| Show WAR WAS NEWS three confederate i ucb ats ata from columbus attacked the federal gunboats gun boats essex and st louis lying off fort jefferson on the morning of january lith A brief eng gement ensued for a short time when the confederates retreat do d the federal boats pursuing them until they reached the batteries at columbus it was believed thit that th at one of the rebel boats was disabled four federal pickets were shot on the night a of jan ish near birds point supposed by some of col longwoods Long woods wooda cavalry which was roving a about that neighborhood 1 committing depredations A force was immediately dispatched by general paine in search of them according to published statements on mon monday eay lay jan jtb the union forcia forc a in eastern kentucky under col garfield including the forty second ohio tenth kentucky and tig eig eighteen lateen hundred cavalry had proceeded to Paints PaInt vine vire on the big C sandy sandys within seven miles of the camp of the confederate troops under gen humphrey marshall u where here they were met by a flag of truce from the enemy asking if matters could not be arranged but by fi fighting to which col garfielo garfield Gar Garf beil fiell replied that there was no alternative for the confederates but to fight light or surrender unconditionally marshall on the return of the flag of truce addressed his men telling them th tint it they had the alternative of or disbanding and that they aoud take their choice they immediately set fire to all their them wagon tents camp equip page ac and then the whole force scattered each to take care of and save himself no attempt having been made to save anything but their cannon which they hauled ox ott the dispersion of the Cor confederates federates under Ma marshall beema seems not to have lave been universally believed A subsequent report represents that there was a skirmish on the ath of january between a part of the federal cavalry and a portion of Marshall 3 forces under col shaw three miles west of paintsville Paints ville on oc jen nis creek in which the confederates lost six killed and fourteen wounded and the un zionists iop lop ats two killed and one wounded wo on the ath col garneld garfield made an official report to captain J B fry assist adit gen in which he says that he be entered paintsville Paints ville on the ath with the forty second ohio fourteenth kentucky and three hundred of the second virginia cavalry that on hearing ef cf his approach the enemy left their strongly entrenched camp and fled and that he sent his bis cavalry to the mouth of jennis creek where they attacked and drove the confederate cavalry which bad been left as a vanguard a distance tf cf five fire miles killing 0 three and taking fifteen prisoners and wounding a considerable number col garfield says in his report that marshall abandoned and burned a large amount of his bis military stores and that the confederates dle alej as armies always do in confusion but makes no mention of taking from them any arms or other munitions of war his re port closed with the announcement that the federal loss was two killed and one wounded in a subsequent report dated the lith at prestonville Prest onville kentucky he says he be left points ville on the ath with eleven hundred men and drove in the pickett tsi two miles below Preston burg the men slept on their arms and at 4 on the morning of the oth they moved toward the main body of the enemy at the forks of middle creek under the command of marshall skirmishing commenced with marchalls marshalls Mar outposts at 8 and at 1 pm the engagement became general marshalls marchalls Mar TAlar forces consisted if cf two thousand five hundred men with three cannon and were strongly 0 posted on a hill garfield Garfie IJ having been re reinforced by about seven hundred men from P fought the enemy till dark and drove him from his bis position on retreating marshall carried off according to col report most of the dead and all the wounded but next morning t twenty seven dead bodies were wire found on the field he estimated the number of confederates killed at sixty twenty five were taken prisoners with ten horses and a quantity of atres stores the enemy b bernid irn E d ahat abat i hat t ji es le coa id d not take away and put out in the night the federal loss as reported was two killed and twenty five wounded the confederate CAn federate acbo acio account of the A battle battie published in theNor theN off tolk toik day dag bool re reported p ted at abington participants by in the fight depre bents that gen marshall Mar force was three th 0 usa d five hundred bundred men and avld that the federal forces It timbered numbered eight vl t busand that Mars marb marshall hali hail was retreating when nhen attacked and that the federal fejeran troops came upon him in a narrow gorge gorg the en engagement allement Is ia reported to have been one of the most desperate that has tak n place during the war col moores aio nio ores regiment charged ch argei argel the enemy in a hand band to hand conflict which lasted halt an hour the federals fought 0 gallantly but finally broke and ran in bull run style and Mar marshall force being exhaust exhausted d and so mu h smaller than the enemy fell back to t b the confederate loss according to their version of the was twenty avi enty five killed and fifteen wounded and that of the federals over two hundred killed and wounded A dispatch from hancock ancock II ya va jan announced that gen jackson with eighteen thowald thou and confederate troops after threatening w romney appeared before that place an on that day at a considerable distance but made no demonstration A week before he had with a large force appeared at bath whre where there evere w ere some five hundred union tro troops an attack was made by the confederate militia forming a part of jacksons torce force who were twice repulsed subsequently general jacksons regulars made an attack in fron froni at the same time executing a flank movement when ben the federal troops fell bick on hancock A later dispatch says that jackson was still at bath and that he had not appeared before hancock the cincinnati gazette gazelle of january announced that the governor of ohio hadre badre had bad received dispatches from washington iD informing forming him that there was a pressing lecessi necessity for more troops in western virg nial nia an and that thab gen mcclellan was wag informed forthwith that fourteen regiments of infantry five batteries of artillery and two regiments of canair cavalry could be marched into virginia from ohio within four days the order given for marching was subsequently countermanded b ut with instructions to have the soldiers held in aea diness to march instanter should they be needed it was announced at rolla holla on jan 14 b that the kansas re regiment which left that place for lexington some days daya previous had bad arrived at that ill III rated fated town and had arrested several of the most active secessionists they also took and destroyed adolt 1500 hogs being packed for the use of priced army and much other valuable property the last of the troops of burnsides Burn Burns idea expedition left fortress monroe on the of january on the transports louisiana and new brunswick A cairo dispatch of january announced that gen grant and s baft bair ass aff embarked on the steamer morning and took the field at fort jefferson disi dis aiches had been received from the advance column under gen mcclarnand me ernand demand saying that it was on the march and would rould encamp at mayfield ky on the night of tha the lath the wheeling published a dispatch announcing that on the loth of january the union forces at romney under general lander left in great haste habte and retreated to pattersons Patter sons creek and that some of the companies were compelled to destroy a portion of their tents and a considerable quantity of provisions was destri destroyed for the want of transportation etwas it wab was reported that G deral ueral he ral rai lander issued an order which was read on dress parade before the evacuation that anyn iny one caught setting fire to the town or perlia gerpe brating any other outrage would be instants instantly shot it was not admitted that general lander was afraid of an attack from the thi cos cord federate troops under gen jackson but it w was i alleged mohave been a piece of stratagem which jackson avoided by going back to wilid chester cheater on january the sloop of war penic pens cola which had been at the washington navy yard for some time completing her machinery and armament succeeded in running th confederate blockade and getting gettin to sea captain morris in his report to secretary wellis says that the batteries at cockpit and shipping po nt were passed by the pensacola Pena pens acola without be nhit ng the confederates fired about fifteen shells shell nearly adlof all ali of which passed over ovir the shie he admits wel wei fh eh fit filing in was mas good but si says y s they J ai aimea aimed to 0 4 0 1 high F frona ra t e 14 batteries about twenty nty guns were made thade not notre r turn lurn and passed uninjured I 1 it is said as iper per report by old naval officers that never within their memory have so many shots been fired w with ith so little effect as aa from the rebel batteries on the lower potomac A irh brigade ade of federal troops left rolla mo about the middle of january composed of the bolh and illinois 8 and missouri ren rep regiments and and hoffmans batteries u der command of gen Otter Olter bans an atair r brigade under gen sigel would pro probably babii babli leave in a day or two and general shel sige woud doubtless assume command of the entire division at a I 1 roper toper time it was wag reported that the pickets of tho the enemy extended fourt en from springfield and the force of gen price was esima es ima ad ted at about men it was reported that general mcintosh was coming to hib bib 1 I 1 aid from arkansas with large reinforcements 1 A dispatch received at cairo on the 17 b I 1 from cipe girardeau stated that the exp eap expedition which left there f for or dallas and bloomfield had returned bringing twenty three I 1 prisoners among them capt doy of jeff thomps ns army A battle is reported to have taken place on saturday the of january at somerset ky between the federal forces under gen and the confederates under gf general Zolli coffier which lasted from early in the morning till dark in which general was 1 killed another account of the I 1 battle represents that general thomas d i vision was attacked by and that he was the victorious genral and not A lou avil aville e di dla dis pach of the says th t general thomas t Me to head bead that General came up to his en ent 1 camp ment menton on the night of the and attacked tace ed him on the at six in the morning rooming at wells roads near somerset and that at three in the afternoon and baillie peyton had both loth been killed and the Conrede confederates rats were in full retreat to their entrenchments with the federal troops in hot pursuit A cincinnati dispatch of the says that a combined attack was made that thai day J on the tha th confederates at mill springs wayne warne county kentucky resulting in a complete victory the federal forces capturing all their camp property and a large number ot of prisoners the loss lose on both sides was reported heavy another account states that general thomas followed up the confederates on sunday to their en trench ments mente sixteen miles from his own camp and when about to attack them on monday morning he be found their ments deserted the confederates having left their cannon quartermasters store tents horses ani an wagons 1 which fell into the hands of gen thomas they had crossed the cumberland in a steamboat and nine barges at white oak creek opposite their encampment two hundred and seventy five of the I 1 enemy were killed and wounded including gen ged and baille bailie peyton mhd were fo found n d dead on the field the loth indiana lost seventy five killed U k is alleged that bailie balile peyton reported killed was a son of ballie bailie peyton late mem ber berot bergt of congress and under president fillmore Fill more minister to brazil the latest accounts estimate the entire federal f loss at thirty nine killed and one hun bun dred and fifty wounded and that gen thomas took fourteen cannon and ala one thou thousand sani saul four fou hundred mues mues and horses the great southern exp eap ditl bitin which corni comi fenced moving from carlo on the loth turned out to be a only and did not ad va vance ce the who e force sunder under general grant returned to their former positions on or b fore tte it Is a reported ta althe agthe object of the expedition was a recon mace in force of all that part of K kentucky stucky operations against columbus will nece necessarily necess ss ariy anny ahny be performed and a demonstration tj all ail ali gen brells buells right wing the federal forces foice sit it is alleged were eminently successful as aa the engineer corps under gen webster had haa obtained an accurate knowledge ohe 1 the country 1 l it was understood that G n smith had taken the c amp mp t and er waa at lyt in camp beaire ar d and the confederates t fled to columbus general lands landa orma 0 decint to it thin a beven miles of colum bus and encamps on the night of the in the eremya watch fies they after atter vii vir i W s 0 jnive lve ave la cerille and a alithe roads as they went some who were disappointed at the result of what they had supposed was intended for a grand expedition to dixie not fully comprehending pre hending r the utility of such movements denounced it in unmeasured terms as an ill devised d feint from which no good could possibly result A report by G aerni harling to gov gamble shows that missouri troops have entered the federal service for three years or the war of which are infantry artillery and 6 cavalry |
