K. Frazer. We moved down
on the north side of the Arkansas River, stopping
two or three days opposite Little Rock. During our
stay here I availed myself of the opportunity of
seeing the capital of the State. From Little Rock
we crossed the country to Duvall's Bluff on White
River, where the men were requested to dismount,
send their horses back to Texas, and go afoot for a
time. This they agreed to without a murmur, on
the promise that, at a proper time, we should be remounted.
On this march from Arkansas River to White
River we crossed grand prairie, and, though I had
often heard of these great stretches of dead level
country, had never seen them. I do not know the
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/87/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.