The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-30

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I tomorrow the entire situation is chang
ed,
Az EXCITING FOOT RACE.
Buell. and Bragg have been running a
| race from Northern Alabama into Ken
lucky, and just now they are preparing
10 contest the prize for which they ran
the control Of the State.
Buell. left the Tennessee river, near
/ Chattanooga, at the same time that Bragg |
| left Chattanooga. The former marched /
directly TO Nashville, while the latter
made delour to the famous Cumberland /
Gap. Thence pushing along by rapid
marches, he crossed the Cumberland near
Burlesyille thus escaping the barren re-
| gion Of Eastern Kentucky, and was
again in the center of the State so much
| coveted by the Southern Confederacy. /
| But his aim does not seem 70 have been
merely TO get into Kentucky, but to form |
| q junction with Kirby Smith, and, be- /
tween them, get n Judgment on the Ohio. |
! BY pushing directly north from Burkes
vile, Bragg wonld have found himself in |
the midst Of a country utterly devoid of |
sustenance either for man or beast. He |
therefore still bore TO the westward and |
north, evidently aiming for the rich and |
productive regions about Bowling Green. |
But General Buell. had his eyes on the |
rebel chief, and watched every move
ment he made with the acuteness that |
cat watches a mouse. He saw Braggs |
designs, and at once broke up camp at
Nashville, and pushed out to Bowling
Green himself, arriving there in time to
Illustrate the intentions of the rebels.
THE REBELS OCCUPY GLASGOW.
Finding himself foiled in getting pos
session of Bowling Green, the defenCCs
of which were so familiar to him, Bragg
turned Off and made for Glasgow Buell.
also saw this movement and started
division of his army to take possession
of Glasgow. The rebels were moving up
by forced marches, the Right Reverend
Brigadier General Polk having the ad
vance The race at this time became ex
citing; but the rebels rather got the start
Of us, owing TO our desire TO avoid bring
ing on general engagement and reached
Glasgow, causing the division Of Buel1s
army that had started for that place TO
turn back. Bragg reached Glasgow on
Thursday last, and, by the next day, had
his entire army encamped on Beaver
Creek and about the town.
WHAT KIRBY SMITH WAS AFTER.
Then began the second chapter of this
exciting campaign. II will be observed
that, at about the time Bragg reached
Glasgow, Kirby Smith began his retreat
, from Cincinnati. No one in Kentucky
} to-day is so simple as to believe that Kir-
by Smith ever intended attacking Gin
| ,,p Ia wEnn
ton there, il is true but il was merely a
teint TO keep achievements from Buell.,
= and thus aid Bragg. That object having
been accomplished, he now falls back 10
join Bragg
BRAGG TRIES TO PEN BUELL. UP.
I In the meantime, Bragg labors to keep
1 Buell. isolated from the rest of the Fed
cral army. So long as the Louisville and
n Nashville Railroad remained in our pos
0 session and in running order, so long was
4 there a chance for General Baell TO be re-
inforccd from this place.
y DESTRUCTION OF THE CAVE TUNNEL.
! Seeing this, Bragg, on, his arrival at
I Glasgow, immediately started out an ex-
= petition to destroy the railroad tunnel
: near the Mammoth Cave This place
" was defended by a portion Of Gen. Rous-
%, seau's division. An engagement occur
:, red at this point resulting in the repulse
4 of Rousseau's men. The rebels then
a burned the woodwork in the tunnel and
!. Immediately retired. This left the rail-
- road temporarily impossible, but the
q damage could be speedily repaired.
lrromthe Chicago journal
ADVANCE or Grvrn,t uruI' IS Cora.
rulE SrmNC, lNN, ~,plrmbcr9. lsG1
Il Into camp again, after a long, weary
march from Edgelield Junction. The
l. march has been one of very little interest
n. in itself but | met on the road and had
l. q long conversation with gentleman
IN who had Just come from Bragg's army
n and has important information concern
10 ing it, Much Of the same information |
Al had obtained and sent you from other
i sources, but this, | am led to believe has
lie been captured. | therefore give you his
l. whole statement as / have received il,
l. promising that his story has received
is crcdencc from General Buell., and is cor
r roborated by the testimony Of others.
10 The informant in this case is an East
G. Tennessee refugee, and | suspect him Ia
" be in the secret service Of the Govern
le ment. lie is a young intelligent man, oil
W athletic frame, and clear, steady eve
i'm | lie left Cheeksyille, little town in the
81 valley of Sequatchy River, and went e
ID | Dunlap further north, on the Goth o
IN | August. lie had moved, he saws, bccaus,
n he had understood that Bragg was NOV.
s. ing by the Anderson Road west TOWARD
Ia Battle Creek A battle was expected
n and he desired to get away from tn,
nd vicinity of the probable field. lie wal
In surprised to learn. on the morning Of tn,
he 2Sth, that Bragg was moving north by ia,
e. Valley Road, and only few miles dis
lis tant from Dunlap, having biyouacked 81,
Is. miles from Dunlap. tie immcdiatell
m. left the town and hid himself il
in the mountains. lie posted himsel
nv in the woods not far from town, hid il
pt the bushes, and waited, ia the hope tina
C. Bragg would pass him by unmofested
he, He was, however, discovered by infantry
ly who were engaged m the rear in gather
be ing mp recruits for Braggs army.
ms. lie was enabled from his position {
IN. see 3ragg's army pass by. The adyanc
I'm of the army was a regiment of Georgi
Nv. Cavalry acting as escort 10 Maior-Gen
d. eral W. j Hardec who cOmmandsa corp
lst of Bragg's army. AT that time, however
ed he had no infantry with him, but in IN
ms. rear of the cavalry corps came six bal
III teries of field artillery'and four heay
In guns--42 Founders, my informant think
he These batteries moved slowly up the va
ler ley, and some distance in the rear can
mt, the infantry.
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