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 36 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS and retreated, without fighting, on May 30. On June 21 Grant moved his headquarters to Mem phis. Gen. Halleck was appointed general-in-chief of all the armies, July 11. Grant returned to Corinth on July 15, and on the 17th Halleck set out for Washington, leaving Grant in command of the Army of the Tennessee; and on October 25 he was assigned to the command of the Depart ment of the Tennessee, including Cairo, Forts Henry and Donelson, northern Mississippi, and portions of Kentucky and Tennessee west of Ten nessee river. He ordered a movement against the enemy at luka to capture Price s force at that place, and a battle was fought on September 19 and 20. The plan promised success, but the faults committed by the officer commanding one wing of the troops engaged permitted the enemy to escape. The National loss was 736, that of the Confederates 1,438. Grant strengthened the posi tion around Corinth, and remained there about eight weeks. When the enemy afterward attacked it, October 3 and 4, they met with a severe repulse. Gen. William S. Rosecrans was in immediate com mand of the National troops. On the 15th they were struck while in retreat, and badly beaten in the battle of the Hatchie. The entire National loss was 2,359. From the best attainable sources of information, the Confederates would seem to have lost nearly twice that number.