The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-18
alasllrille Aniull.
wH. CAMERON 3 CO., Publishers.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1864
Operations at the Front
Yesterday.
RumorS and Counter.
Rumors.
5000 Rebel Prisoners
Reported Taken.
5 Rebel Generals Cap
tured in ALI.
Hood Preparing for An
other Stand.
Reported Battle Near
Murfreesboro.
Miscellaneous Matters of
interest
5 Rebel Generals Cap
tured in All.
Hood Preparing for An
other Stand.
Reported Battle Near
Murfreesboro.
Miscellaneous Matters of
interest

The rain poured down in torrent
yesterday afternoon, and the roads wer
almost impossible. In the fields,
horse would sink at least six inches
and wagons could scarcely be draw
across them, entirely without a load
As pursuing army must frequently b
drawn up in line of battle, its progress
would be indeed slow, at the presen
time, and the retreating forces woul'
have material advantage, unless Their
were large streams to cross, over which
there were no bridges, In that case
the fugitives might be penned up; Blu
not otherwise.
Our cavalry, however, can be hurrieC
forward, on some Of the roads nesrl!
parallel with that followed by the re.
treating army, and can constantly an
noy its TANKS; and from the eficienc!
exhibited by that arm of the service
at present, we shall expect importan
results
Already it has done much. By block
aiding the roads, and holding them, a
least one thousand prisoners we're cap
tured on Friday, who would otherwise
have escaped and the rebel cavalry
wherever found, have been seyerel!
handled Hatchs division, YESTERDAY
morning, attacked Gen. Chalmers
command, of Forests army, defeating
it, and wounding and capturing Gen
sRucker, and also taking a number o
other prisoners Gems johnson ano
Smith were also taken prisoners by the
cavalry, yesterday morning.
II is impossible to over rate the i'm
portance of the operations of ouI
mounted men. They are always just
where they should be, at exactly the
right time; and Hood viii yet receive
many severe blows from them. Several
battle flags were captured, and sent in
by tnem-one of which was General
Fuckers brigade standard.
Up to the latest accounts we had five
rebel Generals prisoners-Smith, John
son, Rucker, Jackson, and another
whose name we did not learn.
The direct pursuit, by Gen. Thomas,
was kept up till near midnight Friday,
till his forces had reached the neigh
borhood of Brentwood About nine
o'clock, he captured nearly whole
brigade Of rebels, belonging, we under,
stand, to Stewards corps. At midnight
the men biyousced, and at day.
light were again in line The cavalry
were out early accommodating, and the
infantry moved forward as fast as they
could, under the circumstances.
Gen. Thomas captured a large mum
Dor of prisoners, soon after starting out
yesterday morning; and a report, bear
ing the air of probability, fixes the
figures at three thousand, with one Gen.
eral Droves Of the Johnnies are ar
irving here hourly
There appears to be an indication
that Hood will make another stand at
Hollow Tree Gap, four miles this side
of Franklin. The place is very strong
one; and as Hood has declared that he
viii either '.redeem" Tennessee, or bury
his army within its limits, it is highly
probable that he will once more dis
pute Thomas advance. IT, will be in
perfect accordance with his tactics and
character; and if his army will stand
with him, we believe he viii fight at
every feasible point
Gen. Cheatham long since promised
his Tennessee troops that they should
soon tread the streets of Nashville; and
he spoke truly; at least thousand of
them have done so--under guard.
An error occurred in our account of
the battle yesterday, in reference to
Whittakers brigade We spoke of its
being called out from the reserves;
bu it was in the advance from the
start; and color Sergeant John Vim.
cent was among the first to plant the
banner of his country on the rebel
works The same Sergeant was shot
through the head, while carrying the
flag on Lookout Mountain; but he
recovered from his wound, and has
once more distinguished himself
The following is list, of casualties
in the Seth Illinois regiment:
KILLED
John Washburne, company B
Private Bailey, company T.
Corporal VIM. Hamilton, company C.
Private J. Jenkins, company K
WOUNDED.
Private Oscar FArrand, company B,
slightly.
Corporal JnO Mucusker, company B,
severe.
Private Eugene Langden, company
4, slightly