Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-09-25
The Situation in Kentucky.

Another disaster in Kentucky. The
report comes that MunfordsviiIe ha.
fallen INTO the hands of the rebels af
ter gallant defence, the enemy un
der Gen, Bragg overpdwcrlng our
force OF about 5000 under Col. Will
der, all Indiana troops, US follows
llth, Col. Wilder 5Oth, Col. Durham
9th, Col. Emerson, and the SD, to.
gether with squadron of Bood's
cavalry. In addition to the force
above stated, Col. Wilder had pie.
ccs of artillery, viz One twcnty.fout
FOUNDER, two twelves and two sixty.
thrces. Opposed to him the rebels
were reported to have from 1000 to
10000 disciplined troops, with twelve
pieces of artillery.
Munfordsville is station on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
seventy-two miles below Louisville.
at the crossing of the Green River.
The river is crossed on a splendid iron
trestlc bridge l 500 feet in length.
Gen. Buell. with finely organized
army is at Bowling Green, where he
has been massing his forces, these
originally moving in two columns
northward from Nashville, one intend
cd for Bowling Green, the other for
Glasgow, point about thirty miles
further east. But in this march of
Buells forces, Gen. Wood command
ing the latter was outstrippcd in &C.
lcrity by Bragg, who, after crossing
the Cumberland river, pushed directly
for hold on the rich region of the
Green River. This was the first mis-
fortune, that Bragg outstripped our
troops.
He moved with the utmost rapidity,
with Gen. Bishop Polk in the advance
with 10000 men: and so close did
this division approach a column of
our forces moving to Glasgow also,
that the latter was forced to turn from
its route and march with all haste to
Bowling Green, in order to avoid a
battle, which it was not deemed poll
cy to give at that time Bragg reach
ed Glasgow on Thursday night, the
10Th inst, and during the following
day had succeeded in bringing his
whole force up, which Immediately
went into camp along Beaver Creek,
and in the western portion of the town
of Glasgow.
From Glasgow as his base of op.
erations, Bragg moved on Munfords-
vile, after one or two lesser move
ments aimed at points on the L. IL n.
X. II. The attack Oh Munfords-
vile originated in n desire doubtless
to break the railroad communication
at this river and cut off Louisville
from Bucl's rcinforccments, by de-
stroying the great bridge above spo-
ken of. In all this Bragg has been
successful, and immense sensation at
Louisville is the result.
Gen. Buell., good easy man, was at
Bowling Green, and has allowed Bragg
thus to head him off Don Carlos may
have excellent points, but they fail
him and the public when called for
The consequence of his hardness in
this instance, is a misfortune of no
small magnitude, which it will cost
much to repair. He has allowed a
vigorous and daring enemy to come
between him and the threatened points
north, and Louisville is now really in
danger
Kirby Smith was known to have
been at Frankfort, with his army, on
Saturday evening and now a strong
rebel force has made a Judgment at
Muutordsville and destroyed the rail-
road bridge there, thus placing a
broad and impossible river between
them and Bucll's army, Louisville is
doubly mcnaced and cut off from the
succor that it had hitherto been sup
posed Bueil's army could give it.
The first attack was made on Sun
day. The second battle of Mnnfords-
vile was fought less than half a mile
from the scene Of Willich's gallant
encounter year ago. The bridge
was destroydW by Buckner last year.
Stirring events are near at hand in
Kentucky.-Chieago Tribune.