Daily national Republican., 1863-05-11
FORESTS BATTLES WITH THE REBELS.
BRACES OFFICIAL REPORTS.
BARGEs BURNED BY THE REBELS.
Newspaper Correspondents Cap
tured by the Rebels.
Grants Army Getting into
Close Quarters with
the Enemy.
BARGEs Burned BY TIE REBELS.

The Richmond Examiner Of Thursday, May
:, 1868, contains the following dispatches
To General s, Cooper, Aduunt and Inspector
General
TArIAHoMA, TENN, May s, ls63.-On the
10Th April the enemy moved from Corinth to-
words TusCumbia, crossed Bear Creek with five
regiments Of cavalry, two Of infantry, and ten
pieces Of artillery. Colonel Roddy, command
ing, fought them on the 18th with one regi.
ment, Killing a large number and capturing
more than 100 prisoners and one piece Of artil-
lery with horses and caissons, losing killed
and 90 wounded.
The enemy, after burying their dead, fell
back, and on the 10Th we were reinforced TO
three full brigades, the whole under command
Of General Dodge. Skrmishing continued on
the 18th, Goth. 2lst, 22d, and 23d. On the
night Of the 18th the enemy landed troops At
Eastport from large number Of steamers, and
burned the town and houses on several planta-
tiOus. On the oath, Roddy fought them. Their
loss was heavy, ours slight. He contested every
inch of ground, but falling back before over
/ whulming forces, the enemy advanced and en-
tered TusCumbia on the 25th. The enemy ad-
vanced towards Decatur as far as Town Creek.
Nothing more occurred until the 2Sth. On
that day Forrest with his brigade, having been
ordered by me from Columbia, arrived and en-
gagged all day, with the loss Of one killed and
three wounded. The loss of the enemy heavy.
Forrest falling back.
On the 2sth, Forrest discovered heavy force
| Of cavalry. under Col. Strait, marching on
| MUultnn and BlOuutsyille. Gen. Forrest pur-
| sued this force with two regiments, fighting
| him all day and night at Drivers Gap, at Sand
/ Maintain, with loss Of 8 killed and so
Wouuded-Captains Forrest and Thompson, II
is feared, mortally. The enemy left on the
field 81 killed, l5O wounded, burned so Of his
wagons, turned loose $50 mules and $50 ne
grces, and pursued his way towards BlOunts-
willie, Gadsden, and Rome, Georgia.
ON the Sd Of May, between GRdsden and
Rome, after five days and nights Of fighting
aud marching. Gen. Forrest captured Colonel
Strait and his whole command, about l,6OO,
with rifles, horses, tvC.
CSignrd) BRAxToN BRAGG.
TrLrAuoNA, May 5.-The following is Gen
Forests official dispatch, announcing his eX-
pluIt IN Georgia:
AFTER five days hard marching, without
provisions or forage, captured, ON the Cd In
.tanl, the enemy, 600 strong, near Rome,
GcprgiH,wilh the same number of Enfield rifles,
horses, and side arms
NI,k~BURe, May ito General s. Cooper
Last night two large barges, heavily laden with
hospital and cOmmissary stores, with a small
tug between them, attempted TO pass here.
They were burnt TO the water'C edge and "A
prisoners taken from them, among them are,
one correspondent Of the World, two of the
New York Bfbupc and one Of the Cincinnati
Times. J. c. PEMBERToH,
Lieut.. General Commanding.
JACKSON, Miss, May 5.-The enemy arc re-
this side Of Big Black. They captured four Of
our picketG.
SECOND DISPATCH.
, JACKsoH, May The enemy were repulsed
Yesterday at Ankerson's Ferry, on the Big
Black after four hours severe fighting.