Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-22
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Our readers will recollect that Captain (now CooneD
John H. Morgan, receoty performed some OF bis cha
acterstic exploits - and Pulaski, Giles county
Tenn What he accomplished there vas an iccident-
chance accident that arose his owD way, and WAS
By no means tie object which he set cut to accomplish
When be set ont Oh his exped ti0n from CoFl1<h he
had some 400 m2n along with bin They were not al
ghtiug men, however Tor all their Baggage, provender
&C. were clrred On pack mates instead Of by Wagons,
and those in charge OF tie mules went along Ia that
pActy only. When they came into Pulaski, 1t vas
complete 8urpri. They charging Flto town, ard
capturing tie etraS@ng Fecelals at every point HE
sen u General Alchella Aiajor IN the Federal army
-Was at q lotli th6Tr. tie q prisoner before he
knew that any duaceg was nigh battalion OF liz
l8ntry was some law miles of on the road towaris
Huntsville hey sent for in haste ~ come TO The
riiai 0i their brother F2arats then IN Morgans clutch
es: but Morgan has d wsg of knowing thinks unlike
that practis by any 3 Sc, end s00a knew OF the
approaching akees. lie divided his forces into tlTea
parties d.sra caed .. hem either side of the
road towards huntsville, and one down tue read 10 meet
them. Soon they met, and simultaneously the men
on either side came up, implicitly surrounding the
Esd2raIs, which, when they pefcsiVei they h0s e!
white hag and surrendered al once. The whole batch
Of them had TO be turned loose rafoie as Morgan
hod stared 10 90 somewhere esa than that point ard
nad quite dTTtnt object in view, The men were oI-
,ics TO being rJed but want,d t. remain prisoners
SO ha they Tou!i have to figat against ~
mere. Alter burning up cars and trains OF Fedora!
property. and dug sqch other little tricks is usual
fer Morgan be departed on his way
He went onC by Lawisburg and Pennington, in
Marshall county, aid from hence to UnOngiie the
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad which is perhaps
some ten mil above Shelbyvie, and few miles above
Wartrac'. There he cut the telegraph WIRE and hav
ng operator and battery along, he teiegraphd to
the Federal Commander at Nashville that Morgan and
his reb@i cavalry were advancing on Shehyvla and to
send oil the cavalry they had that point. The object
Of this, 10 draw the cavalry d0"n this way, waie
he d2 tracks in the other direction 70 some point
WHERE lie has important work to perform. This would
10 doubt have bre1 sue c ssiQ but by some means
most likely from some 81 whom he paroled al Pu
ash inc enemy at Nashville had clue to bis fuTh
er designs and not led asr ~ by this d9v!.e watch
proved very unfortunate afterwards.
After seeding this message, be pushed o. 10y Yer
sa5iies aud fagesve in Williamson county, leaving
MuraesbOrO some eight ten mills 10 the right, and
crossed he railroad Smyrna eight miles above
MurtTCes50ro. end from thence pushed TO Lebanon,
il Wilson county some Is mil to he east Of Nash
vile, arriving just at night,
In all heir travels ley pas ed Union men, belong
ing to til Lincoln cavalry. and iaund no difficulty in
doing SO. Al Uni0lviHe, one Ga geuf5man-a good
uthern7r ty-thea y sai, Ycu need telt that tall
to me; J. We SEN you before; you're SiCrgans men -"
but one believed him. Till he was about leaving, aad
they saw that be hsd cut the wires,
AtLehanon next morning he was attacked By a Y r.
large cay Try forcet1r5e times that Of his He
ordered his to dnount in the streets Of the village
and post th6Ua lFes behind lance ami wait, with good
aim draw Le f0a till he should give the word fo
let them approach within fifteen steps when he Crerec
his men fire Ii = tod rs, by gentleman VINO was
10 the action that IL never mary men "tnmbd
st one fire in his life, Every gun brought down a HIS
sian They turned ana d p;ecjpitatslv.
just then the ke>d eye If Morgan deserted in the
distance, the top ol ridge, what be guessed was
large Fen0rcamens Of The eneG7, bnt could not Ger
tainy make out tina Il vas ho seat forward Of
his rc}nnoi;ve, who quickly returned with he
Information i13t overwhelming numbers Of cavalry and
infantry we're approaching cnya:gy al full charge
and the word spoken they almost upon
them. Morgan told bis men to themselves best
they could. Those whose horses hal not been killed,
mounted and fed How mary OF those on foo5 escaped
ID not knownth9ugh some did. they have since i)ue
their chief here s)me sixty seventy missing, 4
few OF whom are known to b. killed and wounded
The greater part OF them went Cff IN body, and
cap In @pafp, IN White c91nty, Tenn.
AS Morgan ard his men reCFaa'ing, tn Y were
met hy party ot Feierls VINO mst03k them tor their
oan men, agd inquired where Morgan was, aud Why
they retreattd. ny at once called upon to sur
render which they dd, when they found Themselves in
AIO7gan's presence, Most OF them however, escaped
as they could not be well kept ia retreat. Among
them Gen. Dumont. Ths Morgan did not know
(he bad represented himself cslone til after he hat
!, escaped
Morgan lost that fac dashing black mare of his
, which IS bY means small loss. She fell with hin
+, in Charging va steep place, and was disabled.
He c1lyc ed sufficient force ct Sparta, and j
: DOW on his way 10 some place. Before lons
We shall hear OF him again.