The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-12
The Rebel Raid on Frauklin-The
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FRAEKLN, Tenn, April II, 1903.
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We have been so much accustomed Of
late 10 skirmishing that any serious
thought Of an attack on this place was
not entertained, and even when, on yes
tcrday, about T. NJ, the firing became
continuous, no excitement was manifest
either in the citizens or soldiers. Not
until The loud yells Of the advancing
rebels aud the furious flight Of some Of
our cavalry through town, accompanied
by numbers Of riderless horses, were we
aroused to the belief that anything more
iban . demonstration was intended on
our front, and ere wohad time 10 takea
calm glance at the subject, the matter
was decided by seeing our own and the
rebel cavalry coming down our main
street peH NELL, ours slightly in advance,
but the rebels gaining On EN- every
jump. They dashed through town, and
some Of them reached the pontoon bridge
under the very muzz'cs of our guns. So
sudden and impe.uous was the charge,
that every one was taken by surprise, and
no doubt its very boldness saved them to
some extent. Dearly, however, they paid
tor it, as a very small proportion of them
escaped either death or capture. VAN
DoEN advanced on the Columbia pike
with u battery Of artillery. Cosby came
by the Lewisbhrg pike, while STARNEs
and FoRRgsT were essay ag to make the
rear of our works by a road crossing tho
Harpeth three miles east of town, and
known as the Nichol Mil road. In an
t~icipation of this move on their par,
! Gen. GRANGER had sent a large body of
cavalry, under Gen. STANLEY, to guard
that crossing and check their advance.
Meantime CosBY's forces advanced On cur
pickcts, ooh Ohio,) who fought them
most handsomely for an hour or more,
bat finally fell back under cover of our
guns. The rebels formed and advanced
until within range of our siege pieces in
the tort, planting their battery west OF
the Columbia pike and firing into the
town. Our battery fred shell into their
lines and succeeded in forcing them back
and bre aking them. We had some fine
artillery practice, indicating great skill
on the batt'ofour gunners.
When they had fallen back from our
front we heard continuous firing from the
forces of STANLEY. Here the 4th Regu-
lars distinguished themselves by one of
the finest charges Of the war, capturing
the rebel artillery and 200 prisoners,
but which unfortunately we could not
hold, and all the artillery with most of
the prisoners were retaken. Our loss on
this part Of the field was slight, not
amounting TO more than twenty, that of
the rebels unknown, as they carried
eff their dead. Infantry reinforcements
were sent out from here, but the rebels fell
back towards SurIn0 nm 1- "o'
"vaEtOwn resulted IN the loss to the reb-
els of Is killed, including two Captains
and one Lieutenant, 6 wounded, and Ia
ken, including a Major, and IL prisoners.
The total number Of prisoners taken here
and by STANLEY is about 20, among them
several officers. Capt. FREEMAN, ofFree-
mans Battery (rebeD is among the kill
ed. Federal loss here 4 killed, 4 woun.
ded, and 8 missing, all belonging to the
10Th Ohio. A reconnaissance from the
front has just returned, and the rebels
have disappeared.
Most Of the prisoners taken here be.
long to the 2Sth Mississippi mounted
infantry. Many of those captured by
STANLEY, are Tennesseans.
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