Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-14

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Account.
A correspondent of the Louisville Journal
makes an excuse for the Federal retreat from
Greensburg, and an explanation of General
Hardee's column not advancing. We quote
from his letters
! Various rumors from almost every source had
| reached Gen Ward about the advance Of the
enemy. They were all uuheeded, except to
/ make him more watchful, until IT was ap-
parent that the enemy was so near that,
/ either he was 10 fight or by retreat save
/ his arms munitions Of war, and ms raw
recruits of days experience in military affairs.
1t was determined TO retreat to this place ana he
did so.
Gen. Hardee was sent by Gen. Buckner with
an army, in three divisions, to surround and
take Greensburg-Oue object of the expedition
being all the army stores in that place. This
army was pilOted through the country 10 Green's
burg by residents of the place and citizens Of
the county; men so well acquainted with the
by-paths of this hilly country that they could
almost have brought that army to the suburbs of
the village without its being known. Mr.. Mon
roe Adair and Mr.. James Moss were two of the
leaders This army amounted to about four
thousand men, all told, two thousand came to
Green river and crossed the Little Barren and
the lmthest side of Green river. At the very
time they expected to make their last advance,
these rivers were so swollen by the very recent
rains that could not be crossed for a number OF
days. by the lapse of which time Gen. Ward had
retreated to this place. And nothing but the
rains saved those army stores and recruits.
Cen Ward had under his command at the
time only about 1900 men, increased to about
23O0 men by Colonels Grider, Harlan and An
derson's men and some Home Guards. Bnt the
greater portion of these re-entorcements did not
reach Cen Ward until Saturday night after
reaching Campbellsville, which he did on Fri
dav evening. Col. Orders command however
met the brigade on its retreat, about midway be-
tween Greensburg and this place. On Satur-
dav, the rebels entered Greensburg, about forty
FIVE strong, by swimming the river just at the
town, leaving about 200 on the other side OF it.
but retreated in great confusion upon being told
that Gen. Ward would return that evening
Gen. Ward sent out a reconnaissance on Sunday
morning under Col. Hobson, about $50 strong
who went into their encampment and was told
BY the old turner's near It that they had left it in
a most wild confusion on Sunday morning
They have been back to Greensburg once since,
but only with a very small force. This division
is the only one of which Gen. Ward has any
perfectly reliable information. with this GYls-
ion Adair and Moss We're connected.
You have now q true and unyamished account
of this matter These rebels are drilled men
while Gen Wards forces are raw recruits AT
the time Of his reinforcement Gen. Ward had
ordered the roads leading 10 that point TO be
filled by telling timber across it; Col. Harlan
also giving the same order to the farmers on his
advance to to this point Now, you have all
the facts, and you can rely on them as undoubt-