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The Daily Dispatch: October 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
me of the soldiers fore down the speakers' stand, and, placing the boards around the McClellan pole, set fire to them. The pole did not burn very fast, and was finally chapped down with axes. Forrest's victories in the Southwest. A telegram from Louisville, dated the 25th, gives the following intelligence from General Forrest's movements in the Southwest; On Friday, part of Forrest's forces, about four thousand strong, crossed the Tennessee river at Bate's landing, in Perry county, Tennessee, His whole force is estimated to be eight thousand men, with ten guns. Colonels Campbell and Jarrison, at Athens, Georgia, were attacked by a large force of rebels, and, after a severe fight of two home' duration, were forced to surrender. Several buildings, including the depot, were set on fire. Forrest in person was in Athens at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. A detachment of three hundred men, sent from Decatur to reinforce the garrison of Athens, are reported