The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-25


/. great author Of the Koran-nor will !
come to US in its glory and divin
beauty, unless we study it faithfully.
: TnE DEMAND roR THE sreR9xDER o. RE.
SACcA
The first symptom on the 10Th of th,
enemy's advance on the place, was tn,
. appearance Of few cayalrymen, skir-
. mishing with our picl1ets. There wer,
. several shots exchanged, but nothing Il
9 signify the strength Of the enemy, un
. til about o'clock, when the rebels
numbering about seven thousand, com
menced planting batteries in conspic
uons positions, and deploying line o.
3 skirmishers in front Of our defenees
: For on hour shots were exchanged
Q freely between both sides, wheneve,
.. opportunity offered Scouts were sem
out and reinforeements soon arrived
The rebel sharpshooters fred from
, trees with murderous aim.
At o'clock, flag of truce appeared
with the following imperious demand
HEADQUARTERS Army or TENNESSEE. ,
Is THE FIELD, Oct. u, 1864.
, To the Officer Commanding the L i
Forces at Resacca:
Sir demand the immediate and
unconditional surrender of the post and
garrison under your command. aud
I should this be acceded 10, al white
oideers and soldiers viii be paroled in
q is~ days II the place is carried by
assault, no prisoners viii be taken.
am yours, respectfully.
J. B. Hoon, General
4 To this chiyalrou5 request and threat,
/ Colonel Weaver, Commanding the post,
an officer, modest IS he is brave. re-
piled in these noble words:
/ GExFR4L HooD Your conr,unica-
ton OF this date is Just received. its
contents have been noted and. after
expressing my Indignation and surprise
( 70 yonr baTbarous threat, allow me TO
say that / am able 10 hold this post.
I and VIII hold IT sgainstyour forces, and
/ will not surrender IL, no never
Sm your obedieni,
CLARK X WEAyER,
Commanding the Forces at Resacca.
The garrison Was composed Of two
small regiments, the 10th Illinois Col
liall, and the S0th Ohio, Col. Ben. Met
ham They were reinforced in the
evening by the 4th and 9th Kentucky
cavalry regiments, noted for their bril-
liant dashes, splendid ,lrill, and efiicien.
ey, and then mistaken courage, which
Is characteristic Of Kentuckys sons.
Colonel Watkins commands this brig
ade, and is "a noble specimen Of North
crn pluck and dash lie would deserve
to stand apart in a portrait Nature
has very particularly favored him lie
has a very striking physiognomy Of the
+. Carzair character His figure is tall,
and nc IS peculiarly free and dsgogs
10 all his attributes aud movements.
Colonel Faulkner made fine charge
on the rebels, scattering them in the
woods in all directions. In this gallant
movement number Of his brave men
were severely wounded. The rebels
having got their guns in position, began |
to throw shells, producing some con |
sternation among the teamsters This |
continued for four or five hours. They
were answered pretty eHectually by
ours Next morning vollies Of musle-
try aroused our boys from sieep-the
deep sweet sleep OF wearied soldiers
Not long ere one of our own iron throat
ed monsters beiched forth its hoarse
rhetoric, and another, and another un.
til along the whole line there seemed
as il o general engagement had com.
menced. Towards evening a most dar-
ing charge was made by a few Ken
lucky soldiers on a number of rebel
sharpshooters The brave fellows fought
them inch By inch, and compelled them
to beat hasty retreat to their main
army. The rebels as they lay behind
their barricade, gave a rousing cheer
for Mcclellan. The Keutuckians. mad.
deued by this significant exhibition Of
sympathy for their iavo1ite candidate,
At once made q rush on the barricade.
and drove the rebels before them. The
enemy were now driven back over
mile had to give up their ground lost
a number Of prisoners. The captiyes ad
nit a severe loss stating that they lost
a Brigadier and a Colonel, who were
killed by our shells General s D Lee
with his whole corps was present in the
fight The commanding General svas
perfectly satisfied with the result. and
the second brigade, as usual, has won
new laurels
The affair at Tilton deserves special ,
notice. The block house was occupied .
BY the seventeenth Iowa, numbering ,
only 23J muskets At seven o'clock on
the morning Of the 18th lae Of truce
was sent into the town, signed A. p
Stewart, Lieut. General, demanding
IN immediate surrender, accompanied
sith 4 threat Of showing 10 quarters in !.
'sse OF noncompliance. The rebels
we're fourteen thousand strong and had
he town entirely surrounded Colonel
Archer, who had spent several months !
n Southern prisons, returned the heroic :
cply IF yoa wan: me ard my brave r
nen, come and take us" In a half :
n hour Afterwards ;he aJonnies" ad. :
.anced in al directions Their lines :,
Tere posted in tie edges Of she woods !,
nd in tae centre OF the town !
Tie gallant sons Of Iowa, poured for :,
= hour destructive FIRE into the foe,
them FOR few moments 10 =,
lll back The enemy now brought :,
heir artillery twenty-four FOUNDERS !;
lto play and opened on the heroic :,
and . simultaneous FIRE on eitheFside. !.
iiling in this movement tho fendish :
1e planted q battery Of eleven guns, i,