Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-09-01
pORGAN's VICTORY MAR GALLATIN.

Tie ROCKVILLE Register publishes lester, giving tie
particulars .! Aoigans victory over the Yankees near
ilila,in, Tennessee:
Ga last "Wednesday morning au Indiana Regiment
was despAtchcd from Nashville by rEil far tue
burnt bridge at 9andersys from theEos TO proceed on
foot 10 GAan 10 reclpure that place. aud 81 the same
time II possible 10 capture the redoGbtahle Jhu Nor.
pan. The Colonel OF this regiment de sreu) entered
U&Atn and srrested every male ctZD, ircludng macy
OF the Oldest in the county. He permitted his TO
sack the stores and destroy the property of quiet,
peAcsgb,e C zens aud also to the Masonic Lodge
at dlatn and scIer the furniture aud phrAnaa Of
Ger in every direction. Ttey then proceeded with
her cspyes down the road towards Nashville. In the
| meantime General AorgaH, with 200 men, had re-
turned 10 GELATIN from Hlrsvle and hearing of the
! recen: visit OF the "Ylaks," started with his com
maod in pnrsuit.
He chased the lndisnieDs TO within ten mles Of Nash.
VILE, kiag ity s.Ity and capturing about fifty
prisoners. At the Junction OF the E1g hald Apd Ken.
Gctv raj road and the Louisville and Nashville road, the
l'Ysukscs made staCd behnd triangular sockade
work. and Gen Morgan drew CT bis men, rather than
elcrfo, them in the attempt to capture the few Ysnkees
thai had taken reu 20 there and returned to g hlain.
10 ire fight at the function two Of his officers kill
edL Ii ut. J. A Smith, Of Company A, and Adj't-Nies.
| Oaly three Of hrs men were wounded
At Gllatil the Eel- morning Intelligence reached
Morgan that Gel. JOIN s,p With Urge Federal caya'
force Was rapidly advancing. Morgan rallied his N,
/
ties ran together at the first olgaie on the Harts-
vide road and the fight commenced, but ceased shortly
the appearance Of hg of truce from the Ys kee-.
johnson requested aImistce. he taken by sur.
prize, and ds not all together. Morgan cent
wo:d TO him that he had been following hiu from point
| to lont Tor 6ght and he could gst IT, TIE fig {
was resumed bat shortly ended In complete victory
fJg MoIR.Gep, Johustn, win coo OF HE men, having
suenderr6y About 600 escaped by tordi the Oumber
su s*iMming the river aud Leaving their horses on the
wong ds and getting GU the safe side OF thAs stream
IN tho spsejiest aud moot practicable way possible
Jo,nson's men 4 ID 10 the most disgrioeiu manner
Many Of them hEl6ss snd sven booess after their
booles4 tffJt 10 ospuTe John Morgan They tsrried
nos 10 Lebanon till they landed safely In Nash
| vile.
aany Of them on foot vera pressing horsss and We.
hices Of every KIDD With which 70 get away from MOT.
gGn aud their guns A1d sccouemeots strewn from
Lebanon the Toll gate nearest to Nashville. They
acknowledged themselves, 10 the citizens OF Lebanon,
that they wero badly shipped In las cut oil piecea
Now recruits were d cking Morgan from every di
reccn 10 Kentucky Tennessee, and tbs citrsus are
oncs gain hopsiu of dslveranes from the Phistnes
BAD NEws FKoM AIKAssis.-we clip the following
paragraphs from tie Memphis Union App,al Il the
2ls We do not regard the source ss altogether rea.
be ard hope that subs Qu,nt intelligence may prove
the account given to be Exaggerated:
Ga the msrniug OF the l6h Inst. the Texan Rangers
10 lIindman's command nea. Little Rock, threw down
their ams and broke out 10 open nuIiDy camotng for
theii pay. Hndman refusing them, and taking posi-.
tive stand against the nsubordnaon they charged the
bAt cry from which hs addressed them hrisg they
uegt Hindman 10 badly wounded. aud hs clothes are
reported to have been ''rijdlej of bis back"
Thirty desertsrs from Hindmau report that they as
certain Federal advance Little Rock will meet with
hundreds Of dessrers and that they know Of whole
regiments unanimous 10 their determination 10 join the
Federal army, they being disgustsd with HndmAn and
h atrocities.