Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-24
NUMBER 81

divisions of Brig. Gems. Hamilton. Me-
kean, Davies, and Stan!y The frst three
were placed in line q battle near the old
rebel entrenchments, and the last held
/ IN reserve in the town The skirmishino
was renewed on ne morning of the Sd
and by 10 or Ii o'clock the encacement
became pretty general and continued un-
til dark 1T was fercely renewed on tie
morning of the 18th, and fought with vari-
ed success till near, noon, when tlfc rebe's
were defeated and driven from the field
leaving their deal and manv of the ,
wounded The enemy's forces were COW
manded by Gems Van Dorm, Price, Loy-
1 ell, Viliipisue and Rust, and their num-
Der estimated at about %, 900 or nearly
double those of Gen. Rosecrans Their
loss in killed was |, ,423, which would give.
by the usual proportion, 5,692 wounded
| We took 2,265 prisoners, among whom
were 121 otfeeas We also captured II
stand of colors, pieces of artillery. 300
stand of arms, and ammunition. aecouter-
ments etc. Our loss was SIS killed
l,sl2 wounded, and 232 prisoners an,
missing This great disparity in killed
and wounded resulted in part from the
fact that portion of our men fought be-
hind the intrenched batteries Mai. Gen.
Grant had ordered a brigade of four regi-
ments, under Brig Gen. Mcpherson from
jackson to Corinth. Finding the railroad
interrupted at Bethel, the latter turned
to the left and reached Corinth on the 4th
by the Pennington road thus marching
ing nearly around the enemy and form :
ing timely junction with Gen. Rose
Grams.
Other forces from jackson and Bolivar.
under Brig. Gen. Hurlbut were directed
to march on Corinth by way of Middle
ton andsPocahontas, to cut off the enemys
retreat In that direction They encoun-
tered the enemy on the Hatchie River, on
the morning of the 9th, and as Brig Gen
Hurlbut was making dispositions for an
attack, Maj. Gen. Ord arrived upon the
field and assumed command but being
wounded about / a IN, he again relin
quished it to Gen Hurlbut. The battle
continued till about 81 p m when the
enemy, rctreated south, crossing the Hat
chic at Currum's Mills, about six miles
further up the river. Our loss was SO
killed, 493 wounded, and z missing. Ger
Hurlbut did net attempt the pursuit, and
{ Gen. Roseerans did not leave Corinth till
f the morning Of the 5th. The enemy
therefore effected his escape, but was fol-
lowed for distance of sixty miles with
out being overtakeu.
, south as far as Holly Springs, and drove
the enemy across the Tallahatehe This
operation was ATTIC nded with several brisk
sklrmlshes, in all of which our troops
were victorious These operations have
restored peace in Western Tennessee
The official reports of the operations of
Gen. Grant 6 army are submitted here.
with, marked exhibit No g.
GEN. CURTIS WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM
ARKANSAS.
The un'ortunat3 withdrawal to Missou-
ri, by Gen. Curtis, Of a large part of the
army IN Arkansas, prevented the execu-
ton OF the military operations which had
been ordered in the latter State In Mis-
souri, the forces under Brig Gen. Scho-
field not only broke up and DESTROYED
, numerous guerilla bands but defeated
the rebel army IN several engagements
| near the southwest corner of the State.
, and drove it across the Boston Mountains.
N Arkansas. | cannot give the details of
these engagements, as no official reports
have been received
THE INDIAN WAR, DEPAREMTs OF THE Gully,
TIE SOUTH, ETC.
The Indian tribes in the Northwest
and more particularly in Minnesota. incit-
ed, 1t is said, by rebel emissaries COM
mitted numerous murders and other out
RACES, Oh the frontiers, during the latter
part of the summer These savages were
vigorously attacked by volunteer force
unier Bril-. ten Sibley, and defeated in
| several well fought battles on the upper
waters of the Minnesota River. These
vigorous proceedings struck terror among
the Indians, and put an end to hostilities
! in that quarter for the present season 1t
is quite possible that these hostilities will
. be renewed in the coming spring, and
preparations Will be made accordingly.
In the Department OF the Gulf, the
! withdrawal of our forces from Vicksbury
enabled the enemy to concentrate con-
( siderable force on Baton Rouge, which
was then held by Brig Gen Williams
, The attack was made on the 5th of Au-
gust, with greatly superior forces, under
the rebel Gen. Breckinridge General
Williams gained most signal victory.
but fell IN the fight. Our loss was ninety
killed and 250 wounded We buried 300
of the enemy's dead, left upon the feld.
On the 10th of August the garrison OF
Baton Rouge was withdrawn to New Or
leans. On the Oath of October. Gen But
: ler sent force, under Brig Gen Weitzel,
to operate on the west bank of the Miss
| lsSlpfl IN tne ISa1ourche district lie en-
gagged considerable body of the enemy
on the 25th, about nine miles from Doh-
aldsonv'tie, and defeated them, with the
loss of their commander, large number
killed and wounded, and 26S prisoners
! Our loss was eighteen killed and sixty
eight wounded This victory opene,. the
whole of that part of the country. Gen
Buffers reports of the military operations
in his department are submitted herewith,
, marked Exhibit No. 7.
In the department of the South, the
only military operations which have been
too small to attempt any important often
sive operations. On the 9th of September
a party IF the enemy surprised the gar
rison Of Washington but were soon driv-
en- out. Our loss was killed and So
wounded. Sever al successful reconnois-
ances have been made into the interior.
The official reports of the affair at Wash
ington are marked Exhibit No. 9.
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS.
1t is seen from this brief summary of
militar, operations during the last three
or four months that while our soldiers
have generally fought with bravery and