, 1862-02-03
FROM ZOLLIC0FFER'S CAMP.
Rebel Documents and Official
Testimony to UIli0niSnl
In Tennessee.
ATOGClllKG PICTURE OF PATRIOT
SUFFERINGS AND DETOTION.

ATOUCMING PICTURE OF PATRIOT
SUFFERINGS AND Dt3YOTI0N, !
The Effects Of Kentucky Neutrality.
From our OWL Correspondent
SOMERSET, January 20. 1861.
Among the papers Of the rebel Col. W. B.
wood that fell into our hands, were found tie |
letter hook containing many, and perhaps all
OF the most important correspondence Of his !,
post while lie was commanding at Knoxville |
II seems that about the 24th Of October, Gen
W. R. Caswcll, who had been in command at t
this post, resigned, and Col. Wood being on !
the spot, and being known rs determined, !
energetic man, was ordered to remain and per- ;
form the duties Of the place. From tuis cor /
Tespondencc and other papers which hare !
been kindly submitted to my Inspection by |
Inc gentleman who has them in his posses
sion, learn many facts of the highest ina-
rortance relatiye to the progress Of the seccs-
sior cause in East Tennessee. From these
documents, extracts of which I give b.
low, it is e}earthat 4 moderately strong Union
force, marchisg into East Tennessee at any
tinie before the 1st Of December, ,eoald haze
tftA zre1ttta sctth e77eaa arms Jy a1ot the entire
community Every runlorcd advance of the
Federal forces was lie signal for extensive
outbreaks Of Union scntinent-somc time
going So far as to attack aud capture the
s11lan garrisons left in some Of tic towns.
Railroad bridges were burned and military or
:sanizltiuns perfected. The Union sentiment
WAS so overwhelming that t1e most energetic
means had to bc used to prevent these organi-
zatsons from being completed, and getting
possession Of Important points. We must
make due allowance for the proncness of the
retc]s to enormous exaggggerations, but after
every deduction, it must undoubtedly be
true, HAT several camps were formed, and
several companies, and perhaps one cntir:
regiment raised, many OF which were tolcrs-
by we'll armed, and all Of which were led by
able and influential men, and composed Of the
brarest and most uldauntcd spirits to be
found III any part Of tic country. Wien the
history Of tliis rebellion comes 10 be written,
it Will pe seen that notwithstanding the heroic
sacrifices, and tic patient long suffering Of thu
heroes ct East Tennessee, fathers, husbands
and brothers were forced to leave families aud
friends 10 the lender mcrcics of the 1awlcss
E.a1sl,lters, who rost1nc1 the country, and
made guerilla warfare on their defcnccless
homes The lShtcst word Of :. sceessionist
! was enougl, to set Woods hloolhounils on
the track Of any man who had not joined the
Confederate army They waited and hoped
III vain Had our Administration not been
fooled by the miserable sophistry about Ken
lucky ncut1ality7'' but OF tho contrary
pushed I larye and well armed force across tho
country, while the roads were good, and the
| weather fne, the war might hive beer kept
| tut Of Kentucky, and pushed further South,
where il l,tlongs. The people Of Kentucky
| will, I hope, remember the politicians who
| committed them to this absurd ana incongru-
| Gus policy, and condemn them to the 5rE.aly
they deserve.
| In letter from Col ". H Churchill,
commanding t1.crost at Cumberland Gap, dat
| cd October Esd, 1861, occurs this sentence:
Our 1lcws is not favorable from the North.
! Contradict 1u1ncrs-'' THIS shows low they
controlled public opinion, having eli the
E1ears Of Information in their Own hands.
TIE RATTLE OF WILD CAT
ZollicofIer' official report Of the battle O.
Wild Cat, when our forces under Gen. Shocp1
were about 1900 strong, With Capt. Kinney
hattery OF 1st Ohio artillery, is us follows:
CANT AT FLAT LACK, KNOX Co., j!
Oct. 81, 1851 j
Il CN .NacGmu, Il Gsn'z Bo,eli1g G,een, hy.
