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The Daily Dispatch: June 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Death of Lieut Gen. Polk. (search)
From Lynchburg. Lynchburg, June 13. --Rumors of the movements of the enemy are plentiful, but nothing definite is known outside of official circles. It is reported that the force that occupied Lexington is moving in the direction of Buford's, on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, thirty nine miles west of this city. The force in Amherst is reported to be moving towards Buffalo Springs, twenty-six miles from here. This force is about two thousand strong, under the command of Gen Stahl, and is all cavalry. They subsist off the country, having no supplies with them. They have two pieces of artillery. Only eight of them visited the Orange railroad, burnt the depot at Arrington, tore up two hundred yards of the track, removed several cattle guards, and destroyed the telegraph. The damage can be repaired in three or four hours. The people here are calm and resolute, and will defend the city at all hazards.
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
the rumor that the city was shelled. It is reported that in this affair we took five pieces of artillery. A cavalry demonstration was made the same day on the Lexington turnpike, some five miles from the city, which was easily checked. It was the popular belief that a general engagement would take place on Sunday, but when morning came the enemy were found to have retreated in confusion, pursued by our troops. The latest. At last accounts Hunter, Averill, Crook & Co., were at Buford's, thirty-seven miles from Lynchburg, on the south side of James river, making for the mountains near the Peaks of Otter, with the evident design of crossing and retreating upon Staunton. An unofficial dispatch was received in the city yesterday, stating that a large number of prisoners had been captured, and that the commanding General had telegraphed to Lynchburg requesting that the militia be sent on to take charge of them. We received a dispatch from our correspondent last night at 10
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
aptured about 100 prisoners, including Lieut Col John B Kerr, of the 74th Illinois; Capt H B Wakefield, of the 58th Indians, and Lieut J. H York, of the 63d Indians; two stand of colors--one presented to the 27th Illinois regiment by Brig Gen N B Buford. The woods where the enemy's dead and wounded are now lying are on fire, making it impossible to bring them off. Our loss, owing to our men being protected by breastworks, is very small on our right and centre. The 631 Georgia regis promoted on the field by Gen Jackson to a lieutenancy, but the heroic fellow modestly declined it. Sergeant W J Woliz, company I, 29th Tennessee regiment, Vaughan's brigade, leaped over the breastworks and seized a standard presented by Gen. Buford to the 27th Illinois regiment, and wrested it from its bearer, and brought it triumphantly to camp, for which daring act General Hardee Presented it to the gallant Sergeant. It was inscribed Belmont, Union City, Stone River. The enemy mad
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Northern Presidential campaign — the War. (search)
port, that the Confederates were advancing on Morganzia, near the mouth of Red river, (some forty miles,) and troops were at once sent up the river to reinforce the garrison at that point. From Sherman's army. The following is the latest contained in the papers of the 4th from Sherman's army: A telegram from Washington announces that dispatches from Sherman's army had been received, which state that there has been no-fighting recently before Atlanta. From Arkansas. General Buford, in command of the Federal troops stationed at Helena, Arkansas, is said to have been placed in a precarious position in consequence of the presence of a large Confederate force in his immediate vicinity. An expedition, composed of a negro regiment of infantry, a portion of the Fifteenth Illinois, cavalry and a colored battery, encountered, recently, the Confederates under Dobbin, and after a short engagement the Federal troops were compelled to fall back, but without sustaining any con
The Daily Dispatch: August 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], For Hire. (search)
ng, but the Yankees, unwilling to risk an open fight, moved off during the night in the direction of Tupelo. A strong rear guard being left, it was some time before their movement was discovered. Part of our forces were sent in pursuit of the enemy, and the rest endeavored to cut him off from Tupelo; but when this force reached the point of intersection of the two roads, it was found that the Federal had already passed most of their trains and secured a strong position. Bell's brigade, of Buford's division, being the first to arrive, charged the enemy; but being flanked on both sides, was compelled to fall back. Our loss in this charge was heavy, especially in officers. The enemy then moved on to Harrisburg, a small village two miles west of Tupelo. Here they spent the night in fortifying, and well did they improve the time. A strong position was selected, to reach which our troops had to pass over an open field, exposed to the deadly fire of the enemy's artillery and infan
The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ports have yet been received on the subject. From North Carolina. Authentic information arrived in this city last night that the enemy were advancing towards Weldon, on the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, with several pieces of artillery and a considerable number of infantry and cavalry. It is evidently a raiding party of some proportions. Our authorities in that section have made preparations to check them. From Forrest. Yankee papers report that on Tuesday night last General Buford (Confederate), with twelve hundred mounted men, crossed the Cumberland river at Harpeth shoals. In Colonel Kelley's affair, the Yankees say that they lost twenty killed, twenty six wounded and missing, a battery of four guns (all they had), and had two transports disabled. They say that Forrest commanded in person. From Georgia. Nothing has been heard from Hood for the last few days. The War Department is advised of his movements, but nothing has yet been made public.
