, 1863-10-08
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE:
Latest From the Front
and Knoxville.
REPORTS OF INDIANA
MEDICAL OFFICERS,
LATEST CONCERNING REBEL
OPERATIONS.
OUR KNOXVILLE DISPATCH.


KNoxyn1E, Tenn, Oct. =, 1865.
Col. Carter, with our advance brigade In
the East, had = sharp ekirmish yesterday, at
Blue Springs, with the rear Of Sam. Jones'
forces. The rebels retreated from ths
field In disorder, leaving sixteen dead.
Our loss Is four. wounded, and miss.
Ing. None were ascertained to be killed.
The rebels are ut Carter's Station In force,
and may endeayor to make stand there. It
is point five miles beyond Jonesboro, aud
10 miles from this city.
The National Guard, organized under Gen.
eral Order No. Is, is proving a valuable aux
fliarJ to cur army.
Our right has communication With Rose
Grams.
Our patrols scour every road, and tho nation.
al guard inc1easiug by thousands, insures in
munities from gueri11as. No mail. Weather
fine. Residence here is to be permanent.
INTERESTING REPORT OF INDIANA SUR.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T1ibuue.1
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct: Z, 1868.
DR.. CIppfrger, who recently visited Chat
tancoga, in charge Of the Surgeons sent bY
Gov. Morton, Of this State, the day following
the battle Of Chickamauga, has returned. He
reports that they were the first 'persons who
went to the front from Nashville, after the
battle.
They arrived at Chattanooga four days In
advance Of the Surgeons from any other
State. Their arrival was most opportuue.
Nearly all Of the Surgeons OF Indiana regi-
ments Ind been taken prisoners. They were
Immediately assigned to duty, and we're un-
ceasipg In their attentions to the unfortunate
sick and wounded. Only six Of them have
returned, 60 far, and thirty-tno still remain
and arc doing good service.
The wounded recently paroled and retu rn-
ed to cur lines by Bragg, had remained eight
days upon The field .ei!hout hasing dsir hounds
dressed.
The Federal Surgeons who were prisoners
were not allowed to touch one Of our wound
ed during the entire time they we're there.
The enemy had no supplies and many Of our
men suffered terribly.
The. State Sanitary Commission will ship
another large invoice ot supplies to Chatta-
ncoga tomorrow. Several additional first
class hospitals will be erected here within the
next sixty days. The Soldiers Home will
also be considerably enlarged
LOSSES OF WISCONSIN REGIMENTS.
Especial Dlepatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
Manson, Wis, Oct =, 1883.
The Journal publishes complete List ofthe
casualties in three Wisconsin. regiments at
the battle Of Chickamauga, forwarded under
date Of Chattanooga, Sept. 27,by IN agent tsent
By Gov. Solomon. The 1st regiment had 25
killed, 81 wounded, aud Is missing. The 18th
regiment had five killed, II wounded, and Il
missipg. The eth regiment had Ia Killed, 81
wounded. and 40 missing.
LOUISVILLE, Oct 7th.-To-dey's Nashville
rr.s denies thu bnzning Of tha bridge by the
crossed the river at Washington last Thurs
day morning, ten miles above Chattanooga,
and passed Gown the Sequatchie valley. Tbs
rebels csptured fifty wagons Of one Of our
trims nears Anderson's cross roads:
burning number Of them, killing anont
NTH ammunition, ratious, md clothing. For
II Of the wagons carrying medical aud santa
y stores, and about Afty suffers teams were
also Lost.
Gen. Mitchell, with Union cavalry, Us soon
as he learned the crossing Of the rebels, pur.
suid them, and on Friday and Saturday klll::
ed and wounded 10 rebels, took two hundred
prisoners, md recaptured $50 muleB. On
reaching Walnut range, the rebels shot two
hundred mules to prevent them from falling
into our hands,
Lou1sv11LE, Sept. 7.--Gncri11as at Wood
burn, Warren county, have recently commit.
ted many depredations, burning q number Of
houses, .robbing cluzeus, &C. Reports are
current here that ut the late rebel raid into
G]a,gow, Ky., s. guerillas near daybreak sur
prised our forces there, amounting to up.
wards Of fth1ee hundred, and captured nearly
all Of them. The officer commanding is said
to have killed three rebels witha Colts re-
vo1viDg rifle, md on approaching the stock
ede found it occupied By the rebels, but SIX
IT our men being in 1t Hhcn oEerpoWercd.
Our newspapers deny this, but the story Is
repeated this evening by travellers, though
still discredited By military circles.