The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-06
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AZ Lock No. D. 90 Green river, yesterday
Her stores were destroyed aud sheiurncd .
back lies officers report a lafet NUM-
Der Of rchcls AZ chat point
Gen. Blythe. AZ Evansville has called
out the Indians Legion. and is arming =,
The citizens along ihe Border
Brig. Gen. Dumont, q Union Dcmocrat
was nominated for Congress BY ihc Tine
ON Convention which met in this city
to-day.
Twelve hundred rebel officers passed
through this city To-day, froniSmddsky
en- route Cor Cairo
Ttms mrepsnarue
WASHINGTON, Sept p. ~ The latest
Trustworthy news from Che front was
brought bya surgeon WHO left FsirlaN
G.. II. Al ~ on Monday evenings and Pc
ported 10 the military authorities after
midnight The enemy was still pursu-
ing or threatening 20 pursue the thanking
movement 20 which Gen. Pope's des-
patches Of yesterday morning referred.
Gen. Ii9e was believed q have marched
his Is ttTd0Fs on the Little river turnpike,
which runs 20 tho north Of CentFeyille 70
Gum Springs through Germantown and
Fairfax G. H. 20 Alexandra. Ample
preparations had been made to meet him,
and The probabilities were that there
would be a great battle fought To-day or
t0-morroW. The suppOsition was
strengthened by kilograms from Fairfax
Station. dated later in The evening, 20
the effect that there was heavy firing in
the direction of Ieesburg. between which
~ Ifaf.T,aa H. g.,
ca. The report brought by other ofli-
GERS who LETT the front at an earlier hour
than this surgeon, was that the enemy
had fallen back with his whole army for
lack of supplies, being satisfied with
what he had already done, or at least
feeling himself unable 10 accomplish
more These gentlemen supposed the
movement on our right flank 10 be a feint
intended TO cover the retreat
LATER There is little or no doubt
| that there was heavy sldrmishng between
our forces and the rebels advance and
our outposts last night This mornings
reports are not vet accessible
The lth Massachusetts went into the
fight on Friday with about 240 men; $50
were killed and wounded. The 18th
New York with 254 men and officers, and
came out with 10G men and 9 officers.
| The four other regiments Of this brigade
--ButterGelds.-th 18th N. Y. 18th n.
", 33d Pa, and the 10th Michigan came
| out in the same proportion. Butterheld's
brigade had marched for p days without
| change of clothes and went into She fight
| in This fatigued condition.
\ Tribune correspondent, who went over
| 20 the field Of battle on Sunday, says our
dead lay untouched as they fell in the
battle, with the exception of their caps
| and shoes ! did not see single in
stance among the whole 1870 dead where
/ the shoes had not been riiled. Many OF
| the rebels were bareiooted, The rebel
l dead and wounded had all been disposed
/ of, and not a single vestige of sick killed,
/ or wounded, remained on the field. Even
| the struggling soldiers did not know
/ where they had been taken TO. They
were evidently buried secretly in The
night by negroes, for occasionally in a
| deep ravine / came across mounds some
times 10 or 10 feet square, where their
victims had been secrctcd from the gaze
of their own men.
| On Monday morning intelligence was
received atheadquarters that the divisions
Of Hill and Longstrccl intended to APP
! pear on our right in force and cut Off our
| supply trains. To prevent this cousum-
maJion, the division Of Gen. Reno was
despatched by Pope to Fairfax Court
House. Ii was also deemed prudent to
commence the evacuation Of Centrcvillc TO
cover our base of operations. Inasmuch
as Gen. Hill and Longstrcet were known
to be in force some distance towards
Washington from the battlefield Of Sa-
turday, and as a reconnaissance to the
front had revealed an anticipated move
ment in the same direction by the enemy,
the Army of Virginia commenced retiring
towards Fairfax Court House on Monday
at o'clock, Beno's division leading and
| McDowelPs corps falling in. As Reno's
division was pursuing its line of march,
and when within j miles Of Fairfax, a
heavy volloy from a force of riilemen
came pouring in upon them from the
woods 10 the right Of the road.
This occurred at four, The rebel force
was a detachment from Cen llilPs diyi-
sion, and was commanded by Gen. Stuart.
The volley was almost entirely received
by Gen. Stevens Brigade, composed Of
the 2Sth Massachusetts, 9Th Michigan,
5Oth Pennsylvania, 105th Pennsylvania,
aud doth New York Reno and Stevens
Immediately formed their commands in
line of battle TO rcpel the attack. General
Stevens rode up and down his line gal
lanUy rallying his men, Inundated by
repeated volleys from an unseen enemy
and unable TO cope with them in the posi-
| III 4 ft,..,wo1 one
dered his men TO fix bayonets and charge
Them eut of the woods His order was
gallantly responded 20 By his men, who
pressed the enemy and drove them before
them with great slaughter While thus
charging, General Stevens was hit witt
q mimic ball and instantly killed, but mol
until the enemy had been routed.
Captain Stevens, the son Of the Oener-
Al. was also wounded in the hand. Kcar-
nev's batteries now opened on the rebc
forces, causing great havoc among them
Skimishing was kept up for about three
bours when the enemy retired and the
train passed on, The enemy's loss was
heavy.
CNcNNATI, Sept 3-Begimcnis iron
camps and companies from the interior
towns are arriving all afternoon. Tn,
military authorities are very active.
Az six o clock on Tuesday morning th'
rebels occupied Lexington, six Thousand
strong. Railroad and Geographic com
municatiOn Is re-established to Paris.
This afternoon accommodating dngin,
proceeded TO within ten miles Of Licking
ton where they found a burnt bridge. 1
is not known whether the rebels still oc