CHAPTER VII.

PITTSBURG LANDING, FORT PILLOW, AND MEMPHIS.

The Opposing Forces. -- The Battle-Field. -- The Poor Whites of

the South. -- General Sherman. -- Beauregard's Despatch. --

Retreat of the Rebels. -- Halleck's Advance upon Corinth. --

The Mississippi Fleet. -- Admiral Davis. -- Captain Maynadier.

-- A Trap for the Rebels. -- Movement of the Rams. -- Fire of

the Rebel Batteries. -- Evacuation of Fort Pillow. -- Gunboat

Fight at Memphis. -- Surrender of the City. -- Commodore Ellet. 93

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