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The Daily Dispatch: April 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], A brilliant dash. (search)
A brilliant dash. --On Friday evening last, Capt. Rains, with 200 cavalry, left Chattanooga, and proceeded across the country, directly to Wartrace, in Bedford county, Tenn, on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Wartrace is 9road, and 55 miles from Nashville. By a direct route through the country, it is about 60 miles from Chattanooga. Capt. Rains aimed to make a dash upon the rear of the Federal army and put them to flight. He was successful in rushing upon themy a handful compared with the large number into whose midst he had rushed. It caused a wild scatteration among them. Capt. Rains and his men being well armed with double-barreled guns, took good aim, fired one volley, and then retreated before theime to make. A great number of shots were fired at him and his men as they retired, and he lost four of his men. Capt. Rains intended to hover about and harass the Lincoln army, but he was informed by one whose veracity he was induced to belie