On tic list inst I reached the ene1ny's CT
tTenchtd caml, at Rockcastlc hi'i 4 natural fol
1i1ic.tinn, almost inaccessible. Having rccor
uo;tcrcd it in force for several hours undtr
| heavy 1rr from the lights on the right bc]
: ard in front, becamc satisfied thatit could nc
I le carried otherwise than by immense c1pt
sure, If at all. Tic enemy received large rci1
, | forccmcnts. Oar loss was 4s wounded and
I killed and missing. We captured twcnty-on
T prisozcrs, about Il hundred guns and fof
horses The loss OF the enemy, killed a1'
;, wounded, unknown The country is SO poo
i | Tor fifteen miles back, i'll twenty y-fonr l,cur
Our subsistence nearly exhausted. Ind
J these circumstances, deemed it proper Il
l. next dac to fall back. Enemy's camp said
# s'c seven thousand strong, witAa large ccser'
at hand.
le Cooper, ut Richmond, he says VIC were MI
J. Thousand strong. Ills forces were six tho
e sand strong, as shown by various cyidene
u On the 3Otl Of. October Zo1ico1er writ
,e Wood.
IF Watch the movements Of The Liuco
" ulen i'll East Tennessee. Restrain our ult
H. friends from acts OF indlserction Proml
u meet and put down any attempted op
hostility. But I LAKE observed, thcreiul
LII that few Of our friends about Knoxville .
OF unnecessarily nervous. Give their apprehe
i, siols only their due weight.
ZollicofIer writes to Wood, November
en- 1861: A' The man who circulated the rep
rc- , OF tile approach Of s., 900 Of the enemy IL,
,,,4 ! the East Tennessee iue was nndoubtcdl,
Ill. Linco},ite, and ought to have bce1a ARRESTED
OF Some person had probably given the scet
rk big scare
os- Major T. ]. Cannon, ,writin. to Wood Of
he arrival of force ut London. Tenn, which
ny about south Of Cumberland Gap, and lEllf y
ust across the State, to 51ard Il railroad bris
ea- there, says
-.1ze Union 5ee1ing III t!ts county is cncs
us ixgly 1iuef, and all they want, i'll my opini
Ire, to indnce Il general uprising is cacoHrascs1
M from the Lincoln ar7tits Gy the introduct
1ot or tic advance of the Lincoln force
ore ttThcy have a great many arms, and are
t1,e iua0y manufacturing Onion 7tJs to acceiee
49, I rs1Hgts 1esa,exaeasts schc7a fhey Tstu'N. I
'ee- are getting bold enough to avow their pur
ar, ses. If we were strong enough, or had ON
two more companies, great many Al
pt would be proca1ed in this neighborhood
the mean if We had the force to spare from
t,u bridge"
oy Oh the 9th November, 1861 ,Zollieo
LIE writes 10 Wood, on Information from
the latter, Of tile burning Of the Hiwassee bril-
it, and several others, sending him reinfo
Eatc n,cnts, and enclosing dispatches to be :
). by telegraph "iS the aires are not cut" q
n13 form INC daily Of tic facts in your knowlc
~ connected with the wires and railroai
r Another dispatch, same date, from zollict
to Adjutant General Cooper, says that >"
bridges burned were near Chattanooga, ri
lent is within five or ten miles of tho south lin
OF | Tennessee
var, November 10th and 11tll: Dispatchc
,va. Wood, as follows:
~ CHARLESTON, Nov 10.-stA reliable I
md scnger informs me that there were IS Ul
mist soldiers today near Harrison They
knapsacks, aud were going to Capt CiiH.
and is believed that he had ], 800 Enion mcn
eeds ,,anizc1. Immediate action OIL our part is
tarv solutely necessary s. D. Stout
"About 500 men, part of them from B
- - !" Icy, leave Cliffs, in tliis county, to-day
hous squads, either to organize for operat
against this place and London bridge, Q
!ncet Federal forces from Kentucky. J
Sto1 laVc some WAGONS, are partly armed.
p1ess regiment is formidable. Send word to
rried zolt'coner that hc may catch them.
oun- $50 Gillespie and Key.
,;.,an CaARlEsI0S, Tenn, November T. -
80" Mathews is within twelve miles of this n
they with one hundred men. We can dlsI