St. Landry democrat., 1888-06-30

COL. ?. ID. RODDEf, c. s. A.s1roved nr,y,o,+r
rs he ran, burning cosE and army supplies
in great quantities. Forrest aud Roddpy.
were close behind him. Forrest had divided
his forco into two columns. That Under Rod
Gcy followed directly after Streicht. The
other made ii detonr to the northeast to emf
OIL any attempt the Federal raiders might
max TO retreat aats get back to their head
quarters. This second column Forrest him.
self led.
Tho hottest fighting took place in the
n'ounIains OF northern Alabama. AT Days
zap. Sand mountain. there was !, sharp con-
fl,cb April 80. in which the Confederate can
tain. W Il. Forrest, y. B. Forrest. brother,
was killed. Streight repulsed Roddev's com
rnand, but dared not wait. He was up and
away again, going toward Brownsville. Ala.
Forrest Instantly discovered the movement
AMI sent 4 force off to the Fedora! left, on the
north. to bead Stleight off ans prevent his
escape. Inc Union soldiers Wera speedily
yertaken. and there was another battle the
same day, April 80 Forrest was in the
thlckest o. ii, and one horse was killed undar
him and two theirs wounded. The second
fight Of April 30 lasted from 5 D. M. until Q
in the morning of May |.
Strelght hastened on toward Brownsville.
Ala, Forrest close after him still. The
Federas were soon oIertaken. and there was
a running fight sron Blountsvills to the Black
War;, r ri.er. which he reached Nav J.
Streight crossed Black creek, q swift and
deep affiuant t the Coosa river. With the
c~,nfederates in sight behind him he burned
ths bridge ever which he passed and planted
a cannon on the bank.
Forrest came up and wondered how he
should cross. Some women approached.
One, a tall girl Of IS, named Emma Sanborn.
said:
You are Gen. Forrest, / am told, know
of an Old ford TO which l could guide you If
! he'd a horse. The Yankees have taken all
of ours
Gen. Forrest rode to a log. Jump up be-
hind me. Miss" said he.
They rode thus 10 the ford. and recon-
noitered ii under d shower Of Union bullets.
Forrest explored the region on his hands and
knees. Some balls passed through the girls
skirt. Al t1as she stood up and waved her
san bonnet at the Tnion soldiers on the other
side If the creek.
Forrest speedily finished his examination.
found the ford practicable, and in two hours
his army was across.
The Confederate legislature of Alabama
voted a section of the public lands of the
state and a gold medal to the plucky Emma
Sanborn.
Streight took up the west side of the Coosa
river in Georgia. Saturday, May 2. there
was another sharp fight at ~Turkeytown, near
Inc IoOsa. lhab night Strelght still fled on.
Sunday morning, MAJ. 3. at 0 o'clock in the
morning, the chase ended. Streight's ann
Aunition and horse, and men were exhausted.
FORESTS command had by this time been di-
unfinished IN numbers by his sending back q
large force with prisoners and dEAnded. It
is claimed by The ConfesleratAy = uth66ties that
his foSce was far smaller than 4 that If
time At any E3k, he de-
marded SfrasaAatN sufffe Eder ai~9saf6tained il.
During the paSleN under fla6G Of truce he
kept detachment ISshcavalrM moving I'm a
circle, 50 as 70 NEpes Sir ght with the
The surrender toog Nlace at a point on-
inously called Straight Neck precinct, in the
valley between the Ckosa and Chatooga
riyege. about twenty nlHes from Rome, Ga.
Forrest marched his prisoners to Rome under
guard OF his staff ans u single regiment, all
the men he had Immediately ayailabls, ne
to the Confederate account. Hetold
streight that. ...as forage was ~scarce,' he
would ssnd no more men along.
The conin1it soldiers of Streight's COM
maud were parp1ea aud afterward fS-
changed. The officers were. n3Wever, sent
Libby prison, at Richmond. under a
Georgia law which charged them with liher-
and arming negroes, son,c having been
Islnd With Streighf3s captured command.
Ife ehaige Was however, denied by the
federal soldiers |