The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-21
L sreel l.sssal Eys-y ON milton mead Island


TFrom he chaflsston Mercury 18th
We take pleasure In recording the parllca ars o.
what i eoizidertd Of the bnide-s snd unt suc-
cessfu ieats u lhe Har We a.Iud u the hfilialt
foray Of Csl ain John H. Mickler. detachment
o. his cpnPAny rTlth Regiment 5. u VI on I-t
Thursday nlEnf, which resulted 10 surprlsing a1d
eAptnrifg def4fhnent q pIckeis and signai corps
men. of The Spahish Wells Observatory, on Hlf53
Head I{and. iew hundred y4rds fr,tn regiment ol
Infantry aud uiiin sou1d Of te lont ro Al seneral
itanieriz headq1fitsrs 3y examining map the
= eerated fsoH, the main land By vide water c0urs
e, navlg-be 10 gunoaass of All classes. vhfh rem
ders all approaches 70 if ciBcult. nff ds1kerous
b1ndle The Iide with deac.y precisidh Eashed b5
1ne AtlHntc oteAa on tie front. siid the reH- =
guarded naturally, Hiitou Head - every RESPECT
rLat might harehee tionght s1Ia place ltr i'De-
,,sunsht Hfadqtarfgrs hut u seerrs that nur salt
S.-ieF pys have found way T. sc. there-
On thursday evening. all psopgF arrark kcnenfk
having een preso sy made. th> fbrayersf started
~ their cauoes, and ipil0Ws May RFar down - q
sEo strfau.s foIiaz Catalogue Sonnd.l Lcarzfg from
Close Osersatioa the picket tlfions theg cttcse1 q
safe lancng- lie night Wa sr< ssl ale i1d hi xb
ellooeh = ssnd fhe tide 10 tie shore With ne4V
nurniat- Aitef max ag 4 necessarr dispositions IL
ensure Bncctss tie scorfs red clutsolsiy ile
aisl er1ni an1 tne'ice iwaids the iIo-e, which =
used ds picket ard siEual station. lhcg piln Ess
- approach he place IN the irar. md n possible
eaPiare OF b4yelft every one t.ele Without kring
gun; tuf they ffnd tfAt seltrei n3 posted on tie
frU-I- Under tlt<e circumstances. kTe Wa no al
-tmatifr bat 70 shout doEh lac s-n;i-ei a. tie back
docr aid then g. their work with lspatcii. lang
eett rnnsket.lnA. iarset practice Is not reran
IN the dark. away seampeftd The ssnuael l1iiorr,i
iJ the 4tiackiaf pafi9, wh) rished cl,-r upoa bis
heeis inf3 thu 10
~Beiere The sleeping guards .ul 4 throw liz TIER
blanseiS, they . und thenseiFes ia the grasp uf =
5snd q s.ern bess k4tftr ihan l4ke the twenty
KEGS quietly sarfendeted- Aesniins the noise below
lad ~ shkened tile sleepers above aRd Lieutenant
q ilie Inai corps rrsisd d'wFi stare dftabif
10 ssceii4 what had occurred; bat to- was --sln
prissler in the hands OF a sturdy rraysafk. with
pistol epcked, whom he encountered II the foot a the
3tass This iHnch having been afcornpIisbed, M
tins Wis to be LOST Tie rrisobeis h<ere marched A.
tie dos.,ie quick the a1ding the ankce Iieuien-
at n r-irg srsrely ffo-i tilFs ana thorns be be
ing ta;efOcted. without lat and cont The retreat
Was sally conincied. and that too ever nipe nj e
Of wat. courses available for gunb0a-s u large
The foli,xing Is IA lrt Of the csptives:
FlIstll-icu Thomas =. Ifushby u. s. Signal Corps
Alfred 5. 4. Williams, u. \ Signal Corps, John
Merriinl,n. u s. signal Corps. john Hudgin. L. ;
Signal Corps sstEsestS. L. Sbley. I9.h Maine R-ri-
vl,lunteers Private i-ennari baker 9Th MAin-
Re gi1eat Volunteers, Private L. Csnnell. eth Maine
hegimeut svclHpieers. Private !. o. ckander. sth
Name 8eEime8t Volunteers. Pfivate A. nanran.
stn Maine Regiment volnnte+rs
A Lieutenant D: the Signal Corps and private
Who Remained lip stairs escasu un$tsefved ard the
lckrtscn the b;ur made tseir essslle All The rest
we're taken and brought on t1e hlfnd without The
loss It : man On our side
But faie information was otainel General Bnrn-
side nae 10. ariive up = fhnrsdari bls was hourly
expected An atack on Clflresi in and = vigorous
cainpaikn on sli- department hsdihee1 nie camp
TAX Tor six wefks. aud fbe troops dfl 1t understand
the del3y There hai bee& some ru{e,enrs n troop
&c- Uie1in iF days bat the otje ia sieH wa sloi
Known Our pickles reported an iftn cisd 10 3rSat
River a. high Is Hor- Meek 81 wednesday la-, boz
$ retisel nfier firing two Guns.
THIS u trc lth sixth successfui fora- leafe fv
Capt ~ ckler. In My i<<t be -ec TIA large 4ia-
ti;y of dorm AMI -attie Csl-asstt. leland. "a
~ be tpk I've Yankee pickets from Pinckney Isial
snd killed fhirsl: "a kneust with Can't 7Sfct.l,-n
Elliott. they killed, wounded or took nrisontrs c,ni.
piDy 0f ssssss on Pinckaey Tslatli: lat week ~
rrssed cn DiFfisai- Island. supplying hs men with
hog-, pcuifr- eggs, &c. and buTllt he uhalf before
le3yingl
In addition t0these exploits be has lecd On fre-
q1cn. seorts giving 10 headquaitets valuable inIr-
nation from time u Line. Gen Walker i rtunafe
m haginy - elAfseat force Of marines = and we
have reason 10 know, holds them u the tahest e.
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