The New York herald., 1862-09-19

% WIN terrible shouts. which wore drowned y
the torfiic roar Of and muskotry. A twelve
pounder and two sixpounders opened upon them with
asv ns r,e carnage was terrible when s smoke o.
aiiea w,lh shout, the backs Of their enees ss they
or MAJOR Ansoar
10 tnc eAcleEent OF the nument, seeing tho rebes 70
treating many q tbs lndanisns sprang trsaoh
es and starco IN pursuit Major Abbott, OF the SIXTY
seventh ldana spreng upon parapet and 10
the men, encosrsg'Dg them forward While standing
woods and fell hack into the OF his m sp without
word. The men who had made the sortia sooa fonnd
themselves under calling rc and return
They succeeded however, ia bringing IL several prison
ers aolg them major Of the Mississippi regiment en-
Il Z now supposed be dead He conversod with Col
Wilder few moments, and stat that his colonel haA
been killed, and that they had lost less
hundred men the left of the ne lie said thar our
artillery had done terrible execution among those hid in
abattis which was composed OF q dcaaened tim ber,
which, struck by the balls. sha into thousand
Of pieces ard the spaels Of which had inflicted teribs
gades of Simon B, Buckncr's division, and awNppns
them liko hell I'VE wore told,' no said 'thst Wa
bors wero al a6cye the hundrodlh and who would run
at the first Are" He said that there wefe two Misss
sipp one Georgia one Alabama sad Louisiana reg sut
ought tobe in ID from the other side Of the river but
had been heard FROM He also stated that Brgadisr
General Duncan va, in command Oh, the sd and that
Bicsncr Was awaiting the result at hcSlets Station
AN ASSAULT ON o0a tEtT.
Tho ac.y formed rebel right marched from the woods
m splendd order with ranks apparently full ana Ia
morning gliding their bright bayoncts They moved
forward and ding 70 The right passed from view beneath
NNtohni'o
pelely hid tncm from view, and tsy did not appear
again fos ssme moments During the time Asy
a e shroW shs into s" sss Works ' The sa.uss
poandoT was also devoted to the battery for few mo-
mens While the battery played upon our troops the
Ses sea S
hill double quick, and not il the best Of oIA2f
But ali pushed on with desperate courage 70 tom meet rs
ass ss saS sFgSss s Sat ,ts s
and mel with she bayono, that they fell back !sav
ing the field stre"n with their dead and dying Mteee
entary strugg. hs breastworks, tho whole rshef
right broke iao complete dloder and fed from the 6eld
l MuSF0RDsvILI9.
Al this time and while the battery our lett was d0s
appearing in Tho direction of the togate large force q
| cavalry appeared beyond Munfordsvle, and, dashn9
ss 'Sa s ' as ps's They q sn
| opened upon fort, but had fired but three
~nsn nsr ss' @ la n Ae as %.
the the bao coats Of COL Dun.as Ttieth Indiana
wero seen coming With dcabe lnlcS, and in few mo.
meats afterwards, they had attacked and comp!eeey
routed the rebel cavalry who crossed the river ana -
| in eyery direction
| Tvr nx,.is RETREAT IN CONFUSION.
No hat the rebel right broken in confusion teaa
the loft which had stir maintained rc from the woods.
t,e soeis and railroad crossing falling Rowietts
Station, Col Wider .hrep shells from al his guns after
all be dsaa ami woands on the Geld besides two pieces
OF ARTILLERY aud hye hundred stand q snsu arms
| Vna 'ofy vas i.osl coi".tsse
tthou! tgo ooog; Gel juneau sent IN lag of truce,
asking permission g 5Ty s deal ana r. s,T =, tas i1se o.
his dead shortly alter force made iis appearances
an Engaged II ol1g a hs & asad n s1r daSTens nn %.
sisted IL getting large number Of wounded and ds0a
an ,e pits IN front of ths b-eastworAs. Tho wounded
| were a!i seriersly injured by hayonet stab,
1 1as asnsL Lo-s
seversi of the and hal permission to visit
The pariy engaged in buryng the dead and oenvsrsea
freely With those engaged in the task The rebes stated
thai their loss in killed and wounded ,ess than
six nuudrei and asserted ,het they had lost dvs
hundred N Killed alone. Certain thai the slaushtss
| Terrible and that in no battle OF the war has the
proportion OF killed and wounded TO the force engaged
been great Among the dead were colonel, major
| and four captains.
The engaged the fight composed OF the fol-
lowing regiments:Seventeenh Indiana Volunteers, IN
Msr indiana
try, Colonel ; four pieces Of artillery. and one CON-
pany OF cavalry, not employed. The Fiftieth Indiana,
Colonel Dunlsm reached the time TO dispsro6
the cavalry the northern bank Of the river Our lo
eight killed including Major Abo.s and thrtythrss
LATE FloM BRAGG's
Much Of the information Of the rebel movements pre-
s. 4 says ssnsly asSm ns s.s
bers Of the Sixth Ohio infantry They reached this place
Their names are Charles Re Leon and j. R. Erwin, and
both are intelligent ard gsntlenanly young mon They
s On es s
the latter were sleeping, and were surprised while
gathering rrlt frcm garden into which they had been
invited by the proprietor who insisted their helping
themselves. They conveyed Sparta, the head
quarters or General Forrest. whcro they remained few
days, aud then paToed Their parole is appended
| as matter OF curiosity.
l HEADQUARTERS, FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE,
NEAR SPARTA, Tenn Sept. 4, 1888. !
We the undersigned, belonging to the United Statse
war BY Brsadier General Forrest OF the COnfedsrass
staes do accept parole and pledge honor not -
Il ats
God. CHARLES DE LEON.
j. r. ERWIN.
| ENDORSEMENT.
l HKADQrAH FIRST CAVALRY BRIGADE,
/ NEAR SPARTA, Sept. 4, 1862. !
This parole is accepted upon the conditions expressed,
aud the individuals permitted 70 pass our lines Of
der of Brigadier Gcnerai FORR EST.
j. ?. SsRASas Assistant Adiutant General.
While in the camp Of Forrest these gentlemen
Bnckner and Cheatham. They say that both OF these
Forrest commands all the cavalry in Bragss army. They
say Forrest Ii of about htty, with silver hair
about one hundred and sixty pounds &c wears gray
wbiskcrs moustache, IN the Corsican style, and,
ioses. and exceedingly good natared In bis commsaz
are Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky cavalry
GI Wsr,os ssy nov
regiment Of cavalry in The same brigade.
4 TN cArr,Rs os BACON cExr.
Tie cavalry under Morrison which have noticed
having evacuated Ieban,n Friday, made its ap-
pearauce Bacon creek stockadc Sunday night, and
dcmaned the surrender OF thc sergeant Henry
rIs Compsny D. rirly fourth Indiana, who was in com
uand anu who reached nero parole informs me that
| this demand backed By display cf artlc y, anA
tina, gss compelled surrender the twenty
under his conI>nd. Ito submitted TO Colonel MorrisoD
tue t that 9Resmcnt mol regularly in the United
states sorvice, hut regiment of Indiana Homo Guards,
whose t!no cut ten days aSo. II thon agreed
that the captivating should be paroed not TO bear
ARMS until regularly exchanged or discharged from the
service Of the state OF Indiana Bit whom in
| possession OF thu fort the rebel colonel Iolused
10 add the last clause, snG, though At tbs
tme of the surrender tho were not In
service Of tho United Staos they must be regularly
exchanged before they again volunteer. Morrison
the stockaGe and the winch had been thr0n
o the track two miles beyond End then 6vacuated going
SOUTH
BRAGG RgiRKAfrG.
am in pussession os Information which eetabiisbea
beyond doubt my mind that Bragg already rcrens
ing from Kentucky have detailed certain informasou
in regi rebel troops Of smith passing through