The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-27
Major General Wilson's Cavalry
Raid.
The Battle OF Mulberry Creek.
Forrest, ROddy and Chalmers
Defeated.
CAPTURE OF SELMA.
BrlgadIeF Gen. Long Wounded.
Colonel Dobbs, Fourth Ohio Cavalry,
I0Ftaily Wounded.
4 Lieutenant and Squad OF TKeniy
Men BFutaiIy Murdered
After surrenderIng..
&C. de-, &c.
Mr.. TheO. 7. scrlbner's Dispatch.

e met no enemy until the Fourth Di- 4
vision, under Gen. Upton, arrived
AT MONTICELLO.
at which place the rebel forces under |
General Roddy were routed They re-
treated and kept up diminishing in the |
woods, being steadily driven bv our
forces, until they reached Big Mulberry |
creek, about tWeuty-seYen miles south |
Of Monticello, where they made a
stand and attacked the First brigade
OF the second liyisiOn, commanded bv
Col. Miller. They had four pieces OF
artillery In position, and kept up
murderOus musketry and artillery fire
until 8 battalion Of two conpapies Of
the Twenty seventh Indians, under
Captain Tyler, charged them with sa-
bres, and drove them in every direc-
ton. At this jUncture General UPTON.
who had gone on road TO the left,
came up, and the victory was complete.
About one hundred rebels were killed
and wounded, while our loss was not
one half that number. We capturad
three pieces OF artillery and over two
hundred prisoners The rebels were
under Generals Forrest, Chalmers,
ROddy aud Lyon, General Forrest com
handing in person. This battle took
place on Saturday, the Ist inst. and
that night the Second and Fourth
divisions camped within twenty miles
Of Selma. Captain Tyler, OF the
Twenty seventh Indiana, who LED the
sabre charge, was killed after be had
! surrendered.
! THE BATTLE OF Selma.
After the battle Of Mulberry creek
| Forrest retreated 10 Selma. and with
his entire army, numbering about seven
thousand, pressed about two thousand
citizen militia, and prepared 10 defend
the place
Oar forces marched 10 Selma in two
columns, the First division taking q
road leading to the centre Of the works,
and the Fourth taking the main road
leading to the left On arriving At the
brow Of the hill the rebels we're found
70 be drawn up in line OF battle in front
Of the work., and General Long COM
menced forming his men. The Second
brigade was formed on the right and
the First on the left Of the centre.
via the Fourth division was coming
up on the extreme left and forming
OGr skiTmish line Immediately adyanc
cd and kept up a brisk fire with the
/ enemys skirmish line, until, IT a sig
nal from the Chicago Board of Trade
battery, the Second Division. led By the
| gallant General Long, charged upon
inc works sEt the battle commenced
10 earnest As our boys steadily ad-
ganced they kept up q brisk FIRE with
their Spencer carhines, which YVES Wig
orOusiy returned by the enemy with ar
illery ana muskejry. In fifteen min.
utes from the time the charge was
made the Seventh Pennsylvania sud
Fourth Ohio regiments, Of the Second
brigade, led 10y the gallant Colonel MIN
~, scaled the works, aud soon after
ne entire division was inside the fcat
| lice OF works, driving the rebels like
chah before Them, and 10 less than en-
hour Selma was ours.
| General Long was severely wounded
n the head, but Is recovering rapidly.
Lieutenant Colonel Dobbs, command.
log the Fourth Ohio cavalry, was fatal
ly wounded, and has since died. lie
was gallant and brave officer, and his
loss il sadly lameBted. Captain hoby,
Company 7, Of the same regiment, and
Lieutenant Jacob Sigmsn, Of Company
r, Seventh Pennsylvania, were also
killed Among the wounded, in addi-
ton to General Long, were Col Miller,
commanding the First (Wilders old)
brigade of the Second Division, severe
ly, in thigh Col Mccormick, Seventh
Pennsylvania, in calf of leg; Colonel
BiEgs, First brigade; Captain Boone,
Company II, Seventh Pennsylvania,
in shoulder; Captain HinkatoD, Com
pany G, Seventh Pennsylvania, and
Lieutenant Michael Breckhill, Compa.
ny D, Seventh Pennsylvania Our loss
in killed and rounded VIII not exceed
two hundred, while that Of the enemy
is not much less.
We captured over two thousand
prisoners, one hundred pieces of artil-
lery, including those in the arsenals,
aud large numbers of horses, mules,
1 &c Altogether we had less than ff.
teen hundred men engaged, while the
| enemy acknowledge the works to have
been defended by at least nine thous.
and. Uptons Fourth division had
formed in line, snd were ready for an
attack on the works on the left but
they were taken by General Long so
quickly that they had only TO follow
the victorious army into the city Too
much credit cannot be given our officers
and soldiers for their gallant charge,
aud the accomplishment Of certainly
the greatest victory Of the war
As coon as the first works were taken
| General Wilson, followed by ais escort
and the Fourth United States cavalry,
charged down the hill, and charged the
! font on the river works simultaneously
with the other troops, and it was ersily
| carried The Chicago Board of Trade
Battery was the only one engaged on
| our SIDE, aud did excellent service,
throwing shells directly iEto the ioEl
| and di=mou0ting guns
The cavalry were ST dlsm0unted
and fought as infantry
THE WORKS
are said by those entitled n credit IN