The Daily Dispatch: October 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Forrest Victories. (search)
ghty yards of them, in an open space; the Fifteenth Tennessee regiment, Colonel Logwood commanding, with two companies of Colonel Kelley's regiment, charged them behind their breastworks, putting them to flight, taking eight prisoners, and killing several. The Yankees ran into the woods adjacent and kept up a fire upon us — they still endeavoring to get a stockade near town. Rucker's brigade kept them moving all the time until they reached the block-house, where they took refuge. General Buford's division was still in readiness to charge the large fort on the edge of the town. When General Forrest made a demand to surrender the place, the Yankee Colonel Campbell saw that it was "no go," and yielded to General Forrest's "persuasive arguments." The reinforcements which reached the stockade did not seem inclined to comply with the "War Eagle's" request, and persisted in refusing to surrender.-- One of Morton's guns was turned upon the "edifice," and a shot was sent through it, ki
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ing all the stores and forage from the river bank. The fort-was shelled by the gunboats for two hours, but elicited no reply, when a party was sent ashore, who burned the forage left by the rebels on the bank of the river. The rebel force under Buford's command, estimated at four hundred men, had taken possession of Fort Herman the night previous. A battery, masked on the bank, completely commanded the river in each direction. A squad of Forrest's men, who passed through Dresden, stated that an engagement had occurred between a portion of Forrest's force and Colonel Hatch's command last night, in which Forrest was routed with the loss of his ammunition, baggage and many horses. The locality of the fight was not stated. Buford, Chalmers, and Lyon had held a consultation on Friday last. All Forrest's men on furlough, or straggling through the country, are ordered to rendezvous at Jackson, Tennessee. The two other steamers reported captured on the Tennessee river have arrived
The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
four steamers of the same cities on the coast; fall out of Wilmington, and English built." The Tallahassee had not been heard from for a day or two. --The latest from Hood and Forrest is contained in the following telegram, dated at St. Louis, October 4th "The gunboat Undine, one of the poorest of her class, was captured by the rebels at Fort Harrison in the Tennessee river, on Sunday. Twenty days afters from Fort Herman reached Paducah on Monday. They report that Forrest, Buford, Chalmare and Bell were concentrating there. They have fourteen pieces of cannon, besides the armament of the gunboat Undine. "Orders from Hood and Forrest had been read to the troops, saying that Hood was marching north, and would cross the Tennessee river at Bridgeport, while Forrest attacked Johnsonville. " --It appears from the following telegram from Louisville that our cavalry is operating between Louisville and Nashville: "The Journal says a gang of guervilles made an
The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], North Carolina. (search)
recent exploits of the troops of Forrest's command on the Tennessee river. The first is a narrative of what was done by Buford's division, and the description is worth reading: At daylight, everything was in readiness; every one breathlessly w was evident that they would soon destroy the boat and prevent us from saving the stores. Under these circumstances, General Buford deemed it prudent to burn the boat, and thus endeavor to deceive the gunboats and induce them to advance under our gurick. It was evident that a steamer, though disabled and riddled with shot, aided by the current, could pass us, and General Buford immediately arranged measures to prevent a like occurrence, and instructing his artillery in future not to cease firinually, to deceive us in regard to her condition. As we had other batteries coming, I am very credibly informed that General Buford immediately dispatched a courier, stating the condition of affairs, and directing that one be sent down the river to
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