Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-09-29
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lNKA, MISSISSIPPI, Goth, VIA MOBILE, 22d.
The right wing Of the enemy, under Gen
eral RosencrsnZ, eight thousand strong, were
found advancing about four o'clock yesterday
afternoon on the Jhci1to road, driving in our
pickets. General Price Immediately ordered
General Hebert to move with his own and
Martins brigades againss them and went
himself upon the field accompanied by Gen
eral Little. They met the enemy advancing
in line of battle about a mile north of the
town. Our line was Immediately formed,
and the battle opened. Discovering that the
enemy were in force, General Price sent back
for the other brigades of Littlc's division
They came forward at double quick, but did
not reach the field until the enemy were
driven back from every rssition more than
six hundred yards, with the loss of over ff-
ty prisoners and nine pieces of artillery
Darkness prevented further pursuit, and Lit
ties division bivouacked on the field. Oar
loss in killed, wounded and missing will
reach two hundred and fifty. General Little
was killed. Coils. Whitfield, Gilmore and
Maberrywere wounded.
The enemy having received very heavy
rcinforcemcnts during the night, General
Price determined to carry out the or
ders of the previous morning, and the army
left Iuka between seven and eight o'clock in
the morning, bringing off the captured stores.
The attack which the enemy made upon our
rear guard was repulsed with severe loss to
them. Our loss was only one man. The
third Louisiana, Whitfelds Legion, and the
third Texas Cavalry behaved with distin-
guished gallantry, and wero the greatest suf-
ferers IN the fight on Friday. Their Colo
nels were oil wounded.
A GREAT Victory IN KENTUCKY.-The
Jews from the North, even through the ly-
ing Yankee channels, gives us a great victo
~ in Kentucky. They confess to the sur
render of Munforasv,lle, Kentucky, and the
capture of the whole ~garrison-they say
about. five thousand-by General Bragg
Munfordsville is q station. on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, at the crossing OF tht
Green river, and is on the direct Southern
approach to Lo, ~isyille, as Frankfort is on
the Eastern. Therivsr is crossed here on :
splendid iron trestle bridge fifteen hundred
feet in length, and the Yankees say it was
the object of our forces tos9et at and destroy
the bridge, so as to preysnt enforcement
getting to Buell. going to F~tinforce Louisville
The only particulars we lave of the surren
der of Munfordsyiile are the following dis
patches
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, SEPTEMBER 16th.-Ad
%jutant Slauson, of the seTenteenth Indian;
regiment, who escaped from Munfordsville
Immediately after the surrender of that plac
to the rebels, has reached this city.
He reports that the garrison there-num-
bering from four to Eve thousand men, com
prising the seventeenth, the fftieth, tn
sixtieth, the sixty seventh, the sixty-eight
and the sixtyninth Indiana regiments an
one company Of cavalry and ten pieces {
artillery-have surrendered.
The surrender was made on Wednesda
morning, our forces being completely sur
rounded by General Bragg's forces, estimate
at So 600 men.
Our loss in killed and wounded was ffty
KNOXVILLE Tenn, September pa cou,
Ter from Cumberland Gap reports that til
retreating Yankee force under Morgan hs
obtained but three hours start Of Gen. Ste
v~enson's forces, who were gaining fast upo
the fugitives, with every prospect of CAP
turing them. Already about 800 prisone
had been taken. J large number Of the NJ,
who composed the Tennessee tory regimen
had Dispersed through the mountains.
An express messenger from Lynchbul
!. reports that in the battle at Cotton Hill,
t Fayette county, Virginia, the enemy's lo
:. was go and ours 90. Among the Kill
, was Lieutenant Cox, of the 51st Virginia re-
3 ment. The enemy was completely route