, 1863-01-06
We Capture Six Guns and
- ''',:' . 5UOHorses.


rebels has been daripgly turned to operations
on the communications Of Gen. Grant, con-
Meeting his former base at jackson, Ten
ncssce with lis source Of supplies. Again and
and again have the rebel guc1rilas swooped
down upon various points Of this railroad
line, not long since. even strongly
threatening Columbus. Forest, the
chief marauder, with his: force Of
7,oo0 guerillas, has been fair1y beaten, as
detailed in the following graphic account
The locality Of the fight is Lexington,
eighteen miles due cast Of jackson, and mid
way between the railway md the Tennessee
River: Our map viii sufficiently well show.
the general vicinity Of this achievement, and
the military importance Of the line Of rail-
road The enemy have aimed to destroy.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
CAIRO, Jan. s, 1862.
From participants and spectators we haye
the following full and explicit account Of the
fight at Cross Roads, between Brigadier Gen
cral Snlliyan's forces and the cavalry of the
Confederate General Forrest. It may be re.
lied upon In every particular. -
=. Gen. Haynie was at jackson, Tenn, on the
21st, where, with the 1o6th Illinois, Col. La-
tbam, the 39th :Iowa, Col Cummings, the
10th Illinois, Major Watson, and the Iowa
Union brigade, Lieut., Col. Cotton, he had ar.
rived on the previous day. j
The force Was then about / 1,Go0. He was re-
inforccd by ninety Of the 18th Illinois cavalry,
Capt. Bu1bridgc, and one company Of sixty
men Of the 18th Illinois. Alter repairing the
bridges burned By our forces he moved on
and occupied the town Of Humboldt, and un-
til Thea was engaged in: making further
repairs with the engineer corps.
: The 12ssA.m e557 men, end tie 7tk Tenn,
14s men, here Joined his command.
On The a5th ult., the whole force moved to
Trenton, Tenn, leaving portion Of the 12Gth
Ill, Lieut.. Colonel Beardsly to guard Hum
boldt. The corps arrived ut Trenton at noon
on the 2Gth and Gen. Haynie reported to Gen.
Sullivan, who was still at jackson, By tcle-
grnph, various reports were flying.
When the General arrived some had 1t that
Forest was at Middlcbury, only four miles
from the raiIoad, and another placed him at
Dresden, twenty miles from the same point.
Ono thing was soon asccrtaincd-tha Forests
AGl4SaL plChEt3 hN4E VII A11Eo Nu
Gen, Hayne had but 2, 500 all toll, ,and want
cd TO move forward and attack the enemy;
but the result shows that this would have
been bad move. 49,
On the eth, two Union,mcn came into the
camp at Trenton, and reported Forrest with
5000 men at Dresden, moving in the direction
| Of Huntington. Gen Sullivan was duly noto-
o1 0f1 1ad %1,a
Ohio, Col. Fuller; ED Ohio, Col. Wood; 39th
Ohio, Col. Noycs; $50 Ohio, Col. spaulding;
5otA 1ndiana, Col. Dunham; Kidd's 14th In
diana battery, and the 7th Wisconsin battery,
| to reinforce Gen. Haynie, who WIS with Gen.
| sullivan's cooperation, then busy planning
how to attack the Confederates. Upon their
arrival, our troops were brigaded as follows:
First Drigade-col, Fnl1cr commanding 27th
Ohio, seth Ohio, and esd Ohio.
.ot Ste1ad 1rigade- l,l n9nhs;a m co@mspaIng
| ncEsee..
With the two brigadcs there were six guns,
under Lieut.. Green Of Wisconsin. At dusk
all we're in readiness for movement forward.
Gen. Sullivan arrived from jackson at 9
o'clock that night, and Col. Dnrham and his
force moved the same night, aud Col. Fuller
| at o'clock the ensuing morning. Both bodies
| Of troops took the road to Huntington. The
first nights camp was made near Shady
Grove, within half days march Of Hunting
ton. As carly as o'clock on the morning of
tle e9th, Capt: Bubridgc and his command
| Of cavalry was sent forward to take and hold
the bridge over Bear Creek, 60 as to allow
the troops to crofs. These were attacked By
Forests extreme advance. Our infantry
hastened forward and crossed the stream the
pickets rctrcating, and made Huntington the
same day, at 2 o'clock p. NJ.
Gen. Sullivan Immediately ordered his regi-
ment into position to protect the approaches
10 the town, and detached 500 men under Ma.
jor Atkinson, Of The 50th Indiana, to go some
four miles out in the direction Of Forests
advance, to take and hold another bridge, at
which 1t was feared he would enter and fink
A. Major Atkinson and the 5oth approached
this bridge, the rebels fired upon him, wound
ing one man, The 1ndianians returned tht
fire, killing two and wounding one, when tht
~Confederates scattered, falling back to thetl
main body. - -. =. :.
On the morning Of the 30th 1t was lount
that the enemy, not being able to enter or pas
through or near Huntington, was making .
dctour, intending to reach Lexington Gen
hams I'd brigade to march forward and inter
cent them. He started and marched nin,
mi1esto clarksburg, where he blyouackea dur
ing the night, and carly next morning moyct
to Parker's Cross Roads. At this point wer,
concentrated tho whole Of Forests forces
the General himself in command. Thei
number is since asccrtained to have 1hh;oen a.