The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1891-07-10

TAKE EAtk i0tk SWORD, COLO&Ei-.H
sat down quietly to take account OF stock
rs it were, .Ns he siit;el in IL dispatch TO
Bragg, he l;,l made :tGiean sweep Of Fed
erals north Of Jackson and west Of the
Tennessee river. lie had lilied and wound
cd lOo"t the enemy; had captured 1920, in
Guiding coluncls, Il majors. 10 captains
and % liculeuan's. His own loss WAS
killed, l. wounded ard missing. lie WIS
After destroying four miles Of trcstlc
warl; and the bridges on the Obon river
Forrest started 10 return TO middle Ten
iiessee. Meanwhile his almost unopposed
progress orthwarI had spread confusion
among His enemies from Washington all
along the southern border 10 Grants head
quarters iu Mississippi. 70 complicate
matters in the Union lines stllfurthcr Gen
Earl Van Dorm had dashed into Holly
Springs, Miss, whore Grants immediate
supplies were stored, and burned up every
thing This occurred On the Goth. On the
.G@t Grant sent word 70 the commander Of
the expedition going down the Mississippi
liy water tlsat he (tirantl would be obliged
to abandon the overland route on account
oi thu raids in his rear and had fallen back
from oxford. 1t was supposed ut first that
Van Dprn moved north from Holly Springs
To iuiu Forrest. ami it vas also supposed
hat Forrest had with him all the cavalry
OF ZBrlg-.s army, which he formerly COM
n,ueled instead of merely Il brigade, with
the addition Of a battalion under Col, Ma.
lier that Joined at Trenton on the 2orh. It
WIS believed at army headquarters and in
Washington that Forrest would push north
10 Columbus, Ky. and perhaps rccapture
Island No. 10. Tee-riins btzzed over the
wires in al! directions The petty com
maut!t.ls iuNNtst Tvnncssec We're bothered
with contradictory orders, beiu., told to go
North TO rAluh Forrest. e;tst to head him oil
from reurJ~~iug the Tennessee and south
to confront Nuil D2rn Out Of all the uc-
tiyity tAorc was evolved a lnoremen| Of II
force tluer trn. Sullivan northwara from
Jackson to !rrnton and then e;lStwau to
Huntington. This hrou-htit south of For
rest, Htui between him tItl amy prNct icable
point OF Hncrussing the tennessee river
Forrcsts scouts kept him we'll Informed
of all thai ,nrnaccd him, nmd Oh the 2tth
the raiders made IL forced march from
Union City in the direct ION of huntington,
Being warned of what awaited linn there
and not ut all anxious for prospective glory
With lie alternative Of whipping Forrest
prepared to slip trough between lluntiug
ton and Trenton The Obion river lay
across his path will all the bridges gone.
excepting one that the enemy had deemed
impussable and had not destroyed. This
the raiders strengthened by spiles, and For
rest, in order to give confidence to his dis
heurtened men, drove the first team across.
On the 3uth the raiders cncampcd nine
miles from Lexington. lnthc morning For
rests advance WAS met ut the junction of
the Huntington road by the brigade of Cot
G. J.. Dunham, the advance OF t;cn. Sulli-
vans force, moving from huntington
southward to intercept him. The battle OF
40, f,,i Cor
rest got the worst Of it. He lost his am
munition train, but saved every thing else
and learning that another force was pursu-
ing him from Trenton he pushed rapidly
toward Clifton and on the nornin. Of Jan.
was back III middle Tennessee.
GEoHGE l.. kllMEE.