, 1863-01-09

he desire to do 30, could ask for nothing more
to thelE Wishes. Brayman's brigade was or
dered ont tlcn os skirmishers. The roar: Of
artillery from our side soon bad the effect Of
driving the enemy away. At n: m. Bray
man began to oycrtakc their skirmishors only
+ four miles from the town.: But they cont1n-
ned to fall, back. Brayman followed about
two miles further, and then .encampcd. The
rGst Of sulivan,s forces remained IN the place
within 1ntrenchmcnts: -
1,1c0 men to guard Jackson, Sullivan with tile
Femailldc1-abont 7, 7,0m-lcft, hayiug three
batteries, with Gen. t. n. Haynie, in pursuit
Of Forrest. Major Smith, Of the 18th Illinois,
Eas commandant Of the town. At 10 n: M,
the same day, cannon we're heard toward the
northeast, IN the direction Of Spring Greek.
At2 P; m;, the same sound seemed to come
tlom fle direction of Humboldt Gen. Sulli-,
yai1, not knowing whether this came from
Forrest or not, but opined that somebody
was In trouble, ordered out 500 men to rein
f3rse 1o 9g t9 60 By te the way ys of Mameoa
rived Of The destruction Of the trcssel work
near Trenton, on tic Mobile and Ohio Rail.
road. Men US scouts were Immediately .n: .scn:'
out as to the matter and report They hsyctnrn
fr1ned the evil tidlngs upon tnSa came
lEarly the next morning tS and reported
that the rebels ' 70 ta n1ace e,ro e0 se,no
meneed thS tahalisan let jackson, and On the 2otl
cay; oay .H ten miles out They gave the capture
of ingersoll ut Lexington correctly; also that
other captures had been made in the vicinity
Of men, horses, and other property. At mid
night a dispatch was received from Trenton,
while III camp, that Forrest WAS east Of that
place, at Spring Creek, and advancing. This
report came from Colonels Fry and Hawkins.
Gen. Sullivan also heard TINT day tllat Hum
bo1dt had been taken, and that 500 troops,
sent up on tue railroad, had had the road cut
up on each side, confirming them to their
petition or necessitating i return on foot.
the rebels: one man killed and four wounded
upon It, The fire was returned from the cars,
and thirty rebels bit the dust. Col. Ihre, as-
suning command Of the 500 men, marched
them out, pursued the rebels; they fed, he
followed and chased them to Humboldt and
still they did not pause In their tight. Twelve i've
Of their skcdaddling force were Killed. Our
loss Eas none killed and but one wounded,
- On the 21st, not finding the rebels, Gen
Sullivan returned to jackson, where the fight
had not yet subsfded, but an attack WINS CON
tinua1ly anticipated. The report had reached
Springs, and it vas supposed that Van Dorm
was then moving north to gobble up Jackson
and the whole country from thence to Column
bus.
REPAIRING DAMAGES.
Soon after Gen. Sullivan returned to Jack
son, ne ordered troops to report to Gen. I. N.
Hnynie. for the purpose Of going north aud
"repairing bridges, pitching into the rebels,
and opening railroads. At sundown the fol
lowing forces had reported to the General:
1o6th Illinois, Col. Latham, 210 men.
39th Town, Col. Cummings, Go4 men
10th illinois. Ma1. Watson, eos men.
Iowa Union Brigade, Lieut.. Colien, 100 men-
Gen. Haynie was afterwards reinforced by
ninety Of the uth Illinois cavalry, under
Cant. Burhri1pe and nne comnnnv ri
the 18th Illinois infantry. He then trans.
| ported his troops to t1l:' urst break in the
road, and commenced the labor Of lnnk-
ing repairs. At night the camp was fired
upon. In the morning scouts were sent on to
Humboldt, which was found to be quietly in
| Federal possession. The road being ready,
! Oh the 21st Gen. Haynie's force moved on and
| entered Humboldt, where, making repairs
and performing other necessary labor, they
| remained until The 2Gth. Here they were
Joined by the 126th Illinois, PSI men, aud ftl
Tennessee, 14S men. 3