The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-04
CnArrANooaA, Jan. Z. lsGI.


train out into the --Mulhsr
~ Village. Lincoln County, Tennessee
accompanied By guard of 40 men, nm.
der the command Of LIST Lieutenant Plr.
ter, CO. A, 27th IndianntVolunterrs. Al
or near that village, Ii, utcnart Porter
divided his train into four dctach
mcnts, and sent ihom on different planta
tinns, nith on equal guard with each.-
About o'clock in the evcrinr, that nor.
ton OF the train under ,hc immediate
command of Lieut. Porter. having load.
ed, started for camp. Lieut.. p stopped
~ house to receipt for the { rage, aud
the train started ahead, leaving three
wagons in the rear with Lieut.. r., the
distance to camp being about two miles.
lie had with him guard of 10 men,
When about half mile fnm camp. me
discovered that the fore m 81 wagon had
got about SOC yurds ahead OF the other
two, when he went ahead to halt il. As
ne approached it, two men rcdc up to
him, aud presented q pistol at his head
and demanded his surrender. With this
wagon were the tcamsttr and waron
master, belonging TO the 9th o.. Battery,
and two men who had helped to load the
Wagons, all unurmcd except Lieut.. por-
Ter. The gucrrilus four in number, were
armed. Lieut.. p, the wagon master. and
the three men were Immediately noun.
ted and taken into a Corniield, thence
hurried forward, avoiding woods. &c, un-
/ vi ! O'Clock in the morning. when they
were halted az Elk River. about one mile
below where the Mulberry empties int
1t. a ire was built, and the captives
were informed that thiy were going in
to camp for the night. Their hands were
tied behind them, and every thing of
value taken from them. They were then
drawn up in line, four or five steps in
front OF their capturers, one of them ac-
ted us leader. The wurl "rCady" was
given and the whole lnrty Immediately
hred. One of tic men was shot through
the head, and, as is supposed, killed in
stnntly. Three were wJonden, but Lieut.
Porter was not hit. He immediately ran,
followed by one OF the party, who fir d
at hin three times. 5 'cing that he wuL Id
bc uyertaken, he changed his course, ran
to the river, and threw himself over a
Ire''r," IL 10 the water. Having *
lrIcalJd hls haGds, he swor, "a the onno-
site shore, being fired at five or SIX times
whiic in the water, and sccrctcd himself
under the bank of the river. His cnptors
swan their horses across the river and
made search, but failed to fad him. hc
"lt"rwarfs mndr his wuy up tho river
about three. f1urths of u mile, and swan
across again, and 10y in the woods the
maindcr of the night aud the next day.
On the night of the oath he travcl,d d
about mi c, and reached a house, where
he was found by party sent out by Col.
Colgrove to search tor him. They brought
him into camp, where he lay in Il critical
condition for some days !rlm exposure
aud fatigue.
! The men who were shit re thrown
into the riyer-onc supposed 10 have been
dead, and one, though wounded, is sup
poscd to have been drowned. The other
two succeeded in ,Xlricuting their hands
and swan ashore. One has since died
the other is in the hospitq at Mulberry
wounded, though it is thought not NOR
tally. The nam of the men are John
w. Drought, 22d Wisconsin Volunteers;
& gorge w. Jacobs, do. (both temporarily
attached to the 9th Ohio Battery; New.
tll olAuhls plu oulO buAlNlN ANOul4u'
ed, and since dcud); James w. Foley
9th Ohio Battery (woundcd, now in hos
lpitaD. The three fist are men of ia Ii.
lilies in destitute circumstances; the lat,
ter has an aged mother depending OF
him for support,
In forwarding a report of the cod
bIooded murder, Gen. Slocum rccommen
ded that the property OF Rebel citizen!
near where these murders were commit
ted be assessed for the benefit of til,
families Of the deceased soldiers"
In accordance with this suggestion
Gen. Thomas Immediately issued th,
following order, assessing the sum o
$4,000 on the property ol all Rebel cit
izens within the circuit of ten miles 70
: the benefit OF the families Of the murder
: ed men ,and declaring the murderers Out
laws, liable to be shot by anybody, any
where, at any time.
: HEADoU ans DIPAETMTNT oF THE CuMB'Dl
CuArrASoooA. Tenn Jan. 6, leGi !
. GENERAL ORDERS, No. Cit havin
! been reported to these headquarters thai
between and O'Clock on the evenin
OF the Esd ult., within one and hal
miles of the village Of Mulberry, Lncol
, County, Tenn, a wagon which had be
come detached from IA iOraging train be
!, longing to the United States, was attack
| cd by guerillus, and the officer in com
J mand of the ioraging party lst Lieuten
I ant Porter, Co. A. 27th Indiana Vulun
4 teers, the teUmsler, wagOn-master an
0 two other soldiers who had been sent {
:, load the train, (lhe latter four unnrmed,
captured. They were Immediately noun
!, ted and hurried of, the guerillas avoid
" ing the roads until their party was halle
about O'Clock in the morning, on III
bonk of Elk River, where the Rebel
}. stated they were going into camp for th
night.
The hands Of the prisoners were the
I, tied behind them, and they were robbie
of everything ofvaluc about their persons
They were next drawn in line, about fiv
', pacns in front of their captors, and on
Of the latter who pcted as leadC
commanded "ready" and the whole pa
ty Immediately shot at them. One {
the prisoners was shot through the heat
and killed instantly, and three wei
wounded. Lieut.. Porter was not hit
= He Immediately ran, was followed an
fred upon three times by one ofthe port
and, finding that he was about to be owe
4 taken, threw himself over a precipice II
to the river, aud succeeded in getting h
. hands loose, swan 10 the opposite sid
g and although pursued to that side al
several times fired upon, he, after 2
hours Of extraordinary cxertions al
great exposure, reached house, when'
he was taken to Tullnhoma, whel
he now lies in critical situation. n
others, after being shot, were imnedidt
l. ly thrown into the ryer-lhus the ml