The New York herald., 1863-05-16
Additional Rebel Accounts Of tho Opo
rationS Of Colonel Streight.
TEE DAMAGE DONE TO THE REBELl
Captnre Of the Whole Force by the
Guerilla Forrest,
Our Murfrecsboro oorrespondence.
MURyHunsRoRo Tonp Nav IN raes

Rome Georgia The rebe papers received stated th1
capture positively; hut It thought advisable 70
press tho until should have something definite m
regard 10 the capture other from Gen. Hurbut or
Dodge Little doubt at headquarters that
Streight has been taken. Indeed, Imagine that whe
theexpsdlton planned the probability OF Streght
capture freely discussed and sdted The proposed
end would have justified the expensive MEANS Had
Srrcght succeeded In his efforts capture Of
snundred mon, reported, would havssbeen ches
price 70 pay for thnt success.
Ths unfsvorabe reports, u must bs remembered ard
those Of the Chattanooga Rebel Of May Our report
from Dodge a Tuscumba are only April 27 On thai
day Streght, with portion Of his foroe bad penetrated
far east from Tuscumba Hountsvise, the enemy
who 10 under Brigader Gene-ark. B. Forrest following
him rapidly Both forces mounted. Being pressed
rather hard Forrest Streght turned Blountsvo
fought him. he succeeded in drawing Forrest into
ambuscadsy and opened upon him heavy Gre. Forres
badly whipped. and gave trouble that dsy(
keeping At respectful distance Further do not hea
from Sreight except through the Chattanooga Rebel
Streghts force consisted OF the Third OHIO infanryI
Lieutenant Colonel lawson commanding; Fifty Indi
ana, Eighteenth Illinois and Seventy ysthird Indiana.
Rxnu. ACCOUNTS.
The following ID the rebel account v~tas;w, publish
cd in the Resei tf May T:-
GENERAL FoRRzsrss LATE vorcRy.
General FORESTS recent grand sdetour from sprin(
Hill, In Middle Tennessee, 10 Courtlaad, Alabama
and thence through the noftbsrn portions OF Ala
bama and Georgia, In pursuit o. tho enemy, was th
must brilliant performance of the present revolu
ton not in the history Of from time immsmora
IT, before, his deeds not sufficient TO insure h
Immortality this last bold exploit would Of itself e
tabsh him beyond psradventure the Of cavar
cheftans To starr from the central portion OF Yenne
the north OF Alabama the assistssce anothe
gallant officer, therc TO meet aid bold chook fore
veteran command; TO- pursue them through Coartlsnd
tnen TO tun In pnrsut OF another party 1000 strong
already In the start Of him In opposite direction near
hundred mles, TO follow them through neuntsinou
region hundred and eighty miles, and last 10
take them and compel them 70 surrender 10 fous huz
dred and ty OF his ovn men. Is feat 30 marvellous
to seem incredible the facts did snot cstasish the
nany Of the occurrence
Wo have Just had an interview with Captain Moses Uk
an old resident OF this county who 10 Col Starne
mental commissary and who participant In all th
engagements who accompanied the expedition fror
its starting point Frornhtm CLEAN tle following
talked account Of the movement
TuscUxrA.
General Forrest with his Old brigade, consisting q
original regiment, ssasas's Bi'es and Edmeasee
regiments, with piesss sf artillery $500 strong, ~
q ss eosouo OH Roddy VIII" was a.n.y Folding "a .rss for
o< the enemy check tsysad and Courtlapd Aab
ward rap,dy Through Cues county to the Tennessee an
crossed at Browns ferry On Tuesday .eaerL forre
came up % with Rosdy =. IS~n orsss a.,s sms stream "
miles beyond Cod rtlspd, in the direction II Tusoumbt
Hero the united cmmasds attacked esnemy in fore
believed to be 10 000, under General dodge, VII
csvalry artillery and Infantry The fight lasted sever
hours, and the tillerY-6riog cessed about three r.
Occasional skrn lshng with small arms. wound ap
engagement of he day, and at dusk Forrest fell back
ourtiand aud rew out pcke.s on a the roads leadi
COLO yRL sraxuur MAxns A DxrouR.
In he NEAR time force OF mounted infantry, 2,0W
strong, unaOr Colonel strcign. had gone round Cour
land, as dosb sring the Of Forests force
rhe next morn ng oly Forrest started in pursuit Of d
party Leaving portion OF Roddy's command In Cour
land. Stregh and his men, instead Of attempting 70
an ths rear, were really on an expedition 70 Centr
Georgia, and were already nearly one chxndrsd mill
mrrK At pArros's GAP.
