The New York herald., 1862-08-22
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.
Surrender Of Clarksvilla tx
the Rebels.
EVACUATION OF FORT DONELsoN.
Brilliant Rsrulsc BY Twenty UniOnihs Of
Ono Thougand Rebel Guerillas,

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CARo, III. August 81. 1862
Tne reoehs nine hundred strong, under Woodward, oc
oupsed Car ville vAuR Tuesday last The garrison
Consisting ofa pcrsnof the Seventy fret Ohio regiment
surrenders,d, and wsrc paroled.
It's re- ported thai the enemy advancing Fort
Donoso which hed been abandoned the Union forces
IN cha rye, reported TO be only 500 strong The post
may 20 consdessd vaucless at present. as the Cumber
haG river has now only thirty inches OF water
SKETCH OF GAINESVILLE AND VICINITY.
Carksvlls reported to be in the possession Of the
rebels Is smart and thriving post village of Montgo
merry couy Tenn OF which county is also the capital
is sitused the right bank of the Cumberland river
at the mouth or the Red river and distance Of about
nifty miles from Nashville in northwesterly direction
In Its prosperous smes contained population Of about
four thousand persons supported four Ave newspapers
and transacted considerable trade The financial por
sion Of the business Of the place regulated by two
banks supposed to be very sound The county in which
Ciasksvc is located is situated in tho north-norhwest
era part Of the State bordering Kentucky and has an
area estimated at 1--WE hundred and lty square miles,
three hundred and y thousand acres. It is inter
sected by the Cumberland river, which is navigable for
Steamboats, and is also drained by its auent the Red
rivSr before spoken or The surface Of the country
unduatng and the soil very fertile In 1850 the county
produced about three and half millions pounds Of tobac
90, greater quantity than raised in any other
~ Of the State. The population in that year was
n 94b, Of whom 9,07l were slaves Clarksvle is also
IN important station Of the Memphs and Ohio Railroad
being situated between Louisville and Memphis 1t is one
hundred and seventy eight miles from the former place.
ana one hundred and ninety nino miles from the latter
mis- road passes through Bowling Green, from which
place 1t Is distant about sixty-four miles.
FORT DoNELsoN AND VICINITY.
Fort Doneson is situated the banks OF the Cumber
hand river the village Of Dover Stewart county
Tenn. II surrendered to the Union troops under
General Grant the 10th Of February 1862 after
stnas resistance OF three days. The county which
situated, adjons Montgomery county, .an contains
about hundred square miles nearly four hundred
and fifty thousand It is also, like tharcounty, in
tersectod by the Cumberland river and bounded the
southwest by tho Tennessee river which is situated
Fort Henry. The county contains population OF about
sn thousand pcrsons, onefourh OF whom arc slaves.
me capitarof the county Dover before alluded TO-
which pest village OF small pretensions Fort Donel-
son b about seventy five mios estnorthwcst Of NASH
vile IN air line, about hundred miles following
the course Of the river.
NASHVILLE, August q, 1902
Yesterday afternoon Captain Atkinson Of the Fiftieh
Ohio with twenty men in stcckadc, at Edgefe;d Juno
tion, was attacked by one thousand guerias. He re
pulsed them three times, kiiag Morgan's adjutant
seven prvates, wounding eighteen, and finally, after
three hours lighting, drovs thsm 90. gti ~ E4fei
Cobnci Mason, Of the Scventy-frst Ohio ttho same
regiment denounced by General Sherman for cowardce
u shiloh) with 500 men, two cannon and strong
trenchments at Carksvile, surrendered without
tancs 70 the same number Of guerilas The yguorias
werc aided by rebels who had taken the oath Of al
jsgisncc.
large amount Of United states property was seized
and enc hundred solders captured by gnegss Mans
row creek, near Edgeneld JunSliln, and The bridge
burned. 3 At# e1sH#- sf 47ENk
General Nelson left Nashville for Louisville this morn
ns' Esaf9 ga as
e RrssEiLviIlx, Tenn. August q, 1902
An that known here Of the capture Of CarksvIe is
gucrilla force under A. r. Johnson, Woodward and
Osarth.
Our most reliable reports represent Masons force al
2o0 that Of the rebels from 400 10 800. Not gun was
nrcd. Mason and his paroled, and went down
Tho river. ..~tt.t
Further Information From Carksyille shows the sur
render 20 have been tho most dsgracsf and cowardy
airof tho war. The paroIed officers were allowed to
carry or their horses and sidc arms Tho surrender was
made TO inferior force Of rebel cavalry and Mason and
Woodward mado speeches complimentpg each other.
Cur Nashville Correspondence.
t. NASHVILLE, Tenn, Asg. Is, 1884,
De.aiis Of Ae Rebel Attack Upon Caltdtin, &c.
Yesterday morning Morgan, with force supposed TO
be about 800, surprised and captured Colonel Boone
with about 900 Of the Twenty eighth Kentucky,
which had been left to guard tho post No definite in
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