New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-23
From Cen. zollicoarsr,s copsn,ara. Z

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We find In the Nashville Banner of tie IssI, 4
letter from Camp three5 miles north Of Min
Springs, Kentucky which states that Gen. zolli.
Golfer is not only slowly advancing bus His men
are active and successful IN harrassng the enemy,
We make the following extracts. W $2
ON the night OF the 9Th the General ordered A.
part OF ms command across the river Col Cum
h'hgs and Col. Stanton crossed that night .=t,ext
morning, aIa Col Bants and Col. Wood, ieasfng the
Daiance f the force the south side Of GusTsber-
iand river. The Yankees having sank aIItbe boats
before ouf troops moved up, except one at this
pace NJ Nnicn BY careeasness; was suffered TO get
49, saa ~ saa q our arrival on the next day
there were heaVy details made to build ferry boats
Our men worked hard and faithfully in lie sr,ow
and mud, and yesterday had Eve GOOD hoats
plying across the river; and last night all the
On Tuesday last, Lient. Ford, 81 East Tennessee
SaVairy, and five others, and Captain Bifberry. Of
oyerton, with bis company, crossed tie river a.
Pick1e.s and u one mile OF onr camp Iieqt. Ford
hred upon and wounded one of the pickles Of the
enemy, supposed TO be Captain of d cavalry
company, who; with abost forty others fed Il,
double quick time. When within about three miles
ens camp M neg ran into the seyenteeth Ohio
1 1oggln, VINO also caught the same stem and
tdoubie-qHieked it to Somerset the sarne NIGHT. It
Is very amusing to see citizens, whose honses they
| Ohios Each wagon had three drfvers-ore ID hold
tne reins, and one to each side with long pole,
petng their poor animals --tired and broken down
most numerically. \. ~ NO No.
! oa Ihqrsday Gen. Zollicoasr ordered Cant.
scott Bedsoe the terror Of all Lincolnite 81 with
ten of bis Bull Tigers, TO scout this side ofsthe
river. Everybody was looking for the captains
return-as be knew the country well-and from lis
Known courage, skill, bravery and prudence we
knew he would find the Yankees By noon the
captain was at the generals headauarfers. escort
Ing Major Heivetes, of the First Kentucky cavalry
| Captain Prime, of the engineers, corps and one
private, "a guide) named Hutson, Of PuIagki
county At their approach the major and party fied
hotly pursued by Capt. .Biedsoe and Sergeant
hcGinnis, Capt. B. firing upon and breakines The
arm OF the Major, who fen from his horse. Ser
geant N. fired upon Capt. Prime the hall ne7le-
trating his leg, he then knocked him Off HIS horse
with his pistol Neither he nor Can't, B. made any
halt for these, but, being in advance kept M the
chase unti they captured the private thus gettin,
the whole party. Capt. Bledsoe captured Colts
revolving rifle, pair of repeaters, two fine horses
etc. '2s5E. IL si5ss s5st.zy5s3 = $3.50 90
4 Capt. Bedsoe and his Bull Tigers will do Lin.
colnites as much damage as any men in the ser.
vice, and are the very men for this kind of conu.
4 try-braVe hardy, etc. Yesterday morning Gen
4 I*eordered9 Col Mcclellan, with 800 cavalry. to
scout the enemy's camps ON Fish creek, near some
| salt works: When approaching, they saw the enc
! my's pickets in their entertainments and made a
long charge upon them. But, strong as the posi-
ton was they fed and left it, our boys giving ho,
pursuit for i've miles, and within two miles of Som.
erset. They ran into the infantry piekets, cap
tured Is, and killed from ii to 20--one man count
ed ll5dead along the road-eaptured d number OF
| guns. pistols, blankets, etc., The pickets were
principally from the Thirty Third Ohio. Onr bows
ran the balance into their camp, in sight Of Somer.
set where from 5000 to 5000 Lincoln troops are
eamPed, and returned to camp in slow walk,