The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-07
From tie haitian oga Gazette.
FURTHEg PROM GEN. WILSON,
He Remains at Macon.
Account Of his Expeditions.

Through the courtesy Of two officers
of Gen Wilson's commsnd, who arrived
in this city yesterday, We have been en-
abled 10 OBTAIN later news from thst
command than was contained Ia our
issue of yesterday.
These oficers accompanied BY go
escort of cavalry, lett Macon on the
3Uth of April, with dispatches for Gen.
Thomas. They came on the cars a. far
as Atlanta, and nom there TO Dalton on
horseback They report that between
Atlanta and AlstoOne the track Of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad Is com
pletely tofn up. aud the bed partly
washed away Between Aletoous and
Resacca, the road is 10 3 bad condition,
and the Etowah hIver and one or two
bridges washed away. Between Re.
sacca and Dalton every tic and ran IS
gone, and the rails have badly wash
ed the road bed There Is some talk
about rebuilding the road from kesaCca
70 Dalton, but nothing Is positive.
These officers give nearly the same
accounts oil the movements oil Wilson
expedition, from the lime IL leiL Eazt-
port up TO the lighting at Selma, a.
have already been published Al Mon
tavallo. bsto-. reaching Selms, General
Wilson dea b d General Z ox,OT, with
the lst BF .ue OF the Isl D.vs.sal %
20 to Tuscaloosa and destroy whs rebel
stores and supplies were gas0,rad a.
tat plaza before General CCozyou
rsacEed TuscaiOosa, Gen Wilson 10
terceptod rebel dispatch from which
no learned that the rebel Cen Jackson,
commanding brigade Of ForresJs
command, was preparing % atsca COX
ton. and he detached Col Mg-0ok- 5 Orl
gade at Centerylie 10 t-il Oh jackson e
Hank. Before McCo3k reached the
point where he expec ed 20 meet Jaoa'
son, the latter had met Cs0&tou auG
was driving hiIn when the apr roaca q
McCoOk's t.rces compelled the enemy
70 draw Of, and CroK.ou immediately
proceeded 70 1uscsi Oosa, where be
I destroy 81 large amount of stores,
! meeting no opyOsi ion hcJOoE re-
| turned 70 the IA an command a. Sen s..
| Gen Croxton returned 10 hOnteyaHo
from whence ne WsuJ 70 FallsdeEa, de-
stroyed what supplies were there, and
! crossing INTO Alabama, passed through
I Newman, where be destroyed . large
I amount Of railroad stock, weDt Oh 10
ZsbulOn, thence 70 Forsyth and Ma
| con. On the ID, Wilson, after 81
we're fghL captured Selms, with 2J10
! prisoners, destroying evefy,hlng ~ the
I shspe Of supplies or nAnuiact0ugs tlat
the town contained ThroWing pon
toons scOss the AlAbs ma TIver, on
! which Selma Is situated, DO stsrts 4 iol
Montgomery, which be reached Oh M
/ I2th. No resistance was made a. that
1 place, bat before the rebels let- tnsy
burned an immense amount Of cotton.
in the streets o. the ci;y. the num nrr
| Of bales being estimsIed IS blxh as 81
V0o. After sta * II MonggOmesy 30
/ niehts and day, The expedition starr
ed for Columbus Reaching Columbus
AZ s O. clock on the night Of the ion
sharp fight ehs0ed, lasting two hours
I when ma enemy Hdrrendersd. Over
i eleven hundred men were oapiur,o
here. Our loss Was five killec and
twenty four wounded From Cclum-
has, Col La Grange, with the - Bug
ade, LIST Division, was cent % Wa
Point where be destroyed the rollua
stock Of the Montgomery and hesi
\ POiat Railroad, wafer ianks depoti
ana 3 large smennt Of tracs, ana 10
Gliding stores and supplies From
West Poist, COlOael Ia GEaage went y
Forsyth, on The Georgia central raj
read, sud theros 20 AaooA, reaching 4