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ARMY OPERATIONS. 



rested and confined for punishment or sent beyond the 

 lines. The people within ten miles of the railroad 

 are notified that they will be held responsible in their 

 persons and property for any injury done to the trains, 

 road, depot, or stations, by citizens, guerillas, or per- 

 sons in disguise ; and in case of such injury they will bo 

 impressed as laborers to repair all damages. If these 

 measures should not stop such depredations, it will 

 become the unpleasant duty of the undersigned, in 

 the execution of his instructions, to direct that the en- 

 tire inhabitants of the district of country along the 

 railroad be put across the lines, and their property 

 taken for Government purposes. 



GEORGE G. MEADE, Maj.-Gen. Commanding. 



Some movements were made during the ad- 

 vance of Gen. Lee into Pennsylvania, which 

 were important, being intended to serve as di- 

 versions. One made by a portion of the forces 

 under Gen. Dix, from Fortress Monroe, up the 

 peninsula toward Richmond, is mentioned in 

 the correspondence between Mr. Davis and 

 Gen. Lee, on a preceding page. The effect 

 of this movement* is there stated. Gen. Getty, 

 of the seventh corps, was sent by Gen. Dix to the 

 "White House, at the junction of the Pamunkey 

 with the York river. In this position he threat' 

 ened both Richmond and the communications 

 of Gen. Lee. From the