The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-13

/ were concealed behind q fence, VINO
greeted their approach with deadly
volley. Captain Morrow Wss struck
just below the knee with ride ball
and private Aldrich, orderly TO Major
1 Keogh, lost his leg. Major Keogh did
not give them time TO reload, but, with
a loud "hi-hi," dashed forward and
scattered them right and left, and in
few minutes was up with the artillery,
who were surprised, and, for time,
evidently supposed them to be rebs,
! instead of hated Yanks.
While these things were tFanepiring
on the right, the General had about
thirty men dismounted, and, superin-
! tending their crossing the creek him.
self, ordered Lieut. Col ]. C. Smith, of
! the 10th Michigan cavalry, and A. A
/. 6. on Gen. Gillem's staff, to charge
/ the enemy, which was done in gallant
style, putting the rebels to fight, leaV-
ing two OF their pieces behind Col.
Smith, in person, captured the first
piece of artillery. At this time, hear
| ing the attack on the right, the whole
! rebel line broke, and our forces COM
menced a vigorous pursuit. driving
them through town, killing and cap>
! turing many OF them.
The town was entered at s o'clock,
and about twelve hundred prisoners,
with nineteen pieces Of artillery, and
large stores, were the fruits of their
victory. The work Of destruction first
/ commenced at tho prison, where 30
many Of our brave soldiers had Ian
guished and died. The filth and mis-
cry Of rebel prisons have been so often
delineated by ADLER pens than ours,
/ that we viii not attempt to add our
mite thereto, as the last act in the SAL
/ isbury drama of prison life has been
played, and Stoneman has let fall the
drop curtain over the smouldering ruins
of those walls, which echoed and re-
echoed to the suppressed signs and
groans Of gallant patriots. The Jaws
of hell have been broken, and will no
more open TO receive either sufferers
for ibertys sake, or hspless members
of the press.
One Of the papers was out with 8
morning edition, stating it was reported
that Stoneman was approaching Sails
bury, and exhorting all to fight for
their country and their homes Some
wag of typo among our cavalry got
up small extra, and continued the
editorial, showing the different stages
of uncertainty, fear and final exit of the
editor.
Two fine armories were found in run
ming order, and the old factory build
ings, formerly used IS prisons, we're fill
| ed with splendid machinery, recently
shipped from Richmond All machine
~, printing -ofices, and large quantities
of material and stOses of various kinds,
were destroyed, of which no account
could be taken. The value of ma
chinery alone must have been very
great, as it was of the finest descrip-
ton, and in large quantities. We are
under obligations 10 Captain II. s.
Chamberlain, Chief QuarternIaster, for
the following
PARTIAL LIST OF ARTICLES DESTROYED AT
SALISBURY.
10000 stand of arms
100000 rounds Ofammunition, small
10000 rounds of ammunition, art'y.
5000 pounds of powder.
3 magazines
depots.
10 600 bushels corn. ....
$4,000 suits of uniform clothing
$4,000 blankets, Eng b manufacture
10000 pounds leather.
5000 " bacon,
100000 E" salt
10000 sugar .-..
$1,000 rica
10000 saltpeter.
$4,000 bushels wheat.
50 barrels turpentine.
lj,0000 600 Confederate money.
A lot of medical stores, which the Med
ioal Director said was worth over one
hundred thousand dollars in gold.
The work of destruction completed,
the command left Salisbury, and, with
thirteen pieces of artillery aud the
| prisoners, proceeded to StatesyilIe. At
/ this place Palmer's brigade moved to.
ward Lincolnton, and General Gillem,
/ with two brigades, proceeded to Nor
| canton, while the General, staff and
escort returned to this place, where
they arrived at , o'clock P NJ. to-day.
! RESUME.
Thus, since March p, has General
St0neman's headquarters moved FIVE
hundred and ninety-four miles, and
the greater portion of his troops have
marched much further. His command
has crossed Stone Mountain once, and
the Blue Ridge thrice-forded the
Yadkin, Dan and Roanoke Rivers sew
eral times each-destroyed all the
bridges and supply depots for eighty
six miles, and burned the ties and bent
| the rails for twenty FIVE miles along the
! line of the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, cut communications between
DsnVille and Greensboro, from Greens-
boro to the Ysdkin River, and, from
! Salisbury toward Charlotte, to damage
the North Carolina Railroads, the
months of labor and large expenditure
of materials will be required to make
! it available for use-captured Salisbury,
with q large number of prisoners and
stores, and is now in position to ad-
vance against Charlotte, or harraSs the
| TANKS of an army moving through the
Carolinas either to the north or south.
During the expedition the torch has |
been applied to several large msnufsc-
tories and nearly ten thousand bales of |
/ cotton. Five engines and trains have |
| been destroyed, and over 1000 hale |
and hearty negroes, ready to grasp the |
musket in defense of the Stars and |
/ Stripes, have been sent to Knoxville. !
An immense number Of horses and |
mules have been captured, so that the |
command is now better mounted than |
when it started The men and ami
mails have been subsisted from the sup
plies gathered at the tithing depots es-
t2blished by the confederate govern
ment, and when the quantity found /
was greater than they needed, it has
either been burned or given to starving
women and children.
The Generals strict discipline favor
ably impressed the citizens with the
character of our soldiers, so different
was their behavior from what they had
been led to expect and much more
correct than that Of their Own men,
as they frequently remarked to our
officers.
PERSONAL.
of Major General Stoneman it is I'M
necessary to speak, as his antecedents
SIS successful cavalry officer are we'll
known to his admiring countrymen.
and we are well aware we give utter
snoe TO popular sentiment when we
say, it is hoped that the Government
will reward his distinguished services
by appropriate promotion in the reg.
ular army. Gen. A. C. Gillem, who
viii be recollected from his defeat of !
John Morgan, gained greater reputa>
ton than ever. Colonel w. ]. Palmer, !
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, has often
been noticed by his commanding Gen
erals, and particularly 30 in the Thomas :
and Hood campaign, when he captured
nearly the whole Of Hoods wagon {
Araf, II, h. oIIal F-..b !