The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-20
By Last Nights Mail
corrssp lndennc Of the Lourvlo Joufnsl
The right. at TomsinsviIie.

propose 70 furnish you a few Of the
outlines Of The battle that took place
here on the 9th inst At 81 o'clock
Col. Morgan and Col Hunt with about
1,500men and two cannon, attacked Ma
ior Jordan's Third battalion Of Pennsyl-
yania cavalry, about 250 strong, and Ia
king them by surprise. Major Jordan
drew his men up in line Of battle, and
the rebels came upon them from four d.
rections and made charge with cannon
and musketry. The Psnusylvanians re-
turned the fire. They fought bravely for
twenty minutes, when, seeing they were
oyerpowered, retreat was ordered,
which had to be done through Che rough
est kind Of woods, as the rebels had pos
session Of ali the roods. The rebels
pursued them into the woods, when the
Pennsylyanians turned upon them and
gave them fatal blow, and retired again
through the woods, the rebels pursuing.
They had gone about mile and half
to house and called for some water,
when a young lady, a Miss Stevens, took
wafer out to them. They asked her if
she had seen any Lineolnites pass there.
She told them no, but she had seen some
Union men pass there The rebels then
asked where they were. She said she
did not know, aud If she did, she would
not tell them. One Of the party then shot
her in the stomach with seven buckshot,
setting her apron on. FIRE, She lived un7
til Sunday morning, and expired, 'i.lo
The loss on the Union side in the fight
was four killed, six wounded, and nine
teen prisoners The prisoners, with the
exception Of Major Jordan were paroled.
He was sent back to Tennessee. The
rebel loss, according 10 the best infor-
nation l can gain, was ten killed, and it
is not known how many wounded. Col.
Hunt was mortality wounded it lis thought.
He is at this place, and is alive yet
They burned all the wagons, tents, COM
missary stores, &C., and left here at one
o'clock P. NJ for Glasgow, Ky. | do not
know the names Of the Union men who
were killed and wounded, except that of
Lieut. Campbell, who was wounded, but
not dangerously, and Lieut.. Sutherland,
who was Killed. understand there are
several hundred rebels now encampednear
Buffers Landing about eighteen miles
from this place.
The rebels took all the good horses
they could get in the country, and broke
open the stores in this place, taking the
goods and sending great many Of them
to Tennessee. ToMKM svILLE.
sPRINarIEbD, Mo, July 1T.--An expe-
dition recently sent from here under
Major Miller of the Second Wisconsin
Cavalry, consisting Of one section Of
Davidson's Battery, and detachments Of
the Tenth Illinois, Second Wisconsin and
Third Missouri State Militia, numbering
about six hundred men, attacked the
combined forces of Rains, ColIey, Hun
ter, Hawthorne and Tracy, about 1000
strong, eight miles beyond Fayetteville
Ark, early on Tuesday morning, COM
pletely routing them with heavy loss.
Major Miller's command marched 20
miles in two nights, and took the Rebels
by surprise. Our loss was very small
Col. Hail. Of the Fourth Missouri Mill
tia, stationed at Mt Vernon, reports the
killing Of 21 guerrillas, and the capture
Of 1900 pigs Of lead during the past few
days.
EDASAPoLIs July l8.--Despatches TO
the Executive Department tonight say
the rebels have taken possession Of Hen
derson, Ky, and captured Newburg Ind,
% miles below Evansville, and threaten
Evansville One Federal soldier was
killed, 200 sick in hospital taken priso-
ners, $50 stand of arms captured, and
all the hospitals destroyed. AtNewburg
two citizens Of Warwick county, who
came over with the enemy, were killed
by the citizens of Newburg.
AUGUSTA, July l0,--Aspecial dispatch
10 the Savannah Republican, dated Mobile
9th, says passengers from New Orleans
report that a Maine regiment mutinied on
being ordered TO Vicksburg, and two men
were shot before the disturbance was
quelled. Texan guerrillas are lowering
about New Orleans. The British armed
vessels omitted the usual compliment on
the 4th OF July.