, 1864-03-27
THE CAPTURE OF UNION
CITY,
Shameful Conduct of. the Command
Ing officer.

CA,no. Na1ch se.-An expedition under Gsae:aa
Mason Brayman, connaucant OF tEls military !is.
r. tts s here eR o = Il. sna l3nsa
IVES to rcpe1 a threatened attack upon uulon City,
hy the rcEe1 Forrest, who h2s been mos!ns; up
our forccs conziated of the s5th Wisconsin, s5:h
New jersey, SD Wisconsin, and the 18th New York
regiments, about 2 SEQ strong.
with hlm spe11igtron's battery and a company q
mccnteG scouts. TIC expedition left Columbus
Immediately. pushing forward By rall. Understand
taaca from Union City had been burned, aud the
tEslssph, ct capt od1jn = 4 e. md General
eeraining The tlae condition ofafsir lie s1rensth
Gna designs Of The enemy, ete., had returned 70
started from there, passing over he baasInc brIse
just In time to savc \ t1aln which he had o1detu
rot to endanscr. He and Col. Lawtence, eom-
nan that they were Of opinion that Col. Hawkins,
eonman9dng Onion City, wonld BE- able to hold
ssse n notwLspdne tte e11s %as
reported as much superior to our forces- Tho 51h
Tennessee cavalry, rome 500 men. 800 being mount
Cd, syers surrounded with ea1thWorks Of some pre-
Our expedition pushed forward. and, on arriving
within six miles Of Union CITY, at O'clock In tho
fa suen5eIsd at Il oeeet II he tSs1 orains list
the fortidcations and considerable amount
q. 1f property had been destroyed; and that
luz Ag1sea on WHICH our 1ofces were
lev mnles and wagons, and thc prisoaczs, had been
removed, the enemy taking northeast direction.
Little or no fighting hod been done. Although The
enemy hnd made three cha1gcs, meeting with re-
pulse each t,mc, but ono man IN the gasrlsou was
killed. The assalltng force WIS not more than one
At t1rst reported to have artillery and iorcc Of
come feVen thousand.
Gen. Brayman having only intantry, which be-
lcnged to Gen -Vcatch's commacd, taken from here,
where they had been awaiting orders to move on
Sherman not to dctain them from the service IN
tended for then, returned to Columbus embarked
On transports, md rctuFued to Cairo yesterday,
Its not known with certainty who commanded
the aetaillng force when Hxwkins surrendered, but
tic enemy huHahed for Forrest.
peror officers TO remove al oRs forces gart1sonlng
Unimpprtant points within the district such as tAe
one on which the raid was made, considering 1t as
doing the rebels mere service than II left to be
oecupisd By The rebels themselves. 1s, while gar
rtEoned By the United States, much smuggling and
contfaband trafnc arc going on nudcr tho present
loose trade regplltions.
A fae Of truce was sent BY Forrest, saying that
unles 50 the garrison surrendered according 10 his
conditions BE- Toad oRen sreEy On tie gar
cd him to cut bis way out but he refused to do to
Other statements to the effect that Of his
own men Threatened to shoot him II he surrender
ed. 1t ts also said that when the surrender had
been made. several Of our men wept like children,
and number broke their gans, and Others tarcw
fhcirs into we'll and that tho officers broke their
swords.
Onr forces had Just been paid one years service.
The loss to officers and men 1s estimated ut nearly
Eixty Thousand dollars
several cscapipg. For1y-onc are here nov, and
QthtrH tepQrtCd in the TFOpds.