The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-20
From the First Ohio Itsglheat.
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.etsa MAR NASHVILLE. TRNN.,n

aud dlsrarFangsd postal eongpnie tJjenI
sequence Of Inadequate mail facilili-s.
once more hays the lime and opportunity
TO address you. = 'gf"2
FRIDAY. February 18th. Ncoook's Di,
vision having received orders.to march to
Louisville and from. thouco ty boats I'd
where the battle Of Fort DoneIs was
fought, started, bpt 'el!er, a. march Of 15
miles the order was countermauded. and
the Older 10 march back given, the Diyis-
ION arriving atthoir;on quarters % Sun
daysnlorniug, taking up their msrclfin fhe
rear,of Gen. MitcheIRs Division on Mon
day, en- route tor Bowling Green, ... i.'
B After passing what was left ofths Raw
lett X. Il, station. there was not q. quafler
Of a.mile Of whole tack from thai plac.
to Bowling brush and fencsfals
had been fred on ske'trackn and warp Z
the tit s snd ifonrails. every, building ca J..
,pabls Of being used as "A hospital had
been burned TO the ground, the ponds and
basins Of the country, Cat best but poorly
watered, ami with no running stream be.
tween Green and Barren rivers.) had
been polluted by the relreatiue. rebels
with dead fogs, horses, cattle, and spoil
ed mcat" Glasgow tunnel was blown to
atoms as far as practicable, every good
horse stoln'by de Rshgtrs, bed clothes
taken, and in one casethe under iclothes
Of the wife of JUICE Robinson of Cave
GtyIsaipped from her bod yand burned
in the presence other family! Added to
these atrocities, not haif a, ton of hay,
oats, corn, or straw was,leIt op their line
or fight, either appropriating the same To
individual use, or burning II up 10 pre-.
vent the Union army from getting pos,
session Of it. AL tha way along the
route, in fact- --at Rawlett Sraliona Horse
Cave, Cave, City. Cfuctt's Knob, Bells
Tavern, iIawkeye and Williamsburg. with
the intervening county, shew tue marks
Of incer diarism and hellish demolition
Arriving in the vicinity of Bowling
Green, you are at once struck with what
would have beet utter folly, recklessness
and hardihood-an attempt to take the
,pl,ce by an attack in front. Six foriifi,
cations are in sight from the northern side
Of the river, one Of them and the best Of
which examined carefully, intended for
our left flank advance, is'a superb work,
showing than prdinaty scienli6i con
struction. 1t is built on College Hill.
where solid foundations had already been
laid foi a Seminary; this was used as an
additional protection topthe forts maya
zine, The outside walls, with wide and
deep trenches all around, were made Of
sohd rock, hewn down to a rugged steep.
ness, with palisades surmountingalb peak e,
ted and pointed, subterraneah passages
thl ough which infantry aud artillery cod
be moved At will, gave egress aud ingress
to and from allinterior points. Large
eli terms fiacd with water, brought by
slaves fomth river, "a distance ofaquar,
Ter mile, were in all of them, and large
pivot turntables, shew plainly that mann
moth guns, capable Of being pointed in
any conceirabls direction, for a space OF
three miles, wouldbsve given the. Law
Enforcels and Constitution pres6iycrs. a
sangpinary fight, lad tile rebels pluck
been equal to tleir b'avado, or their spi.
rits less speedy Than their legs, ',s,,'s .
Bowling Green, prpptr, is a. place oI
some 5000 population, hut has notorie
~ far exceeding It's numerical strength,
having been The Capitol of the Provision
oil, Government OF Kentucky, and the bes
fortified by both Nature and Art Of any
place in kentucky not excepting Colum
bus. 1t is stated by Uniou cilizsns. ma
ny.of whom (true.bIue, stock, ;, ara, no "
with Us as p lots, that not less than so,
600 Confederate troops were there one
month ago. They have l.ft. inrparts un
known. however, leaving as specimens o
their work the charro1 and ruined remains
OF what must once have been superb.y
magnificent struc,nres-- Barren Rivel
bridge, once similar in construction to tht
Green river bridge, was t'rn down,., rail
road dqpots burned, the torch applied tc
the, finest Of ware rooms, stores and priv
ate residences.
/ II is estimated thatnot less than 8. 00(
soldiers ofthe' Southern army here in tli
small place. paid the debt of nature ant
went as victims Of mercanary and unprin
cipled leaders to 9nother worldrrmen n,
Of whom had Union parents and Uhior
sentiment, had done its work of death
Ore cause Of The fatality among lheniiwa
6lhiassss anpther the inck ofsNlt!l
FebSu,ry 27thV We, started for eTennes
zee, 'srfHingiat che town,ol franklin, X y
a distance oi % miles, where We blvouck
for the night, and many was the poo
hog shot down, Sans boys taking. lher
for Secesh in disguise. Seven miles fror
Franklin, through dirt road, brought, u
to The Tennessee line, whercs p,ksd ,sOa
commences aud eontintifs all thr0ugB' tn
South. A large stone in the centre oflh
cross roads, resembling a sand stone mon
umehl eAszlbe pssssfs by thatsG o " mo
Mofehta'tof Kentucky was agreed u
boundary line, and that Governor narti
Of Tennessee was likewise satisfied. Her
each band of the di fferent regimehtsg I
| McCoolls Division struck up "Diaie" hn
continued soloodo iill,thes present ct.m,
The bands in our Division are'titose I
ths l4t ohio, 2l Kentucky, {Loaisfill
H Lrgi ~n,.) ! 5thjri6thl and t9;h Regulars
6,h Indiana, 77;l, ESH and 7ath breur
syf'Fniqy 18th and 49thIO OhiV, l3sJ, I3Ot
and 39lh Indianas 34lh Illinois, Isl Wis
coRsin. and several aothets H. baye ,lol