They offered a protest, which was insolently rejected.

We could not ascertain General Halleck's purpose in excluding us just as the campaign was closing, but concluded he desired we should not witness the end of the siege in which so much had been promised and so little accomplished.

A week after our departure, General Beauregard evacuated Corinth, and our army took possession.

The fruits of the victory were an empty village, a few hundred stragglers, and a small quantity of war _materiel_.
From Corinth the Rebels retreated to Tupelo, Mississippi, where they threw up defensive works.

The Rebel Government censured General Beauregard for abandoning Corinth.