Forrest ov ert OK them at Daytons Gap, In tho sar
msas 3D. In vsch the enemy wore driven orws1
wiih = loss OF fcEty killed and woundsd aud q fe
rrlsonsfs Inc orggcment was between athe enemy ar
Roddy's and fdrssDsons Commands. About six mild
iar,her th'seInmy again ovcrtaken by s,arnes AZ
n1es regnsents, and quick brush ens-ed Of an ho{
and han q drratio1- IA which the enemy aga
2riven forward and the pieces artillery raen fro
soddy at Iowa creek were rscaptured from hc onom
In this litth ssirmssA eighteen OF the Yankees We
struck down b. ssscha ge artillery fsur peo
playing upon thasn.
About ffteca miles south OF this pc:nL orr men aga
across tAa enesny in ambush, gr ano.har night
sued. Our boys srsse them from their ambush by
vigorous change Inaeod, 1t succsa,ion Of bo
aud desperate charges upon the ambuscaded
three hundred mos, unit they finally overtaken ID
the last time put Captured.
rilS sSsAcK,sxsr Al RiauyrsvExE
The mex, day the Yankees were overtaSen again
fore, with !ss this time cf, three killed aud twe
wounded. risopcrs and negroes captured inte
close upoa he,r heels deter nped 70 run bem ~ au
capture ~, whre party thc Yaskees fully ccermin
TO escape and burning bridges behind Aer as they fe
1he bridge tho town OF Gndsden destroyed bt
the enemy was driven from that town atore he had time
destroy nyihlng The citizcns hero. and indeed ever
whore along tho route could ecarEsly realize that
enemy Yankees and many persons along the r6a
mover nco dreaming a. such a raid from tho Yank
cavalry took Tor granted they ware our forces
coIoSxI syBAwAr Anlkp.
Mao miles beyond Cadsden our again came upc
tho ouemy In amLcsh and again aaghi eDsued, In wh
other officers killed. Tho iron works few nil
tssther Into tho interior Of Cecrsa. were set irc
,Ae Yankees. but Gully partially destroyed, ana
repaired Geo the Proprietor saysl la a few weeks.
rs riSsL r,Glrr AND suxsxxDxa.
|. Tho Yankees hually oxcrtakeu about TIVE mil
+ IN Cedar Blufs and abo sNenty six miles froa Rom
Their advance guard. OF abb ~ hundred. haf gon
towards Rome, AID were chls2ed about two miles rro
| tnat city by the armed cit,zers.
General Forrest dashed upon thom, his gallant liz
baud Sy s slo S,sr .ns onS saa sGeseas re % pmrs
and forty The enemy lrcd one or two rounds IN
four little mountain hosizefs they bad wh them.
sght rifle skirmsh all the nghting that oceu.s
here rorras; cooy demanded their Gurrelder, ard
stroight, the Yankee commander compl.cd--tho con
tion of the surrender beiug that the captured oie
should retain their sde The prr sncrs oae tad
| sand ssron hundred In number, we're lher moved
fully mile before they required 10 stack arms
tually guarded by four times loss than taer ov
In reality II was Forrest who was the prisoper, ~
| Yankees never thought II, and boycr for mOne
doubted that he bas q larger force 10 tho roar. In
also perhaps deceived by the story et One OF
men whom they captured At Day'on's Cap who
| Col strcigh, when examined, that "torrcEt
with him i've thousand mop."
/ "What bi igades has bel" demanded Coz Streght.
"Arms.re ng's Rojdy's and h.s own was the prom
reply OF the prisoner.
afhcn we are lost, by Jupitcrl" exclaimed the M
| plissed Yankee, turning 10 hs Ineu.
| And so hey Norc, for hey surrcnaescd Their wh
force In bali hour af,er this dialogue The rccep
| In Rome bcggars desc ivcn The cAtr"polmalitn Va
ed out T. greet the hero, and with waNug handketch
and amid the booming OF the minute gins General For
AMI The war.worn Veterans who had slf wed him ihro
| toct and Geld a distance OF ncAn1,e hundred mi
entered the city, wcconcu ny 'oo sniies aad icar
| gratitude of q tiicusaui ladies'
| -, was tho most briliau, tcai~d the war. Both
an and ttclr lcadcys have Won tLe lasting grattrd
,%i ro,,n, yrnon and Nathaniel bedford Forrest 20
,.ns Al ihe head OF the Isl VI The cavalry cnsgau
| the South .- ~. .,..,,... -
The object Of ths ine.rSon c' the Yankes 30 Tar
..nls tbe redoubtahlo fosrc1--was ~ res IN the
si.te road burn tic bridges, tear rails. apd