The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-26

will necessarily easss the fail Of NssH,.vit
and the surrender. for Q tine, OF 4 s@..hA,
Tennessee, but the enemy has )onr sassof
travel before 10 psassrasss the hsaii q y.
Our people, however, mus. .ren,.
selves 20 . man. The crisis ia i'm ~.
and calls for ell the energies Of The 1nse,
lie. Speculation mast cease. the erssSs ~.
after gold must b abandoned, and srs!y aaas
n qS,..a 's HSsS,. 'o ana c.,s
people. with few exceptions, have ~. :, ~
lne money. iostead Of preparing for d.isn...
so 1t 10 all over the country. Abb.
men are rushing to and fro, from ss. oo'ed
vest, spsSuistin ~ IN the very life blood Of
rams Of an accursed enemy are playinS Ing
the walls Of our liberty's citadel. WHsspe a
disaster can such people expect. or .S %!
better do they deservef WAL
The panic In Nashville on Sunday
perhaps. never equalled since the no..
bull Run. The news Of the fall OF Dow
reached the city just as the several eon.,A
lions were assembled for morning vo,'sa
twas announced from the pulpits, and ,hs,pp'
dies and childrea were told 10 look on, -.
themselves. Sucn CONSERVATION va. ~. 40. ..t
seen before. All those who could do ., nss,'s
up and fisd the city. Every roau WA so.s
lined with rapidly flying vehicles. hss,'s.
with baggage and families. The rush Al =.
cars was overwhelming. Nothing was .,.,
who sought to 60. The scene was inds. Si ", ~
describabie. women In tears excited an.
sympathies, m any things excited eur Ianss
ter, but tho cowardly conduct OF hundr an a,
men was the subject Of unmi ugated lo,,A
ing. Grown up men would tell you the enc.
my would be In the city in two hours. wss,
he was at least 50 or 70 miles distant.
Our loss in the fall Of Nashvills Il var,
great. 1t W. Q one OF our largest dc ON -
provisions, and the quantity OF bacon sser
decd il immense. But it will NO, fall ina
the hands Of tho enemy, but be des,royss
Indeed. the whole city sho u Id DO nred BY I,
people, 90 thai the enemy would only m p,
into a burning Moscow.
Generals Pillow and Floyd and their s.s,
reac ed n ashvIlle Sunday night. Ths,a.
undlsmaysd by their defeat, and will ...a
put the enemy to severer test. These Two
men are the idols OF the people ana IN. Ar.
my in tn 10 section. Uaiversai confidsi ~ !,
put In them, and "Oid Fioyd" especian,I.
pronounced 10 be one Of the best Genera ia
the field. He was the only one who nAIs.,d
OF any respec table portion OF his brigade
X. H. q.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION or TIKI BArrL8-BY rm.
rICIPAyr.
The Republicans also furnishes dsscripuo,
of the battle, by one who par anticipated, os.t
Nashville, Feb. 18th, which effects some o,
the braggadocia Yankee letters PUBLISH,
in the Northern journals. After giyiu,
an account Of the repulse Of the gun boats,
and tn. augmentation of the Federal iors,
ON the land to 5o,Ooo against our li,ovo n.a
the writer proceeds:
Our Generals determin ed to 60 out Of ths
eli trenchmsnts ard drive Them away, Or sac.
mice the iiIe of all III Their armies IN he Al
tempt. So, early On the morning Of the lsIb
We ieft our rifle pits, and atLac I'll the sasmy
in his strong POSITION, and after seven hons
of tue most terrific flg tiDg, Px, them 10 f,ss-
We took at our charge 100 prisoneIs.
Just here, III CALI particular AlLeR ti0n "A
Col. John hloCausInnd'a Virginia Tegimrst
He led the charge upon a battery took IT, ANA
brought il within our breastWorks and ,u.t
in dong SO, ~ men, killed and wounded yat
OF 800! Such is the gallant spirit OF Ola ylr.
g,nia. Then, me ois! regiment, Col Mas.
sic q. lost in the fiHnt, 81 out Of $50 ana n
18th. Al out of sou; Ooi. Reid led tbAkAh resl.
ment. DIS ailnnt MsJ. ThoIburn 81 Al ina
time very sick, and WA wounded Ia q ehaiss
no had made should have said thai 20
McCauslend commanded the Id brigade, {
which the Goth reg i'm emit was part The 10 h
was commanded by Major smith, k1.u,,
| errors son. i have not nscertaiued the iox
l Of the Goth, but 1t was about The same ~ n At
| Of the Others. We took three batteries and
brought them inside our works
Unjust HOT tail 10 call particular attention
L i.
| gads (Floyd's.) He charged the snsmy ia
| their DO sitiOa. and lost ~ men out OF VI =
| doing 50. Col. Forests cavalry Of Tom e.
| see, took one battery. 1t was nobiy don.
| was an eye witness What a sigh It was 10
see the I'd Kentucky regiment charge ever
l the breastworks after The Lincolaits -
was in ten feet Of them when the order was
given by General Floyd to charge WHAT i
y rand sight Then we chased The Yankees
a out two miles never .aw the lik.
But our soldiers had now been fighting for
four daysi They were exhausted hey
could pursue them NO farther. and VIZ vera
com PEELED to 60 10 our breastwo!ks asaiE.-
In the course of some two hours, the sluny
having received 1900 rsinforcemsns. at
tackled Us on our right; ana such AZ assesk
as they made reckon was scarcely ever es.
fore known. They came up and TOOK per.
ton of the breastWorks ON The RICH and he'd
them-tOok one battery, but were immsdi
| atsly repulsed and driven beyond the retsA OF
l buck and ball. But on the extreme right my
| fought so very desperately that ~ one uios
thought We would not repuise tnsm We ~
L out OF ammunition on the riah', ana 'hsa !
| was was apprehensive o. the result bu
| our bows took their firs without any Am ~
| milton. eagerly awaiting their nearer ~
| proach that they might stick EN-, ~ Ne
caIlit But they didn't give them . shanse
| before plenty OF ammunition was ~ hasf
and now they peppsred them.
We fought four dxys, and were mp lou
nights, and under such circumstances u a
might fall asleep whilst firing gun IN
our Generals pillow, Bucknsr, and john
sony knew that surrender was Almost ~
/ evitabls.
General Floyd said he would ntsurrsnde'
and took his original division, Col. WtaI
ton, and Col. AsCausland, and started 10
Nashville l fear that one Of his reg 'ntnu
the Goth Mississippi, was taken.
rode over. the battle field. There wsr
over 600 Yankees left dead, To give col
| rect idea of the number killed / ought TO 81
1900.
Irode over the field on which the bai'i
(ontside the breastworks) was fought, &c
| really would have supposed there wer. ~
killed there; but Gems Pillow and rioyd sui
posed there were 600 killed Outsds 10
| breastworks. Our loss must be fully 500; ~
| have not scertaiped accurately what II Il
] We have great many wounded. 1t sen
, TRANCE, but every Yankee saw on the o.
. Geld was shot thro ugh the head. IL ".
L tle.> ~able!
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