, 1865-01-14
GEN. GRIERSON'S LAST RAID.
Grenada Burned--Railroads,
Bridges, Stations and
Telegraph Destroyed,

| A1lAANu 1NIA1t1 Aet3AA ttet&D]
Bridges, Stations and
Telegraph Destroyed.
THE REBEL GEN. aAolsoa
KILLED..
sec Prisoners, 500 Wagons and
| 5000 Carbines Captured.
| [From the Memphis Bulletin. 9th.]
General Grierson, whose celebrated raid
through the rebel country from Tennessee to
Louisiana has made him famous, ts nJW In
this city, having returned with new laurels
from successful expedition. in which he in
Of his previous raide. With three thousand
men Under linn, composing three brigades,
under The commands Of Col. Karge, Colonel
Osband and Col. W:nslow, hc left Memphis
on Wednesday, December e.. The force Kept
in tue direction Of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, by Collieryille, passed up by Grand
Junction, then made demonstrations threlt-
| ening the enemy intrcnchcd at Corinth,
while dctachments destroyed the telegraph
between Grand Junction and Curfnth. The
detaelment1 rtjoined the main body at Early
Groye On the Esd, which on the eth passed
through Lamar and Salem to Ripley. Thus
1ftf1c lioht sk1r1nishinr in front Nas iii tI,at
| nccrr,r5i ~ u;vs znat n ihn nrnoress nj m.
happy Dixie. On the Mobile and Ohio road
| four bridges were destroyed, and the te1c-
graph was cut between 1}oonyillc and Gun
ncio ,tcn m the S5,i, ~ 11ornnn rhero thev
f,,r, .,;sn1 farce ~ Eorrost'. ;';smnnntea
m,n 1his ho5v mas t,;srarso5 and many - ~.
Inred @'S o~' "A' o!ot9eA0eA AA" AA"D' ~NP
,;ro af ,ie Wn,;ia amd t;n sou.n .a,,rod +hn
| rnncb1v dnatrnr;nt. tht rood =, - t,os1,t In.
ter.., rI. ussto oI ~ ~ .usu ~ Roaut ~
~ 6,..p ~ aaa taaatJ e.ae,on. ~ ta leaea
~ ~ ia,.os'as ~ MT. Nnes rels I1ppiu,
General 1;ardner land ana oti.crs % W. var.
~, 49, auu TT !ntEleep3u.
- a rs e' ~ nvtu 1.5pe ~
~ ,,1I 1a1uias 1s ~ ~ ~ lnuleats4 tuat alo
Ear+,t =. 80 ~, anu osues potnts'
p th,' VIZ ~ ~ p,ace t.ue encInS
1ccted hy .rarsison of ahont twe,vc " hI,ndret1
..a1rv ~, ;nts'tr ~ 1e n,t noaseu ,'
crns IN A ',ot1,r,,, ,ra 'o T1,s 1a"3 - :;
3rcmc1 of ;nnort,nco r. +ntn ~ thc 1n,,,"ae
~ Insf ror,n~ 10 rnho, n,Tar.,-s,a1+ 1890
n cnntnina1a IN tha nornInor nS fha SAX
| fTedneSdnyI The attacK Was made Twn
] trains Of cars, containing reinforcements for
| ii,y place. under Ger. GSriner. wers in s,rht
an.
+! threw force between The apnroachiu~ enemv.
| and the earrisop. and that force succeeded in
capturing and DESTROYING one Of the trains.
consisting Of fourteen cars. and finished by
| tra,irp M the tracE Two and a half mica
| sontf IF E.ynt. The other train was conr-
| snn1s sfaif Cant. Woodward 4. A. d Of the
9Th Illiuois-u Young officer. but brave and
l. cno]. For txn miles The gallant gentleman
and his men m held IN 10 the train. spite of the
| battery in the platform cars. whirh was pl.ntt-
fnIly used. HoTseaysh. however. could not
hold cut orainst steam. and the train escanel.
In the meantime. lie attack on Erypt nro-
cerdcd. and after IN engaeemcnt Of Two
hours duration, The place was taken and the
garrison dispersed. Among the Killed on this
OCCASION was Brig Gen. GLolson. He 17as
shot three times; the wound which proved
| mortal was in tue h,cast. Several other oil,
GERS was a,sn killed, aud six hundred prison.
ers were taken The poor people Of the placo
were allowed to help themselves to necrssa-
rir6 IRON the rebel government supplies,
mainder WIS entirely destroyed. It was as
ccrtainvd that the fetrcating enemy wero
falling back on West Point.
After his victorious exploit, Gen, Grlerson
took west and southwesterly direction,
through Houston, in Chlckasaw, and Belle
toptaine, in Choctuw counties, to tl1e Missis-
sippi Central Railroad, south of Grenada, at
! N'inopa. From Houston demonstrations
we're mode sonthcnst toward Vast Point antl
nonh fuwarI Pontotoc. From Dcllefonlaine
demon stro,,ons vc,c made toward Starkyjllc.
in Ocktibbeha county. again threatening the
Mobile ara Ohio Railroad, These maneuyres
! confused and ,uIs1ctl Inc enemy. riyinc onpor-
tunify TO send a detachment t0 Bankstuu,
whers Tie rct,ct government Ind a cloth md
ehcc {actury. These were cifectually de-
! et,oy,d.
| Finn Vfnonn n dctaeh1nent VIA scn& ia
| =
and Tenncssee win lie Mississippi Genital
| Railroad. At this noi1t there Vas onitc q
ioTre amount of rebel stores. After riyfue
liz moor an opportunity to replenish theft
scartr sunnlics-a - Ynnkee', orfler mOst i'm
n,icjtfv and cheerfully obeyed-thcse were all
aesfnoyed @ ,1 The ,hori time ai1owcS of " co"rsc M
rave m nther ornortunity for destrnctIon
ihon that nT.rcd hx softinT ttc IN the hn;tj.
mrs eoniainjnr fhe stores. In nm instance or
| two tle ire Spread. and sons hoases werc
{fhus uuiutcutjoually DESTROYED. Grenada has
! sufIrred seycrcly by this mid. The RAILROAD
between Grenada an, Winona was destroycd.
Smother brfradc went southward. and did
t,rcat lama.,. to the railroad in thatdircct,on.
! Al Frankli6. four miles west from Gooimau'a d
S1aticp, this detachment encountered the en-
INV mud Whipped them, ki|liug twenty.tiy
1nen. who were left IN the field. These I'M
nortant oDerations being satisfactorily com
f,;cted General Gre, son iuoyed lis main body
ron, W;nona to the country betwrcn the VI.
zoo and Big Black rivers, by way OF Middle.
Ton. Lexington and Benton, to Vicksbure, at
which city be arrived I'm Thursday last, Jan
nav 5,b. covered with mud, soaked with rain,
Loaded with provisions, and ACCOMPANIED BIZ
one thousand negroes ind eight hundred head
Of captured stock.
The r.sults of Ills expedition are: The
lcsi, uction of torty miles II The Mobile mud
| Ohio Railroad, including twenty-five bridges,
q large amount Of I,estle-wufk, deputs,
/ ~, fsr fab fnr .$anE ar,I ht
telcc, aph line Thirty miles Of the Missis-
sipri Central, including all the bridges, tres
tie work. tanks, many station houses, ETC., on
that sl;acc, and thr telegraph line. At Vero-
ma ana other stations SOU army wagons were
cupturcd and DESTROYED; 5OOO stands Of new
aims; se,vicablc locomotives, and 10 others
under repair about lou cars ono pilc.dsiycr
/ and engine machine shups, factories giving
employ mcnt to $40 operatives in naking cloth
and shoes; large quantity Of wool, cloth,
cotton, and leather, 7o fattea hogs, q vast
amount Of com and wheat, and coInmissary
quartcrmaster's aud ordinance stores. The
entire loss of Gen. Gricrson's force in this CT
pedition is about rs killed aud 50 wounded
11aDy of The latter only slightly so.
Between four and five hundred bales Of cot
ton, having the mark Of the Confederate gov
crnment, were also destroyed. Large quant H.
Tics Of cotton were eeen In the country passed
through, but when it belonged to private in
dSiduals it was left undisturbed. The Com.
manding General was rigid in requiring that
rrivnte property Of unofFeuding persons
should be held sacred, except in cases Of some
| absolute necessity. Conversation with the
psople revealed great dissatisfaction with the
reht] government. and the results of II eeccs.
s!op." There appeared to be q perfectly hope.
less feeling as to pny success in lhe war. The
ultimate Downfall of the Richmond usurpa.
ton was ocepcd certain. Il came to General
Gricrson's know1tdse TINT In two Of the coun
t;cs hc PASSED tlroGg men had brcn elected
to The positi,n OF Sheriff; and to other county