The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-05

BIT LAST NIGHTS NAIL.
Kllpatriek's Expedlti0n.--He Joins
Cen. Butler at White House.
uEADQUARrERs ARAfY OF PoToMAC. Z
L Il - 90 =


HEADoUARTERs Amir OF PoToMAC.
February 90.
Fitzpatrick, at the head of a large
force Of cavalry, left this place on Sun
day evening on a grand expedition The
strength Of the entire command we do
not deem judicious to publish at the pre-
sent time On Saturday night the
command proper encaEped at old Yer
deersville, on the fredericksburg and
Orange Court House plank road, eight
miles south Of the Rapidan.
On Sunday morning 4 force demon
strated in front OF the enemy's works
upon Mine Run, and deployed as IN
fantry in order to cause the enemy 10
mass in that locality, TO resist an attack
in this capacity They acted all day,
and at night retired in a safe position,
between Nerdeersyille and Robinson's
Tavern.
At three clock on Monday morning
Gen fitzpatrick took up a line Of March
sonthward toward the Virginia Central
and Richmond and fredericksburg
Railroads, arriving at Spottsylvania
C. H. at dark From this point Col
from the cavalry, was despatched TO
Frederick's Hall on Wednesday, be-
tween the junction Of the above named
roads and Gordonsville, where had been
packed the whole of the rebel reserve
artillery.
WAsHIseToS, March 2-Nothing has
reached Washington this evening
concerning Kilpatricks movements.
There was d report at Brandy Sta
ton to-day, brought in by a deserter,
that our cavalry had torn UP several
miles Of the track of the Virginia Cen
trail railroad between Louisa Court
house and Tolersyille
A deserter further states that the
troops which had been despatched to
Richmond TO defend it against our cav
airy were Obliged to return to break
in the road Several bridges were des-
troyed The rebels cannot repair the
damage in less time thu n ten days. We
shall probably hear Of Fitzpatrick at
Suffolk
WASHINGTON. Mach 3-The Star of
this morning says: We have had late
interesting information from the front
to tho effect that Gen. Fitzpatrick, with
q force Of cavalrymen, has arrived at
White House and formed a junction
with force sent up by Gen. Butler
from the peninsula This statement
is based on the fact that two Of Gen
Kilpatrick's scouts have come back and
made the above report, and the report
is believed IN the Army of the Poto-
mac, Gen. fitzpatrick "a now within a
few miles Of Richmond, and, as Gca
Butler is cooperating with him, We
may expect to hear of startling news
from that quarter in day or two. On
his reaching White House, Fitzpatrick,
having orders to do so, avoided meet
ing any large force of rebels. After he
had left the front, another party of 800
picked cavalrymen were sent out to
communicate with him They, however,
met a rebel force, and, as their orders
were not to fight if it could be avoided,
they moved toward the east The com
mand, not striking the right road, came
upon q party of rebels near Fredericks-
burg captured them, burnt their camp,
and destroyed quantity of army
stores, and then passed on their way to
join Fitzpatrick
Custar's movement was TO draw off
theattention Of the enemy while Kirk
patrick journeyed in another direction
Tho supposition is that he got fair
start, with no danger in his rear, and
he certainly has had sufficient time to
reach Richmond, if that was a part of
the plan OF operations,
Accounts about Sherman'S Expedition.
CAIRO, March 3.-An officer who ar
rived here to-day, from Ficksburg oath,
bearing dispatches from Gen. Sherman,
states that when twelve miles east OF
Meridian, on the 18th, the enemy num-
bered seven or eight thousand, and were
much demoralized No fighting had
occurred after the possession of jack /
Mississippi
CINoNNATI, March ALI rebeldom |
are still mystifed by General Sherman's |
Some accounts about
week old say that he is terrifying Meri- |
dian, others that he is between Meridi- /
an and the Tombigbee. Certain it is
that no remained at Meridian some !
days spreading his forces north, south, |
and east, destroying railroads centering
at that point, On the march his col
umn moved in the closest possible or
der, with hardly any stragglers
Polk is still retiring before him, hav- |
ing crossed the Tombigbee at Moscow !
and Demopolis. His forces ct the last
accounts were preparing to dispute the
passage.
New York, March I've have Rich
mond papers TO Monday last Their
war news is not important Dispatches /
from Demopolis of the Odd rel resent |
the Union forces under Sherman MAX
ing a retrOgrade movement Their sto- /
ries of the cavalry fighting in Northern
Mississippi are about the same as from |
Memphis.
The Richmond Examiner of the 26th |
SAYS an official despatch was received at |
the War Department last night from |
Polk, stating that Sherman's force had |
evacuated Meridian and were retreat |
ing ia two columns toward Vicksburg. |
1t Is supposed that, finding his de- |
signs on Mobile thwarted, and his cav
airy reirr5orcements intercepted, and /
being in distress for supplies, he was
forced to abandon his expedition and |
take the desperate expedient Of re-
treat through country stripped Of sup
plies and laid waste by his advance.
Whether be can retreat successfully, |
to be seen
southern Accounts Of the Fighting in
Georgia and Mississippi
CxCrNATI, March 3.-Richmond pa
pers of the 29th ultimo contain tho fol- |
lowing
Dalton, Ga, Feb 26-Yesterday Stow
arts and Dayidson's divisions did the |
part Of the fighting Rreck-
lnridgss old division was partly en- 7
gagged The enemy was repulsed every
where, and fell back on our right
There was some gkirmising along the /
centre to-day
Two Yankee cavalry regiments, sup /
ported by an infantry division, in at
tempting to flank our lett, occupied q
Gap three miles from Dalton, on the new
Lafayette road, last night Smiths
Texas brigade drove them out this
According to the hospital records our I
loss is one hundred and fifty-one wound I
ed, including Col Curtis, Of the 4lst
Georgia. three Iielltenats. q Lieut. Colo