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The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ted Vicksburg, June 4, states that "Gen Emory reports that an attempt by Taylor's force to cross the Atchafalaya had been frustrated, the troops that had crossed dispersed, and a large quantity of commissary stores and clothing captured. Gen Burbridge, commanding in Kentucky, in a dispatch dated yesterday, at Lexington, reports that "after concentrating a force at the mouth of Beaver creek, on the Big Sandy, I moved against Morgan's force in Virginia west as far as Gladesville. Morgan, withrough Central Kentucky and Middle Tennessee. The Kentucky Central railroad is being repaired. Trains will run to Cynthiana to-morrow. Gen Hobson left Covington to day to open communication with Lexington. Cincinnati, June 10, 1864.--Gen Burbridge, who has been following the rebels since they left Pound Gap, came up with them yesterday at Mount Sterling and whipped-them handsomely. A portion of Morgan's command entered Lexington at two o'clock this morning, burned the Kentucky Cen
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
oss, as Sturgis had run out of ammunition and was obliged to destroy and abandon his artillery. Many of his infantry were captured, but the exact number is not known. General Sturgis's force consisted of 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The N. Y. Times says the above reads as though sent by the rebels themselves. Official dispatches refer to the defeat of Sturgis as a "disaster." Gen Morgans expedition. A telegram from Lexington, Ky, states that on the 12th inst. Gen Burbridge defeated the rebels at Cynthiana, killing some three hundred, and taking 400 prisoners. Morgan's command is utterly demoralized and scattered. Cols Hanson and Garrard are in pursuit. A telegram from Gov. Bramlette says that "no rebels in force are moving towards Louisville." After the Cynthiana defeat Gen. Hobson and part of his staff were sent under guard to Falmouth, but the whole were recaptured by a scouting party, and are now at Falmouth Miscellaneous. A gentlema
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], Grant's bill of fare. (search)
From Gen Morgan. Mobile, June 18. --A special dispatch to the Register, dated Senatobia, June 17th, states that Morgan's forces, estimated at from three to five thousand, whipped Gen Hobson, capturing his whole command of 1,500 at Cynthiana. Frankfort had been attacked and the barracks burned, but the attacking party were repulsed. It is reported that Burbridge routed Morgan on the 12th, but the report is not credited. There was wild excitement in Louisville, as Morgan had dispatched a note to the city authorities stating that he should attack them. The Federal force there was inadequate for its defence. Gen. Sturgis, it is reported, has been arrested on charges preferred by Grierson.
The Daily Dispatch: June 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he side of their country. [We knew from the hour of the fight that the enemy was terribly slaughtered in the fights around Petersburg, but we had no idea that the slaughter was really so appalling as the above article plainly admits.] Disloyalty to old are in Kentucky. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writes that the rebel ladies showered flowers and all sorts of good things upon Morgan's rebels, but abused the Union soldiers. This correspondent adds: When Gen Burbridge left Cynthiana he ordered the Mayor to bury the dead on both sides. As soon as Dr Train, the surgeon in charge, learned the course pursued by the Mayor, he ordered them to disinter the bodies and bury them in another part of the cemetery. This the Mayor did not do, and the surgeon leaving the post soon after the wounded having been removed, no one has enforced the demand or brought the Mayor to task for his studied insult to the Union dead. The city authorities, who are guilty of
The Daily Dispatch: July 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Morgan's captured officers. (search)
Morgan's captured officers. --Major Chenowith, Col Morgan, and Lieuts Borhers and Good, who were placed under arrest by Gen Burbridge while claiming the privileges of a flag of truce, were at H in Louisville at last accounts. The case has been referred to the War Department, and they will be held under arrest until the question is decided by the Secretary of War.