The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-10-17

numbering together 2SU men, to his new field
|of action, and endowed with authority to raise
"a new ommand. On the Ist of November;
1858, he bade the army Of tennessee farewell,
sand,moyed with his brave and devoted band
through tSes eleguaring lines of the Federals,,
stretching from Memphis to Corinth. In the
iDcredimb space of three weeks, sshe collects,
organizes and brings out in safety, from West
Tennessee, two brigade Bells and Ricsard-
sons S, {now Neefy' Thee War Department.
WAS again made to notice his valuable services,
aud conferred on him The rank of Major Gem
Heral "a position long deserved. His skillful
management Of affairs in, North, Mississippi
and West Tennessee calls forth praise from
every tongue His successfnI repulse Of Smith
and Griersoh at West Point, with their. large.
well organized force ofcavalry, driving them
back in confusion to men} thus efeating
SRermans expedition to. Meridian, and neces.
sting bis return toy sieksbnag was Of meal
leulable benefit to The country saving, DO doubt,
Selma and Mont fgomery, and preventing our
army in Georgia from being fapked. 81
y, tSen.S Forrest cannot fenain idle. On The
I'd Of March, 1864, kesorganized an expedition
into West Tennessee aud Kentucky, with
Buferd's Kentucky brigade, lately added to
his command, captured Union City, Paducah,
Fort Pllow, received large Saccessionsgto his
command, and returned to IupeIo to rest his
jaded horses and wearied men. " &
His restless spirit and indefatigabls energy
soon found more work To- do. On the lstsof,
June, he Determined on raid into Middle
Tennessee in Sherman s rear which promised
to be one of the greatest of the war; bnt hiay-
ing attained to Within one day asarch of The.
Tennessee River; he Was suddenly recalled to
meet the enemy moving in force on Tppelo.
Ho encountered them with lsaford,,s aivisiof,s
(Gen. Chalmers beipg thenabsentiI Alabama,
Y, 800 strong gsat Tishomingo Creek. Thesop.s
posing force: under stureis and gfriierson NAM
bered u, 600. KAfter iaur b9urs Of severe
Sighting often hand to band, he drove them
from tlfe field This victory has noFsiits paral-
lei IN the bistosy of. the wai-2 600 prisoners
captured, aboutFtlle same number killed and
wounded, ten pieces ofartillery, Il 800 wagons
and ambulanees, 400, 600 rounds of ammunii-
.tion, lafgelqusnilties q, quarterniasters com
smissarg aud medical stores with only the loss
of 450 killed and wounded. The rout was as.
complete.as as that of the first Manassas.
a month had scarcely elapsed when he was
again called on to repsH heavy force Of. TO-
600, under the command 8of A. j. Smith
Grierson commanding the Cavalry. This ex-
ipedition was atowealysto anpihilste FORESTS
command and to- deylstates the rich. praire.
extending froN 0kalonast to Macon An en-
gagement took Rlace, at Harrisburg, in which,
after severe fgHting. the enemy were compelled
to retire discounted to Memphis. .4ss: &
Before the expiration of another month,
with dogged pertinacity, they confronted hinS
again at Oxford with a larger and more formi-
sdable force. IS ~
BY asmovement only to be conceived By his;
lunequalled genius and daring, he, with the
utmost celerity, withdraws from their 'front.' I
and is next laundering at Memphis. Having
dealt his blow he is out of the enc nys reach,
nay, had returned before they were fully ad,
5yisedof his absence. This mastery a movement
causedSmith with his defiant 6ordes to beat
"a hasty retreat:to Memphis thus again 3 rs-
ldeeming the country from threatened degusta-
ton s3a a. &
= Gen. Forrest has captured over 20, 600
prisoners, fought. .ihnumerable battles and. has;
never known defect He does, not ,6sht by
sHardee's or Wheelers tactics peculiarly bis,|
Swn; his being to deal hard blows where Ishey
will be mostfelt. AForrest can't be whipped. 8
is the received azigA Of his troops, and no
leader ever possessed more The love aud con-
76dence of those he commands. Whenever he
says go, all are eager to be first and foremost;
but his fayorite expression is e'.come on, and
the Yanks invariably do the sgotagss When
his tall, commanding form is seen moving tolII
the front, with, the battle; light in hA eyes,
enthusiasm, like a sudden fash Of electricity, |
Lpesyades the ranks, and the siimpetuous charee