The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-17
The Great Federal Victory ut La
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The Rebel Camp completely broken up
Three hundred rebels taken prison
ers- Stores, Equipdge, and Munition.
tdken-C Colonels Nanny and Lang
ford captured-The rebel General
anderson a cO,cdrd.
A large party of six or seven gentle
men reached here from Nashville yester-
day, having been robbed on the road by
guerrillas of all their money and every
thing valuable about their persons. To
one of them, DR.. NJ. E. Rawson, of Ere.
mont, Ohio, we are indebted for copies
of the Nashville Union to the 9th, which
contain full accounts of the brilliant ssc-
cess which attended the breaking up OF
the rebel camp of General Anderson at
Lavergne, fifteen miles from Nashville.
For days previous the rebel sympathizers
had been talking of nothing but the
strength of Anderson's position and the
thousands OF his forces. General Negley
finally concluded that this scarecrow had
flourished long enough and determined
to give it a quietus similar to that admin
istered to Colonel Benefits camp, near
Goodlettsville. He accordingly ordered
General Palmer to move with his com
mand, and instructed Col. Miller to CO.
operate in the movement. The whole
moved promptly at 9 O clock on the night
of Monday, the 9th inst, consisting of
the 2lst Illinois, Colonel Miles; first sec
ton of the lst Kentucky battery, Lieut..
Nell; part of the 18th Pennsylvania cav
airy, Capt May; two sections of Capt.
Hotaling's celebrated Illinois battery;
and Colonel Stokes 1st Middle Tennes-
see cavalry-General Palmers force
keeping straight out on the Murfreesboro
road, while Miller's command, four regi-
ments of infantry, strictly in conformity
to orders, took a different direction to
the left of the railroad. General Palmer
arrived at Lavergne about halfpast three
on Tuesday morning, having been fre-
quently fired upon by guerrillas and
pickets during the whole route between
our videttes and Lavergne. Miller shar-
ed the same fate, but as he would natu-
rally go slower than force containing
cavalry, he did not arrive in front of the
enemy until the battle had began, which
commenced at precisely daylight Be-
fore the encounter General Palmer took
pgIsensrs pgEsNs ;s the men on picket duty at La
The enemy, under the command OF
Gen. S. r. Anderson, opened fire upon
General Palmer, and attempted to flank
him by throwing the Thirty-second Ala
bama on his right. The enemy with
one gun opened upon us, but Hoitaing $
battery was but short distance off, and
returned the fire from the sections. The
second shot from our artillery went di-
rectly through the enemy powder maga-
zine, which Immediately blew up, caus-
ing the complete destruction of the whole
work and everything within respecta
BILE distance around it. About this time
the Alabama regiment above referred tc
made hostile demonstrations upon Pal
mer's flank, but, to the surprise of frient
and foe, Col Miller's whole force, con
sisting of the 18th Ohio, Lieut. Colone
Given; 10Th Pennsylvania, Col Serwill
14th Michigan, Colonel St Clair, arrived
through corn field and ratified away
throwing his force completely across th'
front, and on the Murfreesboro road OF
the right iaf.
The 18th Pennsylvania halted nearl,
in front of the retreating enemy, ant
when he attempted to pass the line t.
our left, Col. Serwill threw his regimen
rapidly by the left flank and completel
in front of the enemy. During all thi
time the artillery was playing upon then
with telling effect
The cavalry dashed with great fore
against the line of the 18th, but was me
by succession of volleys of musketry
The 32d Alabama quickly threw dow
their arms, and the cavalry elevated tn
white flag, but the Captain of the bal
terry, not seeing it, kept on firing. Th
I cavalry then fed in great confusion int
the woods. Meantime the 18th Ohio ha
arrived nearly at the place where tn
enemy's artillery had made its frs
stand, and, by order of Col. Miller, wa
deployed as skirmishers to sweep tn
woods recently occupied by the Alabam
regiment The men swept the wood
clear back by the camp, and took numel
ous prisoners, among them Col. Maur,
I Col Miller, learning that Gen. Palmer
infantry had gone in the same direction
withdrew the 18th Ohio. s-ala 81
L. Ine nFluR III Tue COHh ACtuo III AiOA
of the battery, had by this time becom
scattering, irregular, and soon cease,
The 14th Michigan and the 2lst OH
had each taken an active part, and S
cured many prisoners. suEe9
AS all the information which &c
Negley could possibly obtain at hea
quarters must necessarily be by courier
at an early hour on Tuesday mornin
deeming it expedient to risk no saerif,
of his troops, he sent out Reinforcement
from Nashville, consisting of the Twent
second Illinois, Eleventh Michiga
Tenth Michigan, and a Battery, &c
Negley taking Immediate eomman
The reinforcements proceeded to with
mile of the Insane Asylum, when tn
were met by Col. Stokes and his REF
ment. The easy gait of the horses, t
smile of the Colonel, the apparent got
nature of his men, and the exhibition
several miniature Confet crate flags to
of the whole story The first rema
that the dusty Colonel made to the Ge
was, General, we've rot ',eml" ''Well
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