The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-07

AALADlU AklERb 0EIACA. DDTH hENI.A
INDIANA VoLs., NEAR EDorrnLD,}
August --
Col. JOHN Z. MILLBR.--Ssr; In ac-
cordance with . direction from his Ex-
celIenoy, Governor ANDREw JoHNsoN,
took portion Of my command, consist
ing of parts of Companies c, E, I, aud X,
being detachment of Doth Regiment In
diana Volunteers, on the 10Th Of August,
for the purpose Of making a reconnaissance
20 Gallatin and Che Tunnels, eight miles
| beyond l left a portion Of my command
at EdgeGold Junction Manscoe's Greek,
Dral,e's Greek, Saundersville, and Pilot
Knob. I left more men at each place
than had been usual until couple Of
days previous. Tho whole force which
accompanied me was about one hundred
and seventy six. When within about
three miles Of tho place, l threw out skir-
mishers, under Captain ATrKIssoN and
kept the pike with the main body, | ar
rived at Gallatin about five oclock, PM.
driving out MoReAE's pickets, and cap
turing six, whom 1 had every reason TO
bolicye were Of his force.
! / divided my iuen into squads, placed
out pickets, and ordered all citizens to
be arrested and held for the time being.
! Leaving Captain MILLER in charge, took
with me Lieutenant MARSH and six men,
and started for the Tunnel, about seven
miles distant. found the trusslc one
mile fIOm south tunnel burned. A new
one, however, can be easily erected The
tunnel had been arched by timbers and
wood in its construction, and this had
bcon fred and was still burning in the
middle. We penetrated as far as possible
! [for the heat and smoke drove us back,
aud found that from six to ten feet Of rock
had fallen on the track from above The
upper or north tunnel was uuiniured.---
We then returned to Gallatin. became
satisfied that a general raid was intend
ed on all tho bridges from Nashville to
6allatin. hsstened with my prisoners,
now some ono hundred and thirty, back
towards Pilot Knob, expecting to meet
reinforcemenis had sent for before dark,
but they came not About day break ]
heard firing in direction Of SaundersviIle,
where I hsstened as fast as possible,
leaving the guarding of Pilot Knob bridge
under Captain Miller and fifty men.
When within about three-fourths of a
mile Of Saundersville, saw large vol
umes Of smoke ascending, and ordered a
hurried advance. just as / was in the
act Of throwing out skirmishers the enc
my appeared on our right ordered
Captain ATKIssoN's command forward to
the right and Captain RoUsE's to follow
me on dOuble-quick along the railroad
Captain ATrEIssoN's men, and ROUsE's
soon engaged the enemy, about 15C
strong, all Of whom were mounted, some
on the horses taken from the train al
Gallatin. So sudden was our onset thai
they fed. We killed two and wounded
eight, as we afterwards learned, and also
released fourteen prisoners they had Ia
ken at saundersville They had burned
the trussle and attempted 20 burn the
stockado. We lost no killed or wound
ed. Hating here a few minutes, I pashed
forward for brakes Creek, two miles dis
tant, where a stOckado had been built
and there left Capt ROUSE and about
seventy men and some twenty prisoners,
and pushed on for Manscoc's Creek, dis
tant four miles, arriving there about
eleven o'clock--the men having had no
thing to eat for near twenty-four hours
took hand-car and started fol
Edgofeld Junction, two miles distant, I'd
see IL could get any supplies or a traiI
10 take them TO the various posts, hay.
ing first ordered Captain ArTEIssol
with his command forward TO the juno
ton, Whoro ho arrived near noon
Finding could not obtain supplies,
proceeded to Nashville for them, and got
train, which, when near tho junction
found the fght raging AZ that place, an,
| 10 returned. In the meantime, Captain
MuIER was attacked by a very larg
force al Pilot-Knob, and two Of bis fore