The New York herald., 1862-02-14
the EVACUATION or BOWLING GREEN,
Our Leuisville Correspondence.

and credited at briefly as stated below,
and come from gentlemen Of such social and public stand
ing and well known veraty that their statements are a
once believed.
advised you Of the movement Of certain brigades Of
troops under General Floyd from Bowling Green as
early after the Somerset fight the 25th Of January
This movement is corroboratsd in every particular
named two Of the brlgades this march, and am now
able give the full organization Of the army sent TO
oppose General Thomas march upon Eastern Tennessee
by the routes which he 10 pursuing 1t is as follows-
REBEL DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST.
Senior Brigadisr General JOHN B. FLOYD commanding,
vice Major General G.. b. Crittenden, under arrest
FIRST
Brigadier General com'dg SIMON BUcKsEs.
Major Alexander Cassidy Assistant Adjutant General.
Captain Thomas Clay. Aid de Camp
Captain Robert BIggs. Brigade Quartermaster
Captain Geo. T. Shaw .CommDsary OF Subsistence.
Third Kentucky ress. nr,ry Colonel Roger g. Hanson %
Fourth Z" '' Colonel Thomas H. Hunt
Tennessee " I" Colonel J. b. Palmer.
SECOND
Brgadisr General som'dg. WV J. HARDER
composed OF
Two Arkansas regts inrhy
one mississippi reg't c.,, u... ,..,,
FOURTH
Brsadier General eom'dg. JOIN BRxcxIsRiDes.
tuckisns recruited in Burnetts district.
SIXTH BRIGADE.
Brigader General com 'dg. JOHN b. FLOYD
composed Of the
Ely Fly sixth sixth, Virginia reg inf.
A Tennessee Colonel John r. Brown.
To force Of rebel regiments Of infantry
added detached force Of cavalry and artillery do
tailed for service with this army II is than proba.
BILE that the Fifteenth Mississippi and Fifteenth Alabama
which were in the Somerset nght will be again gathered
together attached this force These two regiments
may reorganizsd and brought into the service Tho
Tsnassses rsginsnts in the fight At Mil Springs are to-
tally dsmorAlixed and never b. gotten together
again. Adding the two last named regiments the force
recapitulatsi will stand as below
sixteen regiments OF infantry, about. $500
Three squadrons Of cavalry. 800
Total Observation-Disclosures. II, 100
about three batteries fifteen pieces Of artillery.
powerful for the abandonment Of the position
is found in the following facts-About the time Of the
reconnaissance Grant less than month snce
the OF Columbus the rebel leaders caused all
the heavy siege guns Bowling Green to be shipped
that point This was done in anticipation Of attack
upon Columbus from the gunboats Al Cairo and ID good
proof that the Wanted strength Of Columbus s not
nearly perfect the rebels desire In the meantime tho
expedition takes another route, aud, taking Fort Horny
sezes the bridge crossing the Tennessee river and thus
cuts OF the line Of communication between Columbus and
Bowling Green. II stated here and was stated
fortnight since by other parties that the last sixtyfor
FOUNDER shipped from Bowling Green anterior TO the
of the year The smallest of their make Of
cannon al the rebels have their dozen fortified
hills encircng Bowling Green. Not gun larger than
thirty Founders is mounted their famous works.
fun description Of which by the way, trust to send
you in few days.
still another indication OF the intention to abandon the
position noticed the weakness of the present force
Bowling Green II il stated positively that the force
left al Bowling Green is only about six thousand strong
The following is the organization OF the rebel army at
holding the works o that defensive position and
varnted Western Manassas
REBEL DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY.
Major General commanding. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
THIRD BRnjADE
Acting Brig. General cong. Col. s. A. NJ. Wood.
--composed wholly Of the
Seventh Alabama. ........ Col. s. A. NJ Wood.
sixth ARKANSAS.
seventh Arkansas.
Eighth Arkansas.
Ninth Arkansas.
Forty FIRST Tennessee
and another regiment from Tennessee, which is re-
ported totally without arms and with no means OF
| B igadier Gen. commanding HryDMN.
| Arkansas regiment infantry Colonel Patterson.
Arkansas regiment infantry Late Colonel Hindmaa.
Tennessee regt infantry 80. Colonel WIN. Allison.
The whole force will thas be seen, consists or ten
regiments Of inantry-about 6,5o0-of whom at least
100 Si. no fy n% % ns So.
The question IT, vii General Bu. give the rebels time
recuperas their demoraized strength and reoganze
| force At Bowling Green sufficient for its defence
think Movements already afoot of which dare
not speak, lest the flag Of truce from Norfolk Will
convey the HERALD and the Information too soon. But
it 10 not contraband 20 say that combined move
| ment is being made by the three grand divisions
Of the army n central KsS,ucKy which will prscptats
them upon the doomed stronghold from three different
points Of the compass and that one OF the three
will advance upon point Of whose weakness the Union
| commander Is fully cognzant. Bowling Green will
shortly be ours and, IL the dvinsons Of army slcers
will be surs without battle. Whatever may be said
| Of the apparent datoriness Of army movements In
this state when ihe strategy Of General Buell. or General
will bring venture the assertion that no campaign Of
late years will have shown greater Skill tact and fore
sight the part Of any commander than will have beer
mandant Of this department. whether the combination
'hs s. "f1 esus Ga o general e @
| Of that OF General Buell., certain IL is that Il
viii produce honor for the commander and success FOR
or will bc found In the abandonment of position al
Bowling Green which the rebels hoped six months oI
preparation had made mprcgnable TO an attack. Per
haps the only persons disappointed this result
those who have bees locking forward " great fight nj
temporary OF the TdJunwhosc correspondent At this
place mas diligently posted himself on our force In Ken.
lucky and published his contraband information for the
benefit of the enemywll be Affected by the peaceful
capture OF this important point
Your rrespondencs from Somerset ntimnted that the
East Tennessee would be directed towards the
western limit Of that district This was the apparent
course Of the whole division Of General Thomas, and Is
the Of portion Of his force; but learn that two
brgades under Generals Schocpn and Carter are
London on the march Barboursvlls and Cumberland
Gap intending possibly to penetrate the Gap Cumber-
land Mountain occupied by the Tennessee regiment OF
Colonel Robert Hs,ten These are Middle Tennesseeans,
who like their fellows at Mil Springs have but little
heart In the matter There rebel force At Jacksboro
AZ the Cumberland Gap shall have another inrench.
msnt affair and hoped, with the same satisfactory
result.
NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.
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