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The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Col. Wood, the Captain, and four of his men, clad in U. S. overcoats, rode up, stopped the train, captured 23 prisoners, and cutting loose the horses and mules from the wagons, mounted the prisoners on them and sent them back to our men in the woods. This operation was repeated until the prisoners numbered 98, including an aid of General Dumont and several other officers. The prisoners were divided into three squads under separate guards, and all started to return to Murfreesboro'. Lieut. Owens and 10 men, having 60 prisoners in charge, were attacked and pursued by the 4th regiment Ohio cavalry. The pursuit continued 15 miles, and, the prisoners having been abandoned, the Lieutenant and 6 of his men eluded their pursuit by leaping their horses from a sleep bank into the river and swimming across. The enemy declined to emulate their daring example. The other 4 men, to avoid capture, turned into the woods, and, at last accounts, had not been heard from. The enemy fired several