Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-14
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Capture of II ebel Artillery and Prisoner
UetaiIs of the bn tile of Pc rryyiIIe.


"Details OF the battle of PerryviIle.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 12.-Squads OF General Du-
mont's men, under Col. Miller, captured two
pieces Of artillery and $50 Rebels yesterday, at
Versailles. a portion of Gen. Dumont's COM
mand drove the enemy on Saturday night from
Lawrenceburg TO Nicholas willie, ,wounding sew
eral and capturing sixteen prisoners. Federal
loss nothing.
The Mays Eagle says that a dispatch
was received by John &. Breckinridge's wife
10 meet him on Monday last at Danyille
Further particulars of Wednesday,. fight at
PenyVllle state that the Federal forces were
16UCS, and the r. bcl force % regiments, the az
gregate being unknown. The Federal loss was
SO 10 600 killed, $3.50 wounded, and ii0 prison.
ers. The latter We're paroled by the Rebel
General Buckner. %
The rebel loss was 1900 killed, including one
general, name unknown, and IL colonies and
lieutenant colonels. This number of killed is
admitted by the rebel medical director Of Gen.
Cheatkam's division.
a dispatch from a member Of the 1st Wiscon-
sin says that regiment lost IS killed aud 12i
wounded. Among the wounded are Major
Mitchell and Capt. Green.
Dispatches received at headquarters state
that Col. Lytle's wound is very slight He has
This evening IL is reported that Woolfcrd's
cavalry captured over 100 rebel wagons, LOCO
prisoners, and one battery on Friday, between
Perryville and Harrodsburg.
Humphrey Marshall, il is said, left Lexington
on Sunday last, with his whole force Of 1900
infantry and $50 cavalry. 1t is believed that
Marshall and the rebels driven from Versailles
are at Nicholasville.
DR. Head, the medical director here, has been
required to prepare for the reception OF 3,OOO
wounded At Perryyille.
Kirby Smith left Lawrenceville with his
whole command on Friday, and effected
junction with Bragg on Friday afternoon. Our
forces were massed on Friday, between Perry.
willie and Harrodsburg. They are reported 70
have formed in line of battle about six miles
from Perryville.
Captain Watson, of company @, 18th Indiana,
wounded somewhatserously, has arrived here.
He left Perryyille on Saturday, and was over
taken by messenger, who LETT Perryvi two
hours later. The messenger reported that the
rebel force was about $1,000 strong. They heard
heavy and constant firing for many hours after
they left. Rumors prevail that q we're engage.
ment between the whole of the two armies was
progressing yesterday on the Harrods burg road,
wherein General Buell. drove the rebels towards
Camp Dick Robinson.
At Perryville the rebels were so crippled on
"Wednesday that they could not carry. away
seven pieces Of artillery they had captured,
with one hundred and six thousand rounds OF
their own ammunition. They buried their dead,
and the wounded We're cared for. ..
In Skirmish, on Thursday, near Lawrence
burg, between the 18th regulars and the lst
Ohio cavalry, against Colonel Scott's rebel cav
airy, Colonel Scott was wounded, and is now
a prisoner al Bardstown. One hundred and
thirty rebel prisoners, including ten lieuenants,
arrived tonight.
Capture of L. s. Army Wagons.
LANCASTER, October IA dispatch 10 the
Lancaster Express from Louisyille, states that
a train of the second division headquarters
teams of General Buelrs army was captured
by the rebels on the 10Th instant near Lawrence
burg. KY Also, q train Of suffers wagons.
Major Bradford, Quartermaster Cassell, OF
Mount Joy, with IS privates OF the 91th Penn
sylvan ia regiment, Col. Stambaugh, are among