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IUKA , the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Tishomingo county, See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, U.S.A., about 25 M. S.E. of See also:

Corinth in the N.E. corner of the See also:

state and 8 m. S. of the See also:

TENNESSEE

Tennessee See also:

RIVER

river. Pop. (1900) 882; (1910) 1221. It is served by the See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern railway, and has a considerable See also:

trade in See also:

cotton and See also:

FARM

farm products. Its See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs make it a See also:

HEALTH

health resort. In the See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War, a Confederate force under See also:

General See also:

Sterling See also:

Price occupied the See also:

TOWN

town on the 14th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1862, See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving out a small See also:

Union See also:

garrison; and on the 19th of September a partial engagement took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place between Price and a Federal See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column commanded by General See also:

ROSECRANS, WILLIAM STARKE (1819-1898)

Rosecrans, in which the Confederate losses were 700 and the Union 790. Price, whose See also:

LINE

line of See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat was threatened by See also:

SUPERIOR

superior forces under General See also:

Grant, withdrew from Iuka on the See also:

MORNING

morning of the loth of September.

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