of the Corinth
road; the left flank of the division was in sight of Stuart's brigade;
there was a considerable gap between its right flank and Sherman's
division. The divisions were not camped with a view to defence against
an apprehended attack; but they did fulfil General Halleck's
instructions to General C.F. Smith, to select a depot with a view to the
march on to Corinth. Sherman's division lay across one road to Corinth,
with McClernand's in its rear; Prentiss' division lay across the other
road to Corinth, with Hurlbut in his rear, and C.F. Smith was camped so
as to follow either. The divisions did not march to the selected ground
and pitch camp in a forenoon; but, partly from the rain and mud, partly
want of practice, some of the divisions were several days unloading from
the boats, hauling in the great trains then allowed to regiments
(twenty-seven wagons and two ambulances to a regiment in some cases,)
laying out the ground, and putting up tents. General Sherman, before
settling down in his camp, made a reconnoissance out to Monterey,
nearly half way to Corinth, and dislodged a detachment of hostile
cavalry camped there. Every division and many of the brigades found a
separate drill-ground in some neighboring field, and constant drilling
was preparing the command for the march to Corinth.

Major-General C.F. Smith received an injury to his leg by jumping into a
yawl early in March. This injury, seeming trivial at first, resulted in
his death on April 25th. It became so aggravated by the end of March
that he was obliged to move from Pittsburg Landing to Savannah, leaving
Brigadier-General W.H.L. Wallace in command of his division, and
Major-General McClernand, senior officer present, at Pittsburg. General
Grant--who went up from Savannah every day to visit the camps, and was
requested by General McClernand, by letter on March 27th, to move his
headquarters to Pittsburg Landing--was about to transfer his
headquarters thither on April 4th, when he received a letter from
General Buell saying he would arrive next day at Savannah, and
requesting an interview. The transfer of headquarters was accordingly
postponed till after the interview.

General L. Wallace's division disembarked at Crump's Landing on the same
side of the river with Pittsburg Landing, and a little above Savannah.
His First Brigade went into camp near the river; the Second at Stony
Lonesome, about two miles out on the road to Purdy; the Third Briga