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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Great Uprising in Eastern Kentucky. (search)
ers to join the standard of Humphrey Marshall as he approaches with his victorious army of the "Blue Grass" region. Menifee is at Owingsville, Bath county, with four hundred brave Kentuckian, who have united to expel the Yankee invaders, and have volunteered in the Confederate army. Judge Barns with the same number is at West Liberty, Morgan county. Colonel Williams with 1,600 men is at Hazel Green, in the same county. General Humphrey Marshall, with a large force, is at Prestonsburg, Floyd county. There is great excitement in all the Blue Grass region. The Yankee troops stationed at Paris, Bourbon county, expected an attack, and sent hastily for reinforcements. A number of Federal soldiers attempted to arrest some Southern Rights men at Bagdad, Shelby county, 15 miles from Frankfort, on the Louisville railroad. They were repulsed, and the Kentuckian effected their escape. There are indications of an uprising of the Southern men in all that portion of th
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Great Uprising in Eastern Kentucky. (search)
ederals have as yet crossed Green river, and it is reported that they have gone back, and burnt the bridge. Gen. Hindman's official report of the Woodsonville fight says that Col. Terry and three Texan Rangers were killed; Lieut. Morris, of the Third Texan Rangers, was dangerously wounded; and Capt. Walker, three Rangers, and two privates of the Arkansas Battalion, were slightly wounded.--The Yankee loss was 75 killed, and the number wounded was unknown. We took eight prisoners. Kentuckians from Bourbon county, who arrived here to-day, say that the road from Paris to Prestonburg is clear of Lincoln troops, and that squads of Southerners are constantly joining Gen. Marshall's command. They mostly come from the Blue Grass counties. Gen. Marshall's soldiers are openly recruiting in Bourbon county, and but few Union men can now be found, except town men. The mountaineers are flocking to Gen. Marshall's standard in large numbers. There is nothing new from Columbus.