The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-04-05
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Tho Charisston Asreary editor 10 Lvsry
much dissatisfied WITH the coursso u aalivs
in Tennessee. Hear him speak Of tbs
evacuati1pef , Nashsille: ~ Il ,fSs.l
"Thus fell the cisy-shs great Western
capital Of The Confederscy- depot of its
stores--ths ssaso of ia mnusfaesnfes+-vi sb-
out . bloF struck directly ipt its defense -
The e. en- md the mannar Of Il, has filled
all ranks NJ klfpfisc, ndignation and de-.
spondc6cy. S6ek 10 the resuit'of The defen-
ave policy Of the Kentucky campaign. "
has tarn,shcd the glory Of our arms, and
sacrificed avast amouBt OF our resources.
IL 10 estimated that about 6ys thousand
left the city, but ] am sorry to say that Z
Jorge 90 omission sentiment was developed -
lie evidently does not Ike the develop.
ment Of a strong Union sentiment. N NJ
" The defense OF the Fort has taught ~
one lesson. and thst 10, that gun boats .can
be resisted with leas force shas-w.expsstsds
We bad only thirteen guns, ali common
thirty-swo's, except ono which iwsaa ride1s
and one eight -ioch columbiad. And these
Two we're almost the only Coos that wsre
elective. Why did We mot have forty sixty.
Fights? Was Nashville lost for the want Of
forty guns ar = ..s-,,gs !. s i 4
The army, on arriving at Murfreesboro,
was Joined by Crittcndcn's command, Of
some three orafour thOusand, and several
other regiments. 1t has moved, learn,
from there, Int its destination il not knowa
perhaps Atlanta or Decatur.
Ills reported thar there is considerable
force Mt Knoxville. Bat wcwant now, iirst
enough reinforcemcn.s to make up the num.i
Der - fifty thnusAnd, to make q STAND, and
then twenty Thousand more to commence
active hostilities, to adopt the offensive aud
aggressive-Beve 70 cease until tho invader
is driven across tho Ohio and psrhaps not
then. ss54$s IS s s@s. ADS ~.
As Johnson's army passed through Nash
vile, the men were indignant Mt leaving
without u Gghf, and there musts have been
at least three thousand Of them that turn
ed of on other roads home ard, many de-
claring TINT they wpuld rrjoins tbs army
whenescr there was !. prospsct s0f battle.
met and conversed with many Of the Of
fcers and soldiers who had escaped from
Fort Donelsou. They also said the army
there was enrprised Mt being snrrendered;;
for although much fat,gusd with three
days fght,rg, they had been victorious,
and were still confident OF defeating the en-
emy. All said that a rcinforcemens OF ten
Thousand men would have made victory
certain. Our force engaged il estimated vt
twelve thousand; that Of the enemy, when
fiualiy reinforced, was from City TO sixty
thousand. The estimates OF the losses on
both sides, vary largely, but oil concsr ina
making those OF the enemy cnormops--
from Eve to ten thousand killed and woun
ded. Ours was comparai,vel small, except
those surrendered, than when the confed-
eracy had no better troops. There ishari-
y an instance in bistoryl whore men fought
better.
hwas both Mechanically md vexatious to
zee the, two confederate eunboass burned AZ
Naahsille, to prevent them from falling into
the hands Of the enemy. They had been
recently commenced, and lacked month