Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-04


sato holly Springs before davbrsak o
o>l5 NaoemNer moyainG nearly fort
yeSH< sc,n
TIE narrative opeuS by describing tn
E,aJsry >yasuS0 as is was about III
usG5,c 81 December, }S62-GrAnt vii
Is ma.a N,3y st Oxford and his Ont
. posts 81 CoSeeyjlle, Pemberton sout
~ tasNa.ohu>hs, with tyoutand tan,
, covered BY Van porD'S cavalry. rum
esruS shout $500 troopers, The Stor,
tells bow Van Dorm moved east trar
Grenada On The night Of Dec II, ostenS
}s'y % oap,Uos OF destroy Col Dicks
1000 raiders operating on the Mobile 4
Ohio rsi,7oad above ana below Tupe, .
how Nsn Dorm, when shout to en-
counter O.skey, 50 Unanswered g.,
10 pass through Pontotoc in tbc
direction az New Albany, and allow
p}Skey 10 follow him il he chose. or {
he preferred, after noting the direction
Of Van OornS msrch, 70 30 and repar;
to Grant at Oxford that he had seen
Nso Dora ST the head Of his cavalry
f moving north, apparently bent on going
into Tennessee 70 Join Forrest at Ro.,-
var or jackson. As the story goes.
o''NeS eHoss me latter alternative
ne narrative SHOWS the tactics Of van
Dorm in NeepjuS the enemy always be-
"'"1 Nun never giving nun an oppo9-
unity % Ae' aoe"o ana interfere VITA
''e S"'anSe or give warning OF ms aP'
p o~''' ii also reveals now wen an
LOT" e''''e@''" rom Inc enemy nus
o'.7''''' pom AS ''nk S> po>S'o.'' anu
,.'''' ''''' ',' - '"P'N.S '"'' "'>,' {
s>o~'S "' ''''e''es No"." MOI 'ePo'' ms
',.''-'"s 'oNA e"'gE p III advance To- DC
70 1l' x, . ~. ~ o. -'u'9"9' u" ''Lii'
-'-'' 81" ~ ''-'-' springs
After telling many amusing aud IN
ssFae'}Fe -}ae3aehtS of the iharth and
no" van Dorm troopers halted about /
~ COCK on Inc night o. lee l'W.,h'n f.
I'VE n',eS Of town, d'Smoua'ed IN grim
shehee' ana without hres stood ready .
d any moment 10 Temonnt' the story
continues '"Ns'
'''9Ee aH-ts'l an oF'eE was quiet
y P"sseu a'oDE 10 mount ana form
fourS, Il CHANGED to be the day for the
: ~ -N'SS'>S'PP' N@I@,Fy 10 De 'ae "u'
. anee % 'Ne~ "-'o.'E" ; o'l-a"e. Lieut. /
:, d. L'Af' o. Company w. .NoN''ee
d any was jill eo'N"lau" OIL .'e au'
, :, auee : 1a'"' au" tue front louE we're
ro' me uFo'eS p@h'z'eI' VI. H. s
i'S' zee '''" d. W. NeuP'ee' ne o."er
W a. d once gwen 10 move forward on
-"o I'1Ds "' d Sa-.oP' 70 capture lAe
''0AVs' VI Pu,S sue mem 50 e'ose'5 mat
~ a'aILh cou4u PFeeeue us Inc WIS /
'C'A - S"e oi"e' was appreciated ny
- y, an" IL was ootyeo with a.aeFiIy'
'e A''S' N'SS'9S'pPl were 10 enter '
Wv" t'o'n '"e nor'AedSl' cH"'Be t
''Io"sn infantry without batting 10 t
& w VI lege''e S"EFeAueFS' o"' al once f
:, a'.'IN sle "a VARY "ilen discovered v
nc ''esol'' -HIsao''II were To dislnouht
u Tue e0Re OF town charge on 1901 b
n' capture OF dISperSe any infantry -
hcouhleFed' Ihe texas brigade were -
? approach from lne east coming IN II
y lne fa'Ifoaa depot and thus pre- =.
enI any relhloFcements from SnrprlS' =
iE us III that direction \ detachment -
texans also We're 70 go south and /
alnh Inc AooeEllIe road. Lacksons :,
''s ao9 were 10 approach from the h
'''H' preventing possible REINFORCE -
'sHts from 6o1Faf' as wen as watch -
y 'he Foa" coming from Memphis on !.
a the west
As we neared the town we increased
lr speed Prisons First Mississippi in
de through in sweeping gallop, al
.noring the infantry, many of whom. OF
aud startled by the charge, O
IN out of their tents in night attire nj
ld fired into our column, wounding NJ
early every horse in the advance in
lard and several OF the men. As we b.
1proached the fair grounds the Second pc
iinois Cavalry, under Col. Neil and &C
al Nudd, were in line, answering in
i'll call preparing to go out and look "
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