The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-28
The Rebel Raid in Kentucky.



4 An account Of the reported invasion Of
,Kentucky by,,a gang of rebel cavalry,
under The command OF Turner. Chenault
and Clute, was prepared for Tuesdays
Commercial but owing to the crowded
state of our columns, we were compelled
TO omit Il. II appears that on Sunday
morning last according to the best infor- Z
nation in our possession, force Of rebel
cavalry, estimated at from seven hundred
70 two thousand strong, entered Rich
mond, KY, having crossed tlle Cnniber-
land river two days before, at or near
MIN Springs, IN Wayne county. Their
sudden appearance at Richmond was
rather unexpected TO The citizens, though
the military seemed 10 have been on the
alert. Three companies ofFedsra troops
stationed there destroyed all the Govern
ment stores in the place that they could
not carry with them, andrfell back. to
Lexington. Tue rebels did not larry
long at Richmond, but pushed rapidly
forward toward Lexington. they
crossed the Kentucky flyer, about
twelve o'clock on Sunday might, at
Clay's Ferry and rBoonsb0ro, and
took the road for Winchester, which
place they reached on Monday
morning. Their movement from Ricb7
mond 10 Winchester would indicate soWe
design on the Kentucky Central Rail
road. Assoon Us they reached WinChes-
ter, they put strong picket force on all
the roads leading to The place. II Is re-
ported that they arrested the Postmaster
and several other prominent Union citi-
A y
CHESTER which place he left on Sunday
evening at eight o'clock, informs US that
for month or more past, the Southern
sympathizers in that town, who are quite
numerous and bold, have been in receipt
Of letters almost daily, from officers and
privates in the rebel army, which letters
foreshadowed the present raid. Dire
threats of vengeance on certain Union
citizens were made, for alleged persecu-
ton OF rebel sy mpathizers, which threats
the writer's promised should be carried
into execution towards the last of Feb
ruary or the first of March, when they
would be in Central Kentucky. Every
letter Of this description, received at Win
chester, our informant states, was mailed
at'Lebanon, Kentucky; and what is
stranger, a letter directed TO any officer.
of the rebel army or resident of the South,
will reach it's destination, il addressed
to Lebanon, Kentucky. The various
band ofrebels now in Kentucky are I'M
der the command Of Cos Chtnault, Tucker
and Clute. Chenanlt is a former res
ident Of Madison county, and Tuck
er is a native of Winchester. OF
course their leaders are entirely IA
miliar with the country where they
now are. The entire rolling stock
of the Kentucky Central RAILROAD,
with the exception Of one engine and
thirty empty freightc cars, was withdrawn.
to Coyington ON Monday. "A passenger
train started from here yesterday morn
ing, and went through to Nieholasyille,
twelve miles south of Lexington, meet
ing with no distractions. No train was
sent out yesterday afternoon, the close
proximity of the rebels to The road rem
dering it unsafe to hazard such move
ment. We have conyersed with num-
Der of refugees from Clarke, Madison,
Bourbon, and other counties in the Blue
Grass region, all of whom seem to be en-
tirely confident that the rebels are in
strong force in Clarke and Madison
counties. In Montgomery and other
mountain counties, an awful state Il af-
fairs is said to exist Humphrey Mar
shalls vagabonds sweep down from their
mountain fastnesses every week or two,
numbering and pillaging peaeeabIe citi-
zens, whose. only ohense consists in their
being in favor of the Union and staying
at home attending to their own affairs.
No less than dozen citizens Of Mont
gomery comfy have been brutality mar
dered within the past four weeks. The
people live in constant terror Of the bar
barous. rebels. Every house is fort,
and man never knows when he goes out
of sight of his home whether he will live
to get back, 1t reminds one Of tue ter
rible trials which the early settlers Of
Kentucky endured on account Of the
barbarities praotised by the saFages-
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