The New York herald., 1865-04-22
CAPTURE OF SELMA.
BRIGADIER GENERAL LONG WOUNDED.
A Lieutenant and Squad Of Twenty Men Bru-
tally Murdered After Surrenderins,
&C., &C., &c.


spatch courier to General Candy, will give you
brief Of the capture Of Selma by our forces on
she evening Of Sunday, the Cd Of April Before an &C.
count of the battle will give few preceding events
which led to it. This corps commanded by General
Wilson, left Chickasaw, Ala, the 22d Of March We
met no enemy until Fourth division, under General
Upton, arrived
MONTICELLO,
q which place the rebel forces under General Roddy
routed They retreated and kept up diminishing
IN the woods being steadily driven by forces, until
they reached Big Mulberry creek, about twenty seven
miles south Of Monticello, where they made stand and
attacked the First brigade Of the Second division, com
manded by Colonel Miller They had four pieces OF ar
llery in position, and kept up murderous musketry
end artillery fire. until battalion Of two companies of
The Twenty seventh Indiana, under Captain Tyler
charged them with sabres, and drove them In every
direction At this juncture General Upton, who had gone
road to the left up and the victory was com
plete. About hundred rebels were killed and
wounded while our loss not one half that number
We captured three pieces of artillery and two hun
dred prisoners The rebels under Generals Forrest
Chalmers Roddy and Lyon, General Forrest command
ing in person. This battle took place on Saturday, the
inst night the Second and Fourth divisions
eamped within twenty miles Of Selma Captain Tyler
sthe Twenty Indiana who LED she sabre charge
Was killed after he had surrendered
After the battle of Mulberry creek Forrest retreated
Selma and with his army, numbering about
thousand pressed about thousand citizen militia and
prepared to defend the place.
Our forces marched to Selma in two columns the First
division taking road leading to the centre Of the works
and Fourth division taking the main road leading TO
tho left On arriving At the brow Of the hill the rebels
found be drawn in line Of battle in front OF the
works, and General Long commenced forming his men,
the Second brigade formed on the right and the
ynt tho left Of the centre while the Fourth division
was coming up the extreme left and forming. Our
shrnish line Immediately advanced and kept up brisk
Are with the enemy's skirmsh line until at signal
from the lChcago Board Of Trade battery the Second
Mvson led by the gallant General Long, charged upon
che works. and the battle commenced in earnest AS our
boys steadily advanced they kept up brlek fire with
their Spencer carbnes which vigorously returned by
the enemy with artillery and musketry In fifteen
minutes from the time the charge made the Seventh
Pennsylvania and Fourth Ohio regiments Of the Second
brigade, led by the gallant Colonel Mnty, scaled the
works. after the entire division inside the
Arst line of works driving the rebels like chat before
them and in less than hour Selma was ours.
General Long severely wounded in the head but is
recovering rapidly. Lieutenant Colonel Dotbs, com
nanding the Fourth Ohio cavalry, fatally wounded,
and has died. He gallant and brave officer,
and his loss is sadly lamened Captain Roby, Company
T. OF the regiment, and Lieutenant Jacob Signan
Of Company f. Seventh Pennsylvania, were also killed
Among the wounded, in addition to General Long were
Colonel Miller, commanding sthe First (widers old)I
brigade Of the Second division severely in high Colo
Mccormick Seventh Pennsylvania in calf of Leg Colonel
Bggs First BRIGADE Captain Boone, Company II, Seventh
Pennsylvania, in shoulder; Captain Hinkaton, Con-
pany Seventh Pennsylvania, and Lieutenant Michael
Breckbi, Company D. Seventh Pennsylvania Our iose I
In killed and wounded viii not exceed hundred while
that Of the enemy is not much less +
We captured tive thousand prisoner, one hun i
dred pieces of.rery including these in tho arsenais,
and large numbers of horros mules &c Altogether we
had less than nftecn hugercd engaged while the,
enemy acknowledge the works have been defended by
ai eas; nine thousand Ustons Fourth) division had,
formed in line, and ready for attack on thei
works on the let but they taken ty GenerI Long
quickly that they had only to follow the victorious
army nto tho siiy Too much credit cannot be given
officers and scdiars for Their gallant charge and thc
accomplishment Of certainly ,he geatest victory of
the
A. the first works we've taken General Wilson
followed by his escort and the Fourth United states
cavalry charged down the h charged the fort On
the river works smuai eousy with the other troops
and 1t was easily carried The Chicago Board Of Trade
battery was the only one ugaged side and didi
excellent service throwing sshells directly into the fort
and dismounting guns.
The cavalry all dsmt united, and fought as IN
fantry.
TIE woRR.s
said by those entitled to credit to be fully as strong
a. those before Atlanta They onss, Of two lines OF
earhworks reaching from bank 20 bank Of the Alabama
river and forming semi-circe und the town Each
line Of eahworks hada fort perc, for six guns from
which artillery Gre was kept up bril- ky until they were
captured The front line Of the rks was protected
BY OF palisades six feet ldeh and sharp at
tho top, which made il exceedingly odcut to reach the
ear,hworks, which OF itself required almost sup humah
power TO scale. s the wonder Of very one hcre ana
even Of our officers how the s,cceoded in gain
Ing possession Of them In front Of the works was low
marsh, about two hundred yards wide I'd in front Of
ths HILL from the brow Of which " started for
the charge
OF the most vital points OF tho conf 'ieracy, as
well Of the most prosperous and bcau Sm places
IN Dixie. II s the terminus Of the Alabama ~ hhss
sppi aud Alabama and Tennessee railroads 'ere was
manufactured tho principal part Of Oh the M val ana
army ordnance the conedorncy through he 70 wa
shipped ali their coal and iron fcr manufacturing pur
posos Tho arsenal buildings occupy about six acre oi
ground and very extensive The naval iron We rs
were also Immense. Tho arsenal buildings fun o
ammunition, shos caps, &c por,.sn q iho ars M
machinery had been removed but the hut on cap
,ured All the government budngg including Tho iron
works arscnals &C, and the powder magazine, filed
with powder will bo destroy Ell by Gre, tho explosive na
teral being thrown into the river Millions of dolara
worth of cotton has already been burnod aud also great
many buildings belonging 10 prominent reboh on ta 3
rou'o forces destroyed four large furnaces including
sho Rad Morua'n and Central iron works, and an cz
tena.vo moc. shop
Tho pos H uoa ia command Of General Wpdow, q z
hs Second tralc, Fl-s. division s
KILLING 90 irurssasr r.ncs tsD eQuAD or HFv ;
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