The shop man inclined his head again, swept a yellow hand

every comfort due the faithful service he had rendered.

In moving from Corinth east toward Chattanooga, General Buell's army

was much delayed by the requirement that he should repair the Memphis

and Charleston railroad as he progressed. The work of repair obliged

him to march very slowly, and was of but little use when done, for

guerrillas and other bands of Confederates destroyed the road again

as soon as he had passed on. But worst of all, the time thus

consumed gave General Bragg the opportunity to reorganize and