The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-02
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e""s isst eAPieif ~ Shus 06scnbed by let.
26th
,s uo lass Wednesday morning "a Indiana rsei.
.s y ~ ospatehed from NashviIle BY rail- q iar
as me eurnt bridge At Sand0rsvfils from thAnee y,
On loot to 0sllatin, 10 recspture that place
rsdouDtsss @ Jae she time Mn o. possible. 70 capture the
regiment (liehsren) entered 0alIatin and srrestsS
every male citizen, incuding mauy Of the nIdsss ~
the county: He permitted his men 10 sacI ths ~
stores anu destroy the property Of quiet peacAahs
citizens aud also to enter the Masonic G.,d.s -
Gailatin and scatter the furniture ana paranI.srn
liza Of the order tn every direction They then pre.
ceeded with their cap'ives down the road to Yards
Nashville La the meantime Gen. Morgan with
I,SOO men, returned to dallstin from Har1svilie
and hearing Of the recent visit Of the "Yauks,
started with his command 10 pursuit.
~ he chased the indianisns 10 within tsn miles Of
HashVe, killing some fifty or sixty, and capturing
about NIFTY prisonerS Al the junction OF the EDGE.
ned and Kentucky Railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville Road the Yankees made stand behind
triangular stoekade work, and Gem MORGAN drew
off his men, rather than sacrifice them In the At
tempt to capture the few Yankees that had tax an
refuge there, and returned to Gailatin. In the
hgnt at the junction two Of his officers were killed
Lieut.. j. A. Smith, Of Company A. and Adiutaut
Niles. Oniy three OF his men were wounded
AT Gailatia the next morning intelligence reached
Morgan that Gen. johnson, with q large Federal
cavalry force, was fapidly advancing. Norran raj
iisd his men and moved out the HsrtsvjlIe roal 10
meet him. Both parties ran together at the frnt
tolgate the HartsyiIle roskl and the fieht com,
menced. but esased shortly at the appearance Of a
ed an armistice He was taken by surprise and his
men were net all together Morgan sent word 10
him that he had been following him from point TO
point, and now he could get it. The fight was re.
sumed. but shortly ended in complete victory for
Morgan-Gen johnson, with 600 OF his men, hay.
Ing surrendered. About i've hundred escaped by
fording the Cumberland, swimming the ri, er. and
leaving their horses on the wrong side, and getting
d;l pf 1s
most practicable way possible. A came up to Leb.
anon about o'clock on the evening of the fxht,
saw Johnson's men "skedaddling' (to use a Yankee
vulgaIism) in the most disgraeeful manner MANY
of them were hatiess and even bootless after their
bootiess effort to capture John Morgan. They tar
rfed not in Lebanon, nor even till they landed safe
ly in Nashville.
Many OF them on foot were pressing horses and
vehicles of every kind with which 10 get away
from Morgan, and their guns and accontrements
were strewn from Lebanon to the tOllssat nearest
to Nashville They acknowledged themselves to be
citizens of Lebanon, that they were badly whipped;
In fact, "cut all to pieces Morgan, believe, il
still at Hartsvile, or perhaps at Gallatin and For
rest must have joined him by this time. New
cruits were foeking to Morgan from every direction
i'll Kentucky aud Tennessee. and the citizens are
once again hopeful Of deliverance from the Phiis-
tines. WAS unable to ascertain Morgan loss In
the last fight / have heard 1t estimated at 100
killed and wounded. but do not believe 1t Ia half
that.
NO A0ot ioAu "a tnS 6uuUoat5 ou Jduich TlStA
amounted to little less than nothing On Thurs.
day last the aotila off Hsrrisons Landing steamed
up James river for the purpose It was supposed of
reducing" Drury's Bluff. A letter to the Peters
burg Express gives the particulars of the redue.
ton:
On arriving at the mouth of the AppaDat,ox.
a large legunboat which was In the advance, rau
aground This caused the balauce nine in number
to take positions along the Appomattox channel,
While the iron-e Galena and Monitor moved mp
the James, with the intention doubtless of going on
but finding the big sloop of-war still aground they
slipped their anchors and formed in line Of battle,
extending from Bermuda Hundreds to DR.. McCo.
mer's late residence on the Appomatox
The fotilla consisted Of the two ironclsds already
mentioned; one sloopof war, lS guns one of lG
and one Of lU guns; ten New York ferry boats car
ryinB four 9inch guns each; two steam tugs Of two
guns each, and two transports They also brought
with them many Schooners loaded with coal, evi
IDENTIFY intending to remain ny the river Tor several
days.
The vesseis remained in the position above de.
seribed until 81 o'clock Friday morning when all
weighed anchor aud moved down James river,
seemingly in a great hurry. az one of the sloops
smsm her sasls diassSt rsf Seiss eaisea
tug was busily engaged in endeavoTing TO rescue
the anchor, the Confederate picket stationed at
City Point delivered voey at the little ting, which
tug immediately turned about and returned the
fire from small brass howitzer, but did no damage
TO our men While thus engaged, the Monitor and
two small gunboats came to the aid Of the tug and
commenced sheliing both sides OF the Appomattox
at City Point and Rays farm. In the meantime
our piekets, nothing daunted rushed down to the
waters edge st City Point, and poured voiley after
voley at the exposed buIkers On tho deck Of the
tug, evidently causing them TO suffer severely
The tug soon Withdrew bsyend the range OF sInsll
arms at HE Point, and brought their guns to bear
ON the signal station at Rays farm, shelng the
station for one hour and ten minutes, and cutting
down trees and tearing up the ground in the yard
where the station Is situated. The signal men did
not shrink from duty during this terrible shower of
shell, but continued to wave their flags and pass
messages along the line TO Petersburg and kieh-
nand.
At o'clock the firing ceased and the Monitor
aud cousorts steamed down the river and Joined
the hotilla lying at anchor off Harrisons Land
ing
Nothing more was heard from the feet until FRI
day morning, August 99th, when, at 10 O'Clock, the
entire dotilla commenced the work Of weighing
anchor and making fast to their ssil transports--
We at first thought this wGs preparatory 10 move
for Richmond, but to my great surprise they steam.
ed down the river, taking with them sill their
schooners, lighters, and negroes. At II o'clock
the last mast had disappeared from view at Berk-
ley.
Thus ends the great work for the present, that
Com. Wilkes, with his invincible feet: was TO have
accomplished before the 18th Of August.