, 1864-07-24

Interesting Dctn1ls of Gen. Sruit!as.
EKp+dltIon-ftcbe1 hcsEs
Treasury order.

lspoel.l Dlspateh . tho Chicago Tribune 1
CAlno, saturday. duly ~.
By the steamer c. E. Hfl1m1u, Which
reached this port at u late hour lAst NIGHT, xe
have Memphis datcs of the 2lst. From
cavalry officer who was actively engaged, I
learn the following additi ,nal particulars
of the lAte fight Of Gen. a. j. Smith with
Forrest I send it fos the reason TINT pre-
vious accounts have been remarkably dre'Id
ofdates and localities, which this report gir.s:
The expedition comprising two divisions
Of infantry, onc brigade Of negro troops, End
one division Of cavalry, commanded respect.
lively By Gen Mower, Col. Moore, Col. Ban
ton, and Gen. Griezson, al under command
Of Gen. Smith, left LaGrangc on the 5th inst.,
proceeding southeast, towards Ripley, and
on the 7th the advance cavalry, under Cul,
Hyams, arrived seyan- miles north Of taat
place, which 1eenlscd in the falling buck Of
the rebels three and half miles, with loss
Of seven or eight men killed and wounded,
our loss being none.
There Ethey took 4 strong position on :.
high bluff, from which they were dislodged,
and after an hours fight BY the I'd Iowa cav
airy, Who charged Oh the double quick up
| the hill, killing five or SIX, and occupyiu.
| the position vacated bY the rebels,
| ~ oa,ojs.- .,,,om,od n, tho ,,r,,,t ,n.,
s,.ss 80. ~. ,..r,rt-r r. .o-,a,,,, aa
,hn ] mo,n,n~ nj of t,,c sth the rho1e ,rnnT ~ ~. 49,
tered Ripley. Il then moved toward New
| Albany, the cavalry on tho left. The Sd
| Iowa cavalry was sent ahead on q reconuois.
sance towards the Tallnhatchsc River. where
| they met larsc force of the enemy occupy
,no . strorr ro.,tIon On EsIfr,s rnr,,
altcht st,rmish occurred. resul,inv IN r,u,.
1n,1 thc rchr1a with tte fnsa og three y, ~, m
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towo+ds ~. latter n1uce II r,or.d ~ h..
th,+ ~ pnf,,a,s ,,v,s;on fro1, Tnne,o RI,
,sI,o,a arrnx n,,,ched ,nto po,,.tna =, .hs
49,. 49, -. Iii ~ ,,,, 80 ". 80 49,
exrent,on of The 7th Kansas. which h,o1cb,
% "a tha 49, ~ af,rr m hnnr.s @ s@h. 49, 49, ~ -
ais -rara a-,van or+ in evrrr a;r.ctfo, ,,a-
}ny q Ia rra nrp1hnr nf kf1tnj1 a1d vycur3 III
~ ~ ii. +1mc. onr }oxa ia n.,+ o~..s,
thrsn nan frn,n The time If star,,nr >
ro-rast ~ mia t,me 7yns IN st-on,e ~, ,,t,o,
@, nrashsarss Cross Roads. ex-cct,nr . ~ moe
! the exped,tion At TINT place. but, fin3;n, fin
he Fas m1s1ea, moved rapidly toward Tupsl,
/, md thence to Oko1ous, where he >thrcx hi
force ont stx miles west to PnaIrie Nom.
| taking strong position on rcure Of hill
) extending Two Mills around.
On the 18th the expedition, instead Q
. moyipe up to Okolona, where Forrest VA
) e1uectinc to meet IT, uarchrt, direct to Tu1
. slo. Forrest heard Of thls ana ut ono
q started north for Tnac1o acatp, but Smit
2 r,nched tha nj .ce f3rst. ohtsinIuc choice {
i nos;ttnn u1,ara farrif1c fattle occurred. /
J. wh,ch he raha1s snArrea terrible pnntsf
b n,e1t 1T the hanas Of The cavalry aud uess
i +~,o,>s rbo cbor,,ad them Fith despera,
y ! ,nrr In everr direction The rebel loss he,
i xas varv hfarv. 1a1 of their men f-ll int
il honds ~ soma n,rht the rebels mad
Is ~ oi assan,t s on The tem,oraYy works thro x
q IN h7 our men but were again dlsastrousl
= sana',sa
n r. 49, 1sth ooo,bcr hattie Occurred, the e7
;c o,sr ~ ass.n,t,a~ ~ ,,rea three times, b,
,r a.s.tns With nnthjnc hn. disaster on "a,
le a.+e'1n+ o., +he n;a5t ~ the 18th the Il
~ -. sor,s -s+,on. rar,. d,strtbuted, and ne
Ct s,ax.,,,n .ra -, -+ea oo onr return, follow,
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