the officer replied that the consequences were second, and twenty-third. On the night of the upon him, (Colonel Streight.) Colonel Streight nineteenth the enemy landed troops at Eastport asked time to consider, after which he surrendered, exacting the following conditions:

That the officers and men should retain their private property, including side-arms; that each regiment should be allowed to keep its flag; and that he (Colonel Streight) be permitted to go around the enemy's lines to see the batteries said to be placed in position around us.

The first and second conditions were never complied with, because we were then in their power, but the third condition was complied with, and Colonel Streight satisfied himself that he could not take their batteries without great loss, and found that they were in position as had been stated by General Forrest. There was another reason not less potent. Our ammunition was discovered to be in a damaged condition, so much so that the whole of it was comparatively valueless. It had got wet in crossing the creek.

Colonel Streight drew up his men and stated to them the reasons which led him to surrender, and at the close the men gave three tremendoas cheers for Colonel Streight, which clearly showed their confidence in him as a leader.

The officers and men were taken to Rome, Georgia, where they went through the farce of paroling.

On our journey to Richmond, and while there, we were treated very much as our numerous predecessors.

On Saturday, the twenty-fourth, the surgeons and chaplains of this brigade, with the officers of Hooker's army, were sent into our lines via Fortress Monroe. Colonel Streight and the officers of his command are still held, and it is said they intend to hold them as long as possible.

The loss of the brigade in this engagement was twelve killed and sixty-nine wounded.

Most of the officers were in good health, and hopeful that the Government would not let them remain there long.

Captain Brown and other officers of the Indi-
anola are in Washington. More anon.
GEORGE J. FRENYEAR,
Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 8.

BRAGG'S OFFICIAL REPORT.

from a large number of steamers, and burned the town and houses on several plantations. On the twenty-fourth Roddy fought them. Their loss was heavy, ours slight. He contested every inch of ground, but falling back before overwhelming forces, the enemy advanced and entered Tuscumbia on the twenty-fifth. The enemy advanced toward Decatur as far as Town Creek.

Nothing more occurred until the twenty-eighth. On that day Forrest with his brigade, having been ordered by me from Columbia, arrived and engaged all day, with the loss of one killed and three wounded. The loss of the enemy heavy. Forrest falling back.

On the twenty-eighth, Forrest discovered a heavy force of cavalry, under Colonel Streight, marching on Moulton and Blountsville. General Forrest pursued this force with two regiments, fighting him all day and night at Driver's Gap, at Sand Mountain, with the loss of five killed and fifty wounded-Captains Forrest and Thompson, it is feared, mortally. The enemy left on the field fifty killed, one hundred and fifty wounded, burned fifty of his wagons, turned loose two hundred and fifty mules and one hundred and fifty negroes, and pursued his way toward Blountsville, Gadsden, and Rome, Georgia.

On the third of May, between Gadsden and Rome, after five days and nights of fighting and marching, Gen. Forrest captured Col. Streight and his whole command, about one thousand six hundred, with rifles, horses, etc.

BRAXTON BRAGG.

ROME "SENTINEL " ACCOUNT.

ROME, GA., May 7. General Forrest received news that large forces of Yankee cavalry were in North-Alabama and marched immediately to meet them. He reached Courtland, Alabama, on Monday morning, twenty-seventh ult. General Dodge (Yankee) was then in the neighborhood of that place with a force of ten thousand men. Skirmishing began that evening, and on Tuesday morning General Forrest, with not more than one thousand five hundred men, engaged the enemy ten thousand strong for several hours. The engagement took place at Town Creek, between Courtland and Florence, and across the creek, as it was so much swollen by recent rains that it was impossible for On the nineteenth of April the enemy moved either party to cross. The contest closed at this from Corinth toward Tuscumbia, crossed Bear place without the accomplishment of a great deal Creek with five regiments of cavalry, two of on either side. From this place a Yankee brigade infantry, and ten pieces of artillery. Colonel of two thousand men were sent in the direc Roddy, commanding, fought them on the eigh-tion of Rome, commanded by Colonel Streight, teenth with one regiment, killing a large number of Indiana. General Forrest left a regiment at and capturing more than one hundred prisoners Courtland, and with a small force went in purand one piece of artillery with horses and caissons, losing six killed and twenty wounded.

TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, May 5.

To General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-
General:

suit of Streight, marching from forty to fifty miles a day and fighting more or less every day, The enemy, after burying their dead, fell and had one fight at two o'clock at night. back, and on the nineteenth they were reenforced A hard fight took place on Sand Mountain on to three full brigades, the whole under command Thursday, when Captain Forrest, a brother of of General Dodge. Skirmishing continued on the General, was wounded, and it is feared mor the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-tally. On Friday they fought at Blountsville,

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THE MARCH TO WASHINGTON, N. C.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL HECKMAN'S REPORT.

HEADQUARTERS HECKMAN'S BRIGADE, NEWBERN, N. C., April 21, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to make the following report of the part taken by two regiments of my brigade, during the recent expedition to Washington, N. C. :

where Colonel Hathaway, of Indiana, was shot in ons, arms, and equipments, ammunition, etc., the breast and fell dead from his horse. We are were all taken and brought into this place. Sevinformed by Mr. Joseph G. Blount that when Col-eral negroes were also taken. onel Hathaway fell, several Yankee officers went to him and fell on his body and wept like children. Colonel Streight asked Mr. B. to put the body of Col. Hathaway in a metallic coffin, and send it through the lines, but was informed that such a coffin could not be procured. He then asked him to put him in a pine coffin and bury him, but Mr. B. replied: "I can't do that, for you have burnt all my lumber." He then asked him to roll up the body in an oil-cloth and bury it. With this request Mr. B. complied, notwithstanding they burnt his bacon, corn, and all his provisions, his corn-crib, stables, and other outhouses, and took all his mules and horses. onel Streight apologized for the act by assuring him that what he (Streight) did was forced upon him by a military necessity. As General Forrest was in such close pursuit of Colonel Streight he did not have time to gratify the malignity of his black heart to the fullest extent. He, however, burned the Round Mountain Iron-Works, which belonged to the government and to Judge Samuel P. L. Marshall.

Friday, (seventeenth instant,) having received Col-orders to cross the Neuse River with my command and take the advance, I proceeded on the road toward Washington as far as Purify's plantation, distant from Newbern seven miles, the road for a greater part of the distance being of the most horrid character.

The column not having closed up, I placed Belger's battery, commanded by Lieutenant Simpson, in position, and my two regiments of infantry and a squadron of cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Beecher, in line to support them. I ther. ordered the troops to bivouac for the night.

On Friday night or Saturday a detachment of two hundred picked men were sent by Colonel Streight to Rome with orders to do their work At daylight on the morning of the eighteenth, and then return to the command. They came formed the line and continued the march withto Colonel Shorter's spring, one mile and a quar-out interruption until we arrived at Swift Creek ter from this place, where they were informed road, at ten o'clock A.M. Learning that the road by a negro, "dat Rome is plum full of soldiers to Swift Creek was blockaded for a number of an' dem big guns is put up on cotton bags and are miles, I continued on the direct road to Blunt's pintin up all de roads." They therefore re- Creek Mills. turned to their command without approaching nearer than the spring.

At twelve M., the main column being some distance in the rear, I halted to rest and allow the column to close up. After a halt of about two hours I was joined by General Naglee and staff, when we immediately pushed forward, and reached Blunt's Creck about half-past three P.M. Found the bridge over the creek destroyed; but with very little labor the pioneers constructed a passage through the mill.

In the mean time General Forrest overtook the main body on Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, in Alabama, two miles from the Georgia line, and twenty miles from Rome. He sent a flag of truce to Colonel Streight with a demand to surrender. The surrender was soon agreed upon. When Colonel Streight returned to his command and informed his men he had surrendered, he Received orders from General Naglee to halt made a speech; at the conclusion of which he the column when it arrived, bivouac, and move proposed three cheers for the Union, to which forward early in the morning, the General prohis men responded. Thus ended one of the ceeding in the direction of Washington, accommost brilliant achievements for our arms of the panied by his staff. As soon as the cavalry arwar. General Forrest and his glorious men cap-rived and had fed their horses, I ordered them tured a force of three or four times greater than his own; but, "one blast upon his bugle horn is worth a thousand men.'

The victory may be summed up thus-Yankee loss in killed and wounded, three hundred. There were paroled at Rome one hundred and one officers, including two colonels, one lieutenant-colonel, three or four majors, captains, etc., and one thousand three hundred and sixty-five privates, or one thousand four hundred and sixty-six in all, not including five surgeons and four chaplains, who were sent off without being paroled. A considerable number of the Yankees were left sick along their line of travel, others were broke down and were overtaken and paroled by General Forrest. Horses, mules, wag

to follow, which they did, coming up with the General about eight miles from our encampment.

At half-past five A.M. column again in motion; received orders, upon arriving at the road leading to Hill's Point, to take one regiment of infantry and ascertain if the fort was occupied, and, if so, by whom. Accompanied by my staff, and followed by the Ninth New-Jersey, I rode into the fort and found it occupied by detachments of the Forty-third and Forty-fourth regiments Massachusetts volunteers.

At twelve м. received orders to continue the march toward Washington, leaving the Ninth New-Jersey and Twenty-third Massachusetts at Hill's Point.

Placed the Seventeenth Massachusetts in ad

having on board sick and wounded. I followed on up the bank, throwing shell after them till I thought them out of range, and ceased firing. By this time General Ellet had landed and was pursuing them.

vance, and arrived at Washington at three P.M.mained behind, fired a few shots at a transport The Ninth New-Jersey volunteers arrived by boat from Hill's Point at five P.M. Left on steamer Escort for Newbern, N. C., on the twentieth, and reached here at six A.M. on the twenty-first. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. A. HECKMAN, Brigadier-General Commanding Brigade. To Lieutenant-Colonel S. HOFFMAN,

Acting Adjutant-General Eighteenth Army Corps.

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LIEUT. COM. FITCH'S REPORT
OF OPERATIONS ON THE TENNESSEE AND CUMBERLAND.

MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON, FLAG-SHIP BENTON, MOUTH
OF RED RIVER, May 12, 1863.

SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a
report from Lieutenant Commander Leroy Fitch,
in relation to operations in the Tennessee and
Cumberland Rivers.
DAVID D. PORTER,
Acting Rear-Admiral Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
Hon. GIDEON WELLES,

Secretary of the Navy.

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Several of the enemy were found dead on the bank, and many more were dragged off in the woods. I should suppose that their loss in killed and wounded is about twenty-five or thirty.

I believe General Ellet lost two killed and one
wounded on his boats; also, some horses killed.
About eleven P.M. I left General Ellet at the foot
of the bar, and proceeded on up the river with
his boat and the Emma Duncan, to communicate
with the fleet above. I arrived at Eastport in
the afternoon of the twenty-seventh instant, and
received a communication from General Dodge at
Tuscumbia.
LE ROY FITCH,
Lieutenant Commanding.

Acting Rear-Admiral DAVID D. PORTER,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
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THE FIGHT AT GREENLAND GAP,

VA.

GENERAL KELLEY'S DESPATCH. GREENLAND GAP, HARDING COUNTY, VA., April 23, 1563.

UNITED STATES GUN-BOAT LEXINGTON, HAMBURGH LANDING, April 28, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to report that on the twenty-fourth instant, while cruising down the To Lieutenant-Colonel Cheeseborough, A.A.G. river, ahead of General Ellet's fleet, I met the THE affair at this place, on Saturday, was one of steamer Emma Duncan, Acting Master Griswold the most gallant since the opening of the war. commanding, coming up to report his vessel for Greenland Gap is a pass through the Knobley duty. Learning that he had been attacked by a mountain, only wide enough for the road and a field-battery at Green Bottom Bar, and had three small mountain stream. This gap was guarded men badly wounded, I proceeded down the river, by Captain Wallace (Twenty-third Illinois) with giving him orders to follow me, in hopes of catch-a detachment of company G, Twenty-third Illiing the rebels at or near the same place.

I passed the bar about dark in the evening, but the enemy was nowhere to be seen. Arriving at the foot of Green Bottom Bar about midnight, I anchored till morning. Still seeing nothing of the enemy, I proceeded on up the river to meet and communicate with General Ellet. The Emma Duncan remaining nearly a mile in my rear, caught a ferry-flat coming out of a creek, after I had passed; the guerrillas in the flat jumped out and made their escape in the woods. The flat, however, was destroyed and set adrift.

nois regiment, and a small detachment of company H, Thirteenth Virginia infantry, Captain Smith, in all between seventy and eighty men.

Captain Wallace occupied a large church at the west end of and near the mouth of the gap, and Captain Smith held a log-house about a hundred yards distant, both positions commanding the gap. Jones was compelled to capture or dislodge the little band before he could pass. His troops made three gallant charges, but were each time repulsed with great loss, especially of officers. The fight commenced at five P.M., and lasted till after dark. The rebels, availing themselves of the darkness, approached and fired the church, but the gallant Irish boys would not even then surrender till the burning roof fell in. The killed and wounded of the rebels outnumbered our whole force engaged. Five of the officers out of eight commanding the leading battalion which made the first charge, were either killed or wounded, among the latter Colonel Dulany, commanding. Captains Wallace and Smith had only two men killed and four wounded. I counted, to-day, eighteen dead horses within musket-range. most earnestly request the Major-General Commanding to apply to the Secretary of War to have every officer, non-commissioned officer and soon as I rounded the point, the enemy fired a medal, in recognition of the gallantry displayed. private engaged in the fight presented with a

I cruised on up leisurely, keeping a good lookout for the enemy along the right bank, but saw no signs of them till I arrived at Duck River Shoals, when I heard musketry and artillery a short distance (not a mile) ahead. I pushed on over the bar and met General Ellet's fleet just at the head of the shoals, engaging the rebel batteries. I was then in good range, and at once opened fire on the enemy. There was not room for his boats to round or to back out of the channel. He was, therefore, compelled to push over the bar before he could effect a landing.

I took the battery side, and moved up to cover his boats as much as possible, at the same time raking the bank with our heavy guns. The ram

Monarch came in range and opened fire also. As

farewell shot at one of the brigade boats, limbered up and were off. Some few sharp-shooters re

B. F. KELLET,
Brigadier-General

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THE MARMADUKE RAID

INTO SOUTH-EAST MISSOURI.

Editors Missouri Democrat:

I WISH to furnish you a brief sketch of the Marmaduke raid into South-East Missouri, and the memorable retreat of his ten thousand confederates from Cape Girardeau into Arkansas, having been an eye-witness of every move made, for and against, from Saturday, April twenty-fifth, to Saturday, May second, when Marmaduke was driven into Arkansas, at Chalk Bluff, on the St. Francois River. I do this to vindicate the "truth of history," that thus far has not received full justice by the reports that have been put in circulation.

prepared his plan of defence, which McNeil, on examination, pronounced unimprovable, and adopted it without alteration; simply furnishing more men to aid in carrying out the plan of the gallant Baumer, and by so doing manifested an abnegation of self that is singularly at variance with the general rule and practice of generals. But McNeil appears to have a holy horror of "red tape," and to be guided by but two rules of actionone, to help the country; the other, to damage the rebels as far as possible; and he has infused those points into every officer and soldier of his little command.

Saturday morning the enemy advanced in force on the Cape. The Honorable W. R. Strachan, of Shelby, arrived and assumed position as Chiefof-Staff. Pickets five miles out of town were firing on the advance of the enemy. At eleven o'clock A.M. General McNeil, Colonel Huston— Seventh Missouri cavalry, acting as mustering offi

On Monday, the twentieth of April, General McNeil with one thousand two hundred men and six pieces of artillery, was at Bloomfield, Stod-cer-and Col. Strachan made a complete examinadard County, and found that Missouri had been invaded by Marmaduke, with four brigades, being the First army corps Trans-Mississippi department, C. S. A.

tion of the place. The so-called forts, A, B, C, and D, were earthworks of the most simple form, being so slight in defence that cavalry could ride over and through them without ever pulling reinAt nine o'clock P.M., Monday, he received or- mounting in all ten guns, twenty-four and thirtyders to move from Bloomfield on Frederick- two-pounders. Colonel Huston took command town. Tuesday, twenty-first, at four o'clock of fort B, mounting four guns. Welfley's batA.M., marched, and with his little band camped tery of twelve-pound howitzers was planted on a four miles north of the Cape Girardeau road-ridge commanding the approach via Bloomfield; thirty miles march-crossing one swamp, in this battery was supported by two companies of which his train was stuck for the night. Part of the First Nebraska and the First Wisconsin cavthe command, First Wisconsin, was sent on to oc-alry-a portion of whom afterward did valuable cupy Dallas, and make reconnoissance in three service as sharp-shooters. The section of moundifferent directions, under Colonel La Grange, Ma- tain howitzers attached to the Second regiment jor Torrey, and Captain Paine. Wednesday suc- M. S. M. was to the right of Welfley on a ridge ceeded in getting train through the swamp, and still further out of town and commanding the apreached Dallas Wednesday night; found that proach by way of Jackson-this section under Captain Paine had encountered a vidette of the Captain McClanahan did admirable service, disenemy; rode over them and captured seven pris- mounting one of the enemy's pieces and doing fearoners. Major Torrey had captured the Sergeant- ful execution to his ranks. A section of rifled Major of Colonel Jeffries's regiment. By separate cannon, long twelves, under charge of Lieutenant examination of these prisoners it was clearly es- Stauber, were on the right of fort B, forming the tablished that the enemy in force had taken pos- right of the line of defence, while fort D was the session of Fredericktown and were preparing for extreme left, commanding approach to the town additional offensive operations. Becoming appre- from the south; this was the weak point of the hensive that if he advanced on Fredericktown it line, but fortunately was never attacked by the would be to find the enemy gone and on their enemy. In the afternoon it became evident that way to seize the important post of Cape Girar- Marmaduke with his whole force of ten thousand deau, General McNeil instantly turned his col-men, divided into four brigades under Colonels umn toward the Cape, resolving to beat the rebels Carter, Burbage, Shelby, and Green, had masked in reaching the town. Subsequent events de- their forces for an attempt to storm the place. monstrated that the General's judgment was sin- The continuous fire kept up by our artillery, gularly correct. Thursday, marched to Jackson, which had been advanced to within four hundred twenty-three miles, and the General pushed to yards of their line, and which was most admirathe Cape that night, twelve miles further. On bly served by Lieutenants Jacoby, Stauber, and Friday he established communications with St. Captain Callahan, excellently supported as they Louis vid Jonesboro, Illinois, and brought the were by the First Nebraska, First Wisconsin, whole force into town. The garrison now stood and a battalion of the Thirty-second Iowa as as follows: A part of First Nebraska infantry sharp-shooters, held the enemy in check-their under Lieutenant-Colonel Baumer, Commandant officers could plainly be seen urging their men of the post; a few men of the Second Missouri to the onset, but they could not be forced to artillery, under Captain Meisner-in all five hun- face the music. Their loss in officers was sedred men, which, with McNeil's force, brought vere. Major Blackwell, of Lafayette, wounded, the total up to one thousand seven hundred men. and a prisoner in the hospital, informed me that Colonel Baumer, expecting an attack, had already his regiment alone, (Colonel Colton Green's,) lost VOL. VI.-Doc. 36