Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-26
News from the SOuth-Rebel Report,


of Battles.
THE VICTORY NEAR coRINTH.
RICHMOND, May lO.-The War Office has re-
ceived the following official dispatch:
CoRINTH, May 9, via MOBILE, May 10.
To Gen. S. Cooper, Adjufant General:
We attacked the enemy to-day, and drove him
from his position.
(Signed) G.. T. BEAUREGARD.
CoRINTH, Nav s.-Bragg and Van Dorm ad-
vanced on the enemy at III o'clock this morning.
After slight skrmish which lasted three hours
we drove the enemy two miles beyond Farming
ton, and beyond the bridge. Five thousand
troops were engaged on each side. The Federal
cavalry charged Robinsons Battery, but were
repulsed in great confusion, their riderless horse;
running to our line. Our loss was small Mai
Ingraham and Capt Leftwitch. of General Van
Dorn's Staff, were dangerously wounded. We
captured a large amount Of clothing and KNAPP
sacks. The enemys loss in killed and wounded
was heavy.
May 81 have just returned from the front
The enemy was driven across Seven Mile Creek,
running like sheep 1t appears that Gen. Pope's
Division of the Federal army alone occupied
Pennington. Gen. Halleck, with the main part
of the army, is still on the river The Confed-
crate loss is slight. The Federal retreat was so
rapid that we were unable to capture many pris-
oners. Generals Price and Van Dorm led the
attack. We captured the telegraph office al
Pennington. The Confederates are returning to
Corinth. 1t is reported that the Confederate
forces operating down the Tennessee River have
captured large numbers of prisoners and large
amount of property at Paris and Paducah.
JAcKsoS's VICTORY IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND. May l0-The following official
dispatch was received at the War Office this
morning:
VALLEY DIsTRIoT, May 9,
via STANTON, May l0.}
To Gen. S. Cooper, Adjmant General:
God blessed our arms with victory at Mellow
ellis, yesterday. (Signedl
I. j. JACKSON, Maj. Gen.
A dispatch TO Gov Letcher, this morning. says
that Gen. jackson telegraphs that we have gained
brilliant victory in the valley, and that the ene-
my is in full fight. holly pursued. Our loss is
40 killed, and 900 wounded The enemy's loss
was heavy. and all his dead and wounded were
left upon the field. OF the Twelfth Georgia
Regiment, Capts. Furlow. Mcmillan. and Patter-
son. Lieuts. Turpin, Gouldware, and Woodward,
were killed. Capt Dawson was badly wounded
May ia later dispatch to Gov. Letcher,
dated Staunton, Saturday evening. says that the
enemy's loss at Mcdowell was 500 killed and
wounded. In their flight, the Yankee troops
burned all their luggage and wagons. Our forces
are pursuing them closely. Some of our wound
ed have arrived here.
AFFAIRS AT ooRISTH.
CoRINTH, May l0.-All is quiet here to-day.
1t is believed that the enemy are slowly advanc-
ing on our lines by three different routes.
The Confederate loss Yesterday was but slight:
Federal loss considerable. but the particulars of
neither have yet come to hand. The Yankees
were too swift footed to admit of our capturing
many prisoners.
Robinson's Battery behaved with great gallan-
try in the recent action. Robinson is a Texan,
aud his battery consists of six pieces, small brass
coumbads, called Napoleons, and his corps is
composed chiefly of Georgans and Alabamians,
recruited from the six months men at Pensacola !
The Federal prisoners say that 40, 600 of their
troops were massed together behind Seven Mile
Creek as our forces approached that stream in
pursuit. yet Halleck declined Beauregard's offer
of battle.
The Confederate army here are all in fine
spirits and anxious for decisive contest to come
off They seem confident of a favorable result.
JEFF Thompson has taken command of the
Confederate gunboats, and commenced opera
tons the Mississippi He attacked the Fede-
raj feet to day above Fort Pillow, destroying one
mortar vessel and damaging two others. The
Confederate loss in the action was four killed
eqd eight wounded.
MOBILE, May ia special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register from Corinth. the l2,h,
SAYS the enemy is drawing nearer to our right,
center, and left, as if for general advance upon
our position.
The weather is dry and hot.
On the 9Th inst Col. Woodward, with the lst
Kentucky cavalry, and detachment of Texas
Rangers, attacked the Federals at Elk river, and
killed several, captured two captains, two lieu
.,I A lao iUhf M
groes. The Confederate loss is FIVE killed, in
Guiding Capt. Harris, of the Rangers, and seven
wounded. This IS official.
COL. MORGAN AND THE ENEMY AT LEBANON, TENN.
PARTICULARS OF THE sKIRMIsH.
The Atlanta Contederacy, of the 18th, gives the
following accounted Morgan's skrmish with the
Federals at Lebanon, Tennessee. already alluded
to in the Northern kilograms The account
mentions his adventures after leaving Pulaski:
He went to Lewisburg and Pennington, in Mar
shall county, and from Unionville on the Nash
vile and Chattanooga railroad. which is perhaps
some ten miles above Wartrance There he cut
the telegraph wire; and having operator and
battery along, he telegraphed to the Federal
commander at Nashville that Morgan and his
rebel cavalry were advan ing on Shelbyvile,
and to send all the cavalry they had at that
point.
The object of this was to draw the cavalry down
this way, while he made tracks in the other d.
rection to some point where he has an important
work to perform. This would, no doubt, have
been successful, but by some means-most likely
from some Of those whom he paroled at Pulaski
the enemy at Nashville had some clue to
his further design, and were not led astray by
this device, which proved very unfortunate af-
forwards.
After sending this message he pushed on by
Versailles and Egglesvile, ia Williamson coun-