The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-05
j E f T. D a Wis
Omcial Account OF His Capturo-JefF.
Arrested In WOman's AppRroI-IIepOrt
OF MRJOr-Gen0ral y, II. Wilson.

Army, MaShngton' u. C.-Generas-As a matter o
ma mSnS the cavalry corps of the Military DYisoS S1
lowing report Of the pursuit. ad no sno%I m h9 fol
DAY DAVIS; ana 70 request bat the tame may be made
n me G Tepors prep red from the original niormaoT
he onlcers serving under me in the closing
through Alabama and Georgia.
The flaal disposition OF my command may be de
sPriSe1 @ rs Upton with parts
10 nj watch over the country IN that vicinity, and
Which came under his obs ervalion General wlnslow,
XtSnta and Secuted The county, in a dfectons fpom
Inat pace. General Alexander, With five hundred
hOocl o !, while detachments occupied Grinin aud
Ocmulgee and scouting the country to the eastward
Colonel Eggeston, ommanding tne p1st OF Atlanta,
the Alebanra line IN that quarter.
division n e vicinity Of Mac w had sent detson
Intntu or my direction to the mountain region OF
dega, and "a llher through NGrthease. Georgia to.
wards NJ y Carolina and Yves also engaged in
Ing the 90 nulgee from the right Of the lth diyI.
zion 70 AR2on, ard in scouting the country to his
I'd dlviaon, scoulingthe country to the t.
bad N parties at ali tie 1uH Sopt @ s6
5outhWeltern Railroad, and in Western aud South
yania cavalry occupied Cuthbert, Eufaula, Co
over The lower FDtS Snd dn3 ygant S %g6
General MoCook, with o detachment OF his division
hasSee Florida was scoutlu the country to the
and & eastward we also had rail and teegTaphc COM
Atlanta, Augusta, West Point, Miiedgevilie Albany
vii seen that my force of nearly % 5oo cavalry
Seana6 snd @ ana VgGnI, were occupying we'll
Georgia. to Tallahassee. Florida, with uetachments
rear From this viii be den t. to tnS 6erceve
Davis and his party could possibly have hoped to
From the time they were reported at Charlotte till
eral movements and was enabled thereby to dispose
ofmy command In such manner Ns to render the
Winslow, rumors in from ali directions but by
manifest to enable to act with confidence It is %
be now that the hurry Of events
Instance my instructions were given verbally to the
TO their snbordnates Such written despatches and
H were given are preserved in the records per
Mississippi. now on file In the Adjutant Generals
in pursuance OF my instructions to General Crox-
I1n aeIet@9i9re @ Eeclte6 Henry
fifty men Of the lst Wisconsin Cavalry, les Macon,
rapidly Via JeGsTsonye towards dublin on the
one officer and thirty men with orders to Scout the
country ia al dlTec6ions ior 5eiaole information In
OF his 80 mmand he continued the march all night.
During the night and day he had sent out scouts and
small parties on al the side roads in the hope OF find
Moth ing Of Importance occurred until after he
OF that place expressed entire ignorance aud inder
eDce in regard TO the movement of important Rebels
Pay II Th he5 GgeheF With If hG 5
cons though he gained no Valuable inePsnes Rs sssP m
about midnight, at which time he was Informed by
thai Days.with vile and family had passed through
TS 59e nepoHs sy g qh a nsrv on m the river read
eight wagons with them, and that another party had
liver. His Information seems TO- have 'Ssa BEEN
He had heard the lady called mrs. Dayis6
& sa th GkSa % Davis Of had ao @
river at the regular ferry with the of the party
crossed on small fiat boat and rejoned tRS partS
with the wagons near the outskirts Of the town and
The colored man reported Mr.. Davis mounted on
tally that 6olonei Hamden could lot help 6sevins
II T69 was called up and 6St
holding whatever he knew In regSTd to the case But
Lieutenant Lane and sixty men to remain at Dublin
HSmSeS az an cary hour in the morning began
The pursuit Of the party just mentoned Five miles
which left him no room to doubt that he was on
senger to inform General Croxton of good fortune,
and pushed rapidly in pursuit, The trail led south
s%a@p
a I IEu Snd Il a tbea s no road the tracks 81 the
wagon wheels upon the sandy SOIL were soon o6li-
guide till the trail was again discovered, The puT-
wagon MHS trSoRs were again lost in the waters of the
swamp bordering on Alligator creek, the pursuing
70 guide them to the road upon which the tEaii was
have been one OF great toll to both men and horses;
they had marched forty miles through almost
in wa er up to their saddS-grt6s. They bvouackad
and f durnE the night %eTs again drenchsS Mt
rain Before daylight OF the 9Th they renewed their
march, their route leading almo3t southwest through
swamp and wilderness to Browns Ferry where they
TO the south side of the Ocmulgee river In
his anxiety TO ferry his command over rapidly, Colo
mel Han den allowed the boat to be overloaded. A
pai the bow sprung loose causing the boat
leak badly, and as no means were at hand with
which 70 make repairs, lighter 6oati9Sds had TO be
hours Colonel Hamden learned from the ferryman
that the party ne was pursuing had crossed about
ahead Of INN on the road leading 70 Irwinsvllle. At
Abbeville, village of three families, he halted to
the advance party Of the 4th Michigan Cavalry,
LientenantColonei B; 2. PrSehATd 1I c9m1ma66dlng
Colonel HamSen rode TO meet COioneI ii Pritc6ard
movements as he had been able TO gather. This
about three p. M. After convention between There
ported, they separated Colonel HRmd9n to reoin his
command, already an hour or more in advance, aud
south side of the Ocmulgee II will be remembered
that Colonel PritchRrd had begun his march from the
verbal orders given him by General Minty' In pur-
suance OF my INSTRUCTIONS. Bis attention par
ticulaTly directed 70 the crossings OF the Oomugee
the mouth of the Ohoopee with the object OF Inter
cepting Davis and such other Rebel chiefs as might
roads in that region. He had not gone more
than three miles before he obtained such
party as cOnVoced him that il was his duty te te
Join In the pursuit In this ne was clearly right and
had he done otherwise would have been censurable
for gligenee and want enterprise Colonel Ham
den having informed him that he had force enough
march another road, IL adnR TO Trwnsve bV a more
clrcuiou route Why he did not send a jurler on
latter OF his inentionS, ha, not been explained This
would probably have prevented the collision which
Colonel Hamden and would not have rendered the
capture OF Davis less certain, This Is Intended to
half W ~ n n oUar atrbf