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In his leisure he studied the stock market, and he believed that he had several points which were infallible. He put a few hundreds two or three of Halleck's money into a mining stock which was so low that it must rise. In the mean time he tried a new kind of beer, Norwegian beer, which he found a little lighter even than tivoli.
She wrote fully of the visit which Olive Halleck had paid her, but said that they had not gone about much, for Ben Halleck had only been able to come for a day. She was very well, and so was Flavia. Bartley realized Flavia's existence with an effort, and for the rest this letter bored him. What could he care about Olive Halleck's coming, or Ben Halleck's staying away?
The designation of my command had been changed after Halleck's arrival, from the District of South-east Missouri to the District of Cairo, and the small district commanded by General C. F. Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction.
Lieutenant-Colonel McPherson, of General C. F. Smith's, or rather General Halleck's, staff, returned with me, and on the 16th of March we disembarked and marched out about ten miles toward Corinth, to a place called Monterey or Pea Ridge, where the rebels had a cavalry regiment, which of course decamped on our approach, but from the people we learned that trains were bringing large masses of men from every direction into Corinth.
A short time before leaving Corinth I rode from my camp to General Halleck's headquarters, then in tents just outside of the town, where we sat and gossiped for some time, when he mentioned to me casually that General Grant was going away the next morning. I inquired the cause, and he said that he did not know, but that Grant had applied for a thirty days' leave, which had been given him.
I fail to discover any seats in the room, or I should endeavor to find one vacant for you." "Oh, I am not in the least tired." She was looking at me with so deep an expression of interest in her eyes that I dimly wondered at it. "Did I understand rightly," she asked, playing idly with her fan, "that Major Monsoon introduced you to me as Colonel Curran of General Halleck's staff?"
The losses in my regiment, and, in fact, those of the entire command, were insignificant. The results of the expedition were important; the railroad being broken so thoroughly as to cut off all rolling stock north of Booneville, and to place at the service of General Halleck's army the cars and locomotives of which the retreating Confederates were now so much in need.
Departments not changed by Grant Sherman assigned to that of the Tennessee Burnside's situation and supplies His communications Building a railroad Threatened from Virginia His plans Bragg sends Longstreet into East Tennessee Their cross-purposes Correspondence of Grant and Burnside Dana and Wilson sent to consult Grant approves Burnside's course Latter slowly retires on Knoxville The place prepared for a siege Combat at Campbell's station Within the lines at Knoxville Topography of the place Defences Assignment of positions-The forts General Sanders killed His self-sacrifice Longstreet's lines of investment His assault of Fort Sanders The combat The repulse The victory at Missionary Ridge and results Division of Confederate forces a mistake Grant sends Sherman to raise the siege of Knoxville East Tennessee a "horror" Longstreet retreats toward Virginia Sherman rejoins Grant Granger's unwillingness to remain General Foster sent to relieve Burnside Criticism of this act Halleck's misunderstanding of the real situation Grant's easy comprehension of it His conduct in enlarged responsibility General Hunter's inspection report.
The old man started up from the pleasant after-supper drowse into which he was suffering himself to fall, content with Halleck's presence, and willing to leave the talk to the women folk. "I don't know what you mean, Ben?" "I suppose it's my having the matter so much in mind that makes me feel as if we had talked it over. I mentioned it in one of my letters."
He asserted that Grant had drunk no liquor during the campaign except a little, by the surgeon's prescription, on one occasion when attacked by ague. The fault of failing to report his movements and to answer inquiries was later found to be due to a telegraph operator hostile to the Union cause, who did not forward Grant's reports to Halleck nor Halleck's orders to Grant.
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