Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-01-28
FORESTS WEST TENNESSEE EXPEDITION.

FORESTS WEST TENNESSEE EXPEDITION.
The Chattanooga R,Lsi furnishes an interesting
mar Of the services lately performed by General 10 E
rests cavalry, which append
He left Columbia about the 2s,h November, crossed
the Tennessee river Grafton with but little difficulty,
passed the hy country that lies between the Ten
rsssee river aud Bgrch Greek, Lexington here he
met with his first resistance Two pieces Of artillery,
aud eleven hundred Fe lcrIl cavalry came out ito
Jackson 10 dispute bis passage After short skrmi,h
Colonel Russell with three companies OF General For
rests Old regiment charged the artillery took the two
pieces aud pgt the eleven hundred cavalry TO flight
They were followed through Lexington and in five miles
OF Jackoa. As they passed Lexington, cavalry
50 mixed up with theirs, that difficult TO tell them
apart Here amusing incident TOOK place. As one
OF our cavllryme ired bis gun his horse jumped which
caused him miss his marx, be having sabre, rode
Immediately At full speed up 70 the Federal aud gave
him a lick with his is somewhere about the ear, which
'drapped him Tue Fed. jumped up With both hands
raised aud said, II Surrender sir"
He moved on towards Jackson aud engaged them, al.
ter cutting the "a above aud below Jackson Jack
sou was strongly fortified their forces estimated at from
thirteen 70 twenty thousand infantry and four bItteres
besides having several seige guns in position lie knew
il useless try TO take the place, aud only intended
his attack eint draw their forces from Humboldt
aud Trenton, aud cover his operations at those two
places. Ho succeeded in capturing Humboldt aud Tren-
tou the day he fought them at Jackson with tie
los Of only killed and three woCndsd-burned
three million dollars Of army stores brought OF
large number OF wagons mules and negroes DESTROYED
al the railroads arouud there ard paroed thousand
prisoners. he marched from Trenton to Midtieburg,
from Mddlsburg TO Dresden, from Dresden to Acle-
rnoresye destroying the railroad as be went; from NJ
Leuioresye be passed between Huntington and Clarke;
burg At the former place there 5000 Federl,,
and at the latter 800 intercept his march aud us
thew said to cut Forrest OF AMI capture bin " lie
ssed on to Parkers cross roads where he met 1000
Pederas under command OF Gen. Sulnau fought them
for ave hours with bis little command. killing they
acknowledge COO, captured 800 prisoners audN pieces
OF artillery But just they bad surrendered, force
ossO0O zane ~ in time to their bacon aud spoil
our pie Whcu the prisoners fcuud their reinforce
-yeuts had arrived they rushed their stack OF
aud eomnsreed firing on IS aSIin. OF coursc, being
ovsrpowered. We haJ 70 retire.
Ia this fight the bold aud fearless Colonel Napier fell
{. the he1 Of bis regiment leading i: in charge. the
gallant aud intrepid Major Strange, OF Gen. Forrest
so was taken prisoner Our loss in this dght "Gs
no: ever $50 killed, wounded and prisoners.
During General Forests whole raid into "esi Ten
essee be DESTROYED hundred miles OF railroad that
canuot be rebuilt in twelve mouths. Cut down aud
burnt Eve miles OF ireste across Ob,on s~amp5 TOUR
million dollars worth Of army stores paroed 900 PFi'
soners, killed aud wounded lOG)-arIRed his men "l'
the best arms in the Federal service Clothed all hl
men we'll and brought OF 70 wagons loaded WITH stores
and os not exceeding hundred men during tue en-
lire trim This expedition has shown Gen. Forrest to be
enc Of the braves most s and daring officers IN the
Confederate service.