The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-17

mo Movements Of tic Rebel Bragg

Braxion Bragg is now in Kentucky.
The movements Of The corps OF Braeg's
army under General Kirby Smith arc
known 70 our readers as far "a we have
been able TO obtain information Of them.
We have lately been put in possession Of
fact which establish beyond doubt that
the two other corps OF the same army
have also entered the State We briefly
publish these facts for the benefit Of our
readers, adding that they are obtained
from most reliable authority Our read
ers S,o also acquainted with tte fact that
Gen. Buells positions az Battle Greek,
huntsville, and MoMinnyille have been
evacuated hy that admirable ohcor
Many new papers, ignorant Of the rebel
movements, have blamed Con, Buell. Cor
his lnaoti0n and his laio rctrocrcssiyc
movements,
General Bragg massed his army az
Chattanooga and Knoxville, East Ten.
nossce The column or corps under Gen.
Kirby Smith succeeded in thanking Gen.
CIV Morgan and, with but one battle
Of any consequence, that Of Tazcweil,
effected The design Of getting into his
rear and thence further into Kentucky.
All the details Of this movement are ia
miliar TO orr readers The other two
corps have moved with equal secrecy
and effect and are now attempting q
junction with Smith. Tho army OF Ma
Tor General Bragg is divided into three
COPS HWla under Major Generals VIM
y. Hardoc, Ieouidas Polk, and Kirby
smith, Each OF these corps would mum
Der about 10 600 men if the regiments
were luii, but ID is not probable. that, Of
this whole army, 10000 effective Infantry
can be brought into action. The cavalry
force of the two corps under Hardec and
Polk is estimated at 5000, and it is
known that they have each three bate.
rics Of light artillery and several pieces
of heavy guns. Among the division
commanders in Bardee's corps. are s. ID.
Buckner, Henry W. billiard, aud a Brig
adler General Slaughter This Slaughter
we cannot call to mind, and il has been
suggested To us that Savage of Tennessee
is meant With Buckner our readers arc
familiar Ii is rumorcd that he has been
mado q Major General There is little
doubtihat he commands division of this
army, organized TO penetrate q country
with which he is intimately acquainted.
and in which, il were useless to deny.
he has \ widespread and evil influence
over certain classes OF people Chcatham,'
Of Tennessee, Anderson, Of Pcnnsacola
notoliety, and Nancy, of Tennessee. have
divisions in Folks corps.
With two corps Of this army thus or
gan.zed under Hardee and Polk, Bragg,
ON or about the 22d OF August, crossed
tie Tennessee river at Harrison, a few
miles above Chattanooga, the stream at
that time being easily iorded. On the
evening Of the 9th Of August he had
marched westward by the mountain road
to Dunlap. AT the time of reaching this
point, our informant trst saw them, and,
by lying in the bushes near the town,
marked them 60 by. lie counted forty
pieces Of field artillery, five regiments of
cavalry, aud thirty-siX regiments Of in
fanify ihe ranks Of which appeared 90
him to be nearly orquite full lie repre-
sents that jhe men were well armed and
tine cavalry well mounted The batter
les we've very complete, all The appoint
mlut5 being now and full. The rcgi-
MEMS moved with but three wagons
tt'la ttlhA II ~ ar HAaiNAA AZ AffAlNI llNi
the officers Were allowed 20 carry little
or no baggage. The troops were proyi-
ded with large tarpaulius, which they
stretched from tree TO tree, and under
which whole companies can sleep with
comfort The wagon5 were used 10 haul
forage, the ten tarpaulns of q regiment
taking up but little room. The men
lived of the country. Many OF tho in
. ianlry were mounted on horses with bri-
dies imnroyiscd from ropes and ihe like,
/ The whole force moved speedily up the
valley ot The Spquatchierivcr, and were
at Pibeyiilc ON the 3Oth Of August
On the Same day o large force was
/ thrown forward toward McMinuyille and
! Nashville from Pkgyillo. The robcI
cavalry made an advance far towards
McMiuuHilc, and one or two smart Skin.
mighOs were had with our troops thrown
forward from that point La the mean
time the rest of the robel army was
moving northeast toward Clssyillc, aud,
on The LIST Of September, the advance
reached tho mountains at Cassyille hav-
ing assembled by the Grassy Cave road,
while The force thrown toward McMinu.
lowed tba moin 5rmv Petite i,far.
nation of tbis movement rcacbcd C.n
GucIl ON S,nlcmhcr od.
Con grs1o entered Eo,t,.l,, ,,N.
bonv. Clinton rountv an tho XIX ~ ,hc
presenf month. II 10 undoreiood that he
had designs against Bowling Green. and
moved ON toward The Cumberland river.
lie crossed This stream ON The Gth or IN
lin an probability ihe latter datc ,rbis
is the last definite account which we
nave Oh aim Iy lounu ms designs