The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-06
Interesting News from the 'FRONT.'
Correction.

Interesting News from the 'FRONT.'
Correction.
70 TIE Efltu ofHs Nashville tai2a:
DEAR SIR: In your issue of Aug 2Slh
your correspondent, "Rfe," writing from
Stevenson Ala uses the following Ian.
guage. WILDER day before yesterday,
(22nd), crossed he liver above and
burnt railroad bridge" aud in your
issue Of the Both ult under the ttle-
graph head appear the following news
items:
Gen. Reynolds captured large force
at Shellmculd, aid took the camp It
Falling Water Creek. Amo ~ the cap
iured are tae notorious guerrilla Mays,
and "a Tennessee rSbel G1Hgrt ssman,
Cannon Little or no resistance was
made,
My object In calling attention to the
above qu tatione, is merely TO do jus.
tico 10 those who actually participated
in the expe itions referred to, without a
desire to detract anything from wat is
justly due to Others knowing that Col
WILDER would scorn TO wear borrowed
plumes, and that Gen. REYNOLDS takes
pride in giving the proper credit to the
arm he employs in his operations.
The facts intended 10 be presented in
the above quotations are these. Ga the
22nd Aug. Col. EDWARD A. KING, COm'd
Fad Brigade of the 4th Division (REYy.
oLDsD Nth Army Corps having procured
a single fiat boat, crossed Tennessee riv-
er at Shellmound, and cut the n. &c G
Railroad at that place. His was the
FIRST hostile part :, from our army, across
Tennessee river above Stevenson. Ga
the oath and 2Jth by few well directed
shots from his artillery, Col, KINo dis
persed the enemy's picFets who appear
ed on the SOU bank, at the same time
eXerllng every energy 10 put Siloat
fleet Of sunken Hats or scOws fished
up in the vicinity. On the 2Glh he
crossed part of his force and
made reconnaissance AZ far as Nicaiack
Cave, where the rebels had extensive salt.
potre works, On the night of the 9th,
with 200 of his command, he again
crossed at Shellmound, assembled the
river through the "Narr0ws," (where the
road is bounded by the river on one side
and is walled by an overhanging cliff
200 feet high on the olherD and at the
head encountered the rebel pickets. lie
there received, without returning their
fire, "double quicked' forward, cleared
the wild pass, struck into Runningwater
valley, and sped for the rebel encamp-
ment, where he captured five men of the
ID Confederate cavalry, eleven horses, a
number of saddles, arms, &c, and all
their camp equipments, dispensing the
entire command, who were only saved
from capture by the extraordinary dis
lance of the piekets from the main body
Cone mile, lie also captured James NJ.
Carroll, rebel legislator elect for Marion
county, (not Congressman but no
"nOted guerrilla" He then returned and
recrossed the river before the sun had
arisen on the morning of the 2Sth,
Lest badly posted letter writer, or
careless news monger, give the credit to
some one else, will state the subsequent
operations of the I'd Brigade,
Col King, having completed arrange
ments for crossing men at the rate Of one
thousand per hour, under orders to "feel
the enemy" crossed considerable por.
ton of his brigade, 60 which was tenn
porarily attached Col. Rays I'd East
Tennessee cavalry,) on the evening o.
the Goth ult. The command proceeded
under cover of night up the river
through the NaTows, across Rum
ingwAter valley, through the dellt
and over the summit beyond, into
Lookout Valley, where the infantry were
halted within supporting distance, Will,
the cavalry were ordered to advance anC
find the enemy. The order was obeyeC
by Col, Ray in gallant style. First en-,
countering the rebel pickets he followed
at their heels up to a battery of five
guns, supported by. = brigade Of the
enemy, commanding the pass at the poin
of Lookout mountain, very strong po'
siHon. In the confusion occAsioned by
this unexpected hostile appearance Al
midnight there was ample time to not'
the rebel position, aud lead the men bAcl
beyond danger before the rebel gunl
could be brought TO bear upon the as
sailauts. In Lookout Valley the com
mand captured Robert Hawkins, Assist,
ant Commissary of Subsistence for Dad,
county, Ga, who had in his possession
$1,000 government funds, with his in,
structions, commission, blanks, etc.
You will see that not only the honol
Of first crossing the river, but of looking
into the entmy's guns on the South bank
within four miles Of Chattanooga, belongs
to Col. King and the brave men of hit
command. The dash upon the enemy'i
position at Lookout point was a labor
GUS, bold, and enterprising affair viii,
lingly undertaken by officers and men
and most richly deserving the poor re-