Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-02

vile u Nashville railroad north of
Green river before Buell. could arrive.
To accomplish this Bragg's army crossed
the Tennessee river near Gainsboro,
and pressed onward to Mumfordsville
on the railroad. This point was garri.
Soned by 1900 men under Col. Wilder.
Bragg invested the place on the night
Of Sept. 10Th, and on the morning of
the 18th the garrison surrendered.
Bragg then moved up the railroad to
Bacon Creek, where he learned that
Buell. was at Cave City, and he re-
turned to Mumfordsville with the in
tention of giving him battle. On the
morning of the 18th he placed his army
in shape for action and spent the day
in line, but Buell. failed to appear.
The wounded were at Mumfordsville,
the result of a battle on the 18th before
the capitalization Of the place.
After spending the day at Nuns
fordsville, it was sscertained that Buell.
had determined to avoid battle and
hasten to Louisville. Accordingly he
set out on the evening of the 18th with
his whole army and moved at the
same time to Bacon creek. During
the night of the 18th and through the
next day the two armies seemed to be
running race. They moved side by
side with scarcely dozen miles inter-
vening. In this manner the march
was kept up till the Goth. Bragg had
moved along the L. q N. railroad and
Buell. had moved on the dirt road run.
ming parallel to and from ten to fifteen
miles west of the railroad. By this
time it was learned that Buell. had
gained some advantage in distance, and
when Bragg learned that Buell. would
be the first to Louisville, he abandoned
his intentions on the city from his pres
ent route. He now left the railroad
and proceeded to Bardstown, where he
arrived about the 25th of Septem Der.
The army was encamped near Bards.
town for several days. On the 4th of
October Buell. came out from Louis
vile with his whole army and moved
on Bardstown. Bragg moved out on
the morning of the 9th and passing
Fredericksburg and Springfield encamp.
ed for the night, and proceeded on the
9th by way of Perryville to Danville,
where his army was enCamped for the
night. On the morning of the 9TH the
Confederates resumed their march and
arrived at HarrOdsburg about 8 in the
afternoon. Encamping near the place
the men prepared their rations and
had everything in readiness to march
by s in the evening. Buell. had APP
peared before Perryville, and the de
termination was established by Bragg
to give him battle at that point.
1t was twelve miles from Harrods
burg to Perryville, and Bragg's army
was put in motion and arrived at Per
ryville about midnight. Hardee's corps
was placed in front of Perryville, and
Folks corps was placed upon an eleva'
ton behind the town and held as a re
serve. Early on the morning of tht
9Th the enemy engaged the skirmisE
line in Hardee's front. The skirmisf
increased as the day advanced, anG
merged into a regular artillery duel
The Federals had superior numbers
Braggs army consisted of Folks anC
Hardee's corps. Buell's army wa
forced to operate under great disadvan
tages. The country round about wa
destitute of water. A severe droutl
prevailing at the time, the creeks anC
branches were all dry. Braggs army
had exhausted the supply on its retrea
and Buell. following after him found j
difficult to obtain water for his men
Chaplain creek runs through the centre
of the town. At this time there wa
no water in the channel of the creel
about the town. Two miles below
Perryville there was depression il
the creek about two hundred yard
long filled with water to the depth o
from two to four feet. When Buel
became aware of the existence of thi
pool, he resolved to shift the scene o
operations to this point. Sending {