Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-26
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From The Louisville Journal, 1JhI
At last we have positive information that our
forces at &u1f0rdsville have been surrendered to
the rebel army. Lisutsnant James A. Dawson.
adjuiant Of the SD KentBeky infantry arrived
IN this city last evening, having left Munf0rds-
4 vile at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning.
after the surrender was made. At the time
+ Lieutenant Dawson left MunfOTdsville the rebsl
4 officers were engaged in paroling the Federal
1 prisoners
4 The surrender was q matter Of absolute nsces-
sity, as the gallant little band Of Federal troops,
who had fought so nobly on Sunday, end again
on Tuesday, were surrounded on al sides By an
overwhelming force. Il viii be remembered
that the delensss ct Munf0rdsville bad been
formed with view 70 an attack from South; but
Z a5 a formidable rebel force made its appearance
on the north side Of the uFer, and s5 the Fed
eral works were threatened at ali points, 70 hold
out longer would have been suicidal on the part
Of the Federal troops
Our forces were surrendered By Colonel c.
l. Durham, Of the 50lh Indiana infantry, who
assumed command on Monday morning.
The forces surrendered embraced the seven
teenth Indiana, the sixtieth Indiana the sixty
seventh Indiana, the sixty-eighth Indiana, tho
sixty-ninth Indiana, al infantry, CaDt Hzre's
cavalry company Of Louisville provost guard
portion Of the fourth Onio battery, and one sec
ton Of the thirteenth Indiana battery, AMOUNT
ing in al 10 about four thousand i've hundred
men and ten cannon, intending q twenty-four
FOUNDER
Lieutenant Dawson's account Of the fighting
on Sunday and Tuesday, represents these en-
gagements IS severe IN the extreme, the rebel
loss being fssrful, while the Federal loss was
but eleven in killed and twenty two ia wounded,
three Of the wounded baving died subsequently.
Lieutenant Dawson, ia his attempt to escape,
was arrested and taken before Colonel n 2.
Forrest, the commander Of the rebel cavalry,
and was confronted By a man named Cox, son
in-law Of the Hon. ". L. Underwood, who rep
resented himself as member Of General Buck
ner's staff. Thanks to Bfr. Dswson's ingenuity
in conversations, he was liberated withou5 giving
bis parole.
The rebels fought with great desperation on
Sunday, Col Wilder being in command Of the
Federal forces On that day. Two regiments Of
rebels made i've different charges on a Federal
battery, and were IS often repulsed. In the last
charge the two rebel regiments were almost an
initiated and our informant says that, Of the
members Of one Of the rebel companies, bul
three escaped death or injury.
On Tuesday Colonel DUnham sent out skir-
misheT5, who were soon driven 10. As the rebels
approached the Federals wers ordered to reserve
their fire until the enemy had advanced closely
upon cur works.
VOllsy after vollsy Of musketry was thea
poured into the rebel infantry at short range,
which moved d0ER their ranks IN great nun
beTs- During the skirmishing on Tuesday &
citizen nsmed Ro5RTt Getty, who had been i'm
pressed by tie rebels as a guide, was killed
Among the rebel officers lost in the different
engagements were three colonies and two Heu-
tenant-cOlones, including a Colonel Scott snd
Colonel Smith. Lieutenant Dawson had par
tsl list Of the killed and wounded in bis pos
session at the time Of his departure, but thought
it imprudeut TO carry such information about
his person, and therefore destroyed it,
The same paper says:
By order Of General Kirby Smith, Thursday.
the 18tA, was observed by the rebel troops at
Lexington as a day of thanksgiving.
a mau who had package Of our papers IN a
wagon 81 Lexington, the other day, was arrest
ed and his property burned on the plea that the
Journal published lies concerning Colonel Viii
ders success st Munfordsville and McClelan's
victories on the Potomac, when the rebel officers
asserted that the very reverse wa5 the truth.
The evening train over the Louisville aud
Frankfort rsilrozd did not 90 beyond Boards
station, fifteen miles from the city, last evening,
from which point It returned. General Nelson's
order, prohibiting the departure Of persons from
tina city, had the effect 70 limit travel to great
extent.