General Grant has issued the following congratulatory order:

Headq’rs Dist. of West Tennessee
Corinth, MS, Sept. 20, 1862

General Order No. 1

The General commanding takes pleasure in congratulating the two wings of the army, commanded respectively by Maj. Gen. Ord and Maj. Gen. Rosecrans, upon the energy; alacrity, and bravery displayed by them on the 19th and 20th inst., in their movement against the enemy at Iuka.

Although the enemy was in numbers reputed far greater than their own, nothing was evinced by the troops but a burning desire to meet him, whatever his numbers, and however strong his position.