Shreveport news., 1864-08-09
Gen. Morsan's Campaign into
kentucky.
From the Richmond Examiner, 4th inst.

Many persons are under the belief |
that Gen. Morgau's last campaign in
to kentucky should never have been
undertaken that he would have been
more s.rviceably employed had he
been in position to operate against
Hunter. and haraSs him in his retreat
from LynchburS. But it must be
borne in mind that Burbridge, with
six thn,:sand men, was already en-
route to destroy our salt and lead
works. TO operate against the Virgin
ia and Tennessee hailrcad, and then
if practicable, ia coop rate with
| Hunter. Burbridgc never got to
Virginia. He was detained in Ken
lucky by Morgan, until Hunters
campaign eliminated in dis ster; the
time when his expedition, could have
been made with any hope of success
was past. Our troops who had de-
t,ated Hunter would have defeated
and, perhaps, destroyed him. Our
salt and lead works, and our impor-
tant railroad in Southwestern Eir-
gimia, remain untouched, monuments
to the military enterprise and sagac-
i,y OF Gen. Morgan.
He moved into Kentucky ut the
head of twenty-one hundred men,
half of whom We're dismounted. Col.
Gilmcr commanded the horse, and
Col. -. Howard Smith the foot. Al
Pound Gap he encountered two Yam
kre regiments, numbering about
seven hundred men; attacked them
in an intrenchcd position and routed
= them, capturing their stu and an
inconsidrrabie number of horses
III. routed enemy rctreatcd towards
pik"ville, where at that time was
, Burbridge, with six thousand men,
on the point of starting iAto Nirgi MIA
From Pound Gap, Gen. Morgan. with
his mounted men, moved rapidly on
. Mount Stirling. thirty miles from
. Lexington, and one hundred and
{. twenty from The Virginia border
where til" garrison. after Il stubborn
Resistance. were driven into the to,.n
!. and surrendered The fruits OF thi.
victory were t"ur hundred prisoner.
and iu!luru>" quantities of military
i >tor, :, the latter OF which we deS
= trovcd. In the engagement he los
+. some valuable officers and n Gooc
many men. From this point Gen
q. Morgan sen: RI DIS against tlarr"n
e important lines OF rai.roHd, al o
l. which were >uccr--tui. Major Chen
owort! destroyed tI,r Kentucky rail
. road Capt. Jenkins that br'w'""r
Louisville. ana F'"ankt"rt; Captain
Cooper tool: the toriiiication~ Al" UNI
H. Nashville; tnp, Everett moved upo
IT and captured NJ .ysviIl-. which WI
held by five hun red negro troops
/ who succeeded in escaping West c
D. the Oh o River, leaving their sire
.. and cam. equipments to be des1roye
m by our men.
= On the 9th Of june General MOI
m gan concentrated his small f rce upo
i Lexington and captured the town.
- Here he took horses enough to moul
u his whole command Having dos
of troycd the Government depotS, St0r,
1e and stables, he moved on Cvnthian;
II a town thirty miles north of Lex n!
-, ton. The place was defended by
m force of five hundi ed mon. After
on brisk engagement the enemy. toe
-. shelter in the houses, from wnlcn in,
10, "a kept up the fight. Our men, havin
n. no cannon with which to drive the
he from rhei. cover, were obliged to Fl
n the houses. Wien large porto
II. !" Of the town had been burnt the en-
ire my surrendered.
he Immediately after the capture
IN Cynthiana, General Morgan asct
Ii,n tanned that General Hobson was COZ
Is ing to the relief of the place at t
in head Of a brigade. The gallant Gil
lis uer, with a thousand men, was ord,
the ed out to meet him. Giltncr h
he the enemy in check until the rest
ma our force, not more than five hundr
vas men, We're brought into action. AT
desperate fight of three hours G'
Hobson surrendered himself and st
en-. and two thousand men. Rema
, upon this brilliant victory were
,li periiuous. General Hobson was
he rolled upon condition that he sho'
his exert himself 30 secure Tie eXchar
ana and release. of such &c General NJ
,,a. gan's men as are now confined
in yankee prisons, whore they h
him been languishinS For eleven mont
use ..e General Hobson promised to use
'"'' best efforts tor their release. and
D. clnrcA that, in the event Of fail,