Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-03
THE CAMPAIGNIS KENTUCKY.

From the Louisville Journal, September III
after Sorihth had been occupied by our
troops, Gen. Buell. WAS ordered away IN the
direction Of Chattanooga and the Tennessee
ilNer, with an army, the effective force OF which
has been greatly magnifed, but il Was entir-iy
dependent upon Louisville its base for the
supply OF provisions and munitions To rem
der ;hiS available, il was necessary 10 protect
over $40 miles o railroad, over which every
pound Of these supplies had TO be transported
T&e jmps diDlents which Were presented to the
retention Of the com mand Of the road are we'll
known and appeared insuperable. Every care
which prudence could suggest was exercised:
s'ockades were built and guards stationed at
the places most liable 20 attack, but thry were
hot able to resist the cavalry dashes- OF the r--
bcls, who Were in many cases aided by the
simpaihicS of the local residents. I'm the mean
While the Confederate eonscription act had
been rigiGly enforced, and a large army under
Gen. Brarg wns massed near Chattanooga, the
definite object Of which was long unknown.
Week after week the utmost vigilance w:ls
eX. rcised over the enemy at Dechard, No Num-
Vile and the valley Of the S"fuatchee before it
Was assnredly ascertained where he intended
TO strike his blow. At first it was thought that
Nashville was the soyeted goal, but move
ments soon made il evident that the capital OF
Tennessee was not the projected poiu: of attack
The untiring energy of Gen. Buell. was event
ually rewarded by the interception of dispatches
TO Gen. Bragg, which proved conclusiyrly that
Louisville was the point toward which the
rebel strategy was directed. This was 10 b. ef.
fected by forced marches without supplies, sub
slsting on the country, and reaching our city iu
around the falls of the Ohio, 10 confscat,. all
the stores 10th public and private, found here
and 10 possess the city under the impress ION
that tie Inion army would make no effort TO
dlsloGCc the rebels, for fear of juring the city
by q bonbart,InPnt.
Bragg in the meanwhile had been slowly
making his way 10 the Cumberland river.
which he struck at Carthage, while Gen Buell.
Oh his left flank at IRbanoi., guarding his
approach TO the city of Nashville. On the 2Ist
Of last month Bragg commenced his hurried
advance, and WAS felt all the way by Burll. his
object being TO guard the railroad as much "a
possible and at the same time TO allow the en-
tmy TO get no distant start OF hun. 1t viii he
remembered that he was still drawing all his
supplies from the depo;s which his freight had
collected 1T Nashville and Bowling Green.
while Bragg in many places warmly re-
celNed and bonntifully provided for 10y sinpa-
hizing friends. And here is the proper place
10 explain why Gen. Buell. did not remain In
the rear of Bragg TO harrass him and cut of
his outlying forces. He did as long h
could: lac shelled him out of Woodsonyili
forded the Green river, and drove him froIl
Munfordsville and continued the purs nit along
the old Nashville turnpike , al until the rebels
reached a dirt road leading through Hodg-n-
Vile TO the eastward, into which they defiied.
Here was the turning point of the STRAIT gy.
Buell. was aware :lat Kirby Smith, Joan Nor
gan, Humphrey Marshall and others, were
somewhere in the direction 10 which Bragg
seemed 10 be huIrying, and from whence they
could make combined attack upon Louis
Vile. He would, therefore, under any circun-
stances, have been justified ia taking tie direct
road 10 tic city 10 resist sach attack; Dut
infer that scarcity of supplies rendered IL
necessary for him TO do He reached here
night before last, and yesterday his entire army
arrived here and Were disposed around the
city, ertin@ our believed homes with the most
chivalric soldiery the world ever knew. who
want no other General 1or the West than
Buell., under whom they will Il -,ht to the death
This rapid survey Of the march OF the army Of
the Ohio from Tennessee must convince any
one who Is not blindly prejudiced that, so far
hom being outgcneraled, Buell. has entirely
frustrated all the Rebel plans, and now holds
an imprernable position. 1t would be obvi-
ously preludicial to the public interests TO
make any allusion 10 the future movements of
Gen. Buell.. But we can say with great conf
dence that he commands the situation in KEN
tucky, and can At his pleasure punish the inva-
Gers of our State, and scatter them 10 the four
winds.