Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-02

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him. Iunderstcnd that several ia
nous resifae ats have been PLACED
The Isl Niscoissin, which, ii
Northern Xngiihia, won lebattlt
Of Fading w aters, is among these
the Codi..,, Starkweather, command
ing a brigade1in q H4y division
In his brigade, and forming; q part
of the Sth division, rs. ,sthe Ivtt
|. Pennsylvania, Col. sIaiabrlgAt. -
The famous ~t9tif Iifinois-ssi7d ttc
i 24th H., are, in Neghy's division
/ These two regiments. have been
much demoralized, and i'll taking
/; them from5a an otddieision and pla-
cling henLunder General NegIey,
Gen. Buell. designed to compliment
! Gen. Negley as a disciplinarian, a
qualification Buell. took occasion
| early, in the campaign Of last fall
to recognize in Gen. NegleXaoaa
now eoLUMBIApwAs EvAouATED.12
b The evacuation of, The linses Of
the railroad, under Gem Negley's
command took place under pecntl
liarly eaggravating circumstances,
endangering, in fact; the safety Of
sr large amount of United States
property But through the aener-
sy of Cen. Negley the property
was sayed.ls~ The commandapt at
Nashville, tappcars, withdrew the
force guarding the bridges at Eik
River ard Iichland creek too soon,
and while four trains of cars and
two, regiments ofiinfaRtEy were
between,two, vainly attempting to
cross the. nlountams. I 4 force ct ct
rebel cavalry, unders4ena Biffles,
hearing of this, destroyed the two
bridges, and thus cut off the trains
and men from retreat by railroad.d
The Lieutenant Col. Of the 2lst
Ohio Infantry thought it his duty
to destroy the trains, and would
have done 50! had not NeSley tel
egraphed forhddine L. AS it was,
three or four hundred bales OF
cotton were thlown elf the. cars,
and afterwards burned by the
rebels55i 8. issaaE'J on 81. - a,l.
Gen. Negley, with afence of 2l0.
men, leaving 20'm'en under Cap
tain Eowrie to guard Columbia.
rushed down to the poiut, succeed
cd in placing the trains under way
and arrived at ,Mchland cfeek.-s
Here me went ito worlVto construct
the bridge, ~ilhpressihg all the ne
groes III the, country to dothe lard
labor. siByrmeans of 'timbers and
cotton bales, which lei found at
the house of "a Mr.. Reynolds, he
slicceededin building q bridgeiover,
which lie passed the entire force
and trains. running them IN safety
TO Nashville. ; 1' ~ ..'1 ...5, ~ 'F., 20 ed
~ Anticipating that 1.-The rebdls
would move away from th road
for fear of being attacked by, him,
Negley succeeded in bringing hls
entire wagon train from Pulaski to-
Columbia, with a guard fa2G men,
LExvTALEoNIs AND TIE I. .sDIEs:
~ Capt, Anderson, q partisan lea-,
der, had awitefesiding insCoium-
bi;,.s General Negley finding that
she played the spy, sent her under
escort to the Southern lines. 9Capt.
Anderson sent the General word a
day or two since thatvithin ten
days he would capture Airs: Neg
lev, whom he knew to be IN Co
lumbia. y ana ~. q tsyss9,7 ali
}d The, evacuation of Columbia
was complete, All the beef /
icattleinthe country were collected
and drivento Nashville by a cav.
airy force. One hundred thousand
bushels of corn, allothe salt, mo-
'lasses, and -four were brought iii,
not a thing having been burned.
| Major Gross brought off not on
ly all the sick in the. hospital at
Columbia, but even the hospital
furniture, which was of great val,
ae. lie had,wagons. and cars SO
arranged that the men travelled to
Nashville with the same comfort
which they had enjoyed in the
hospital wards. '@ 'e' "e ! 80 ,' +.
4 On Saturday-two days before
the evacuation-Gen. Negley ar-!
rested all the prominent seceSSsion,-
lists and sent them South, with OF.
ders to remain during the war.
GEN. PILLOW S NEGROES DRIFIEGGEN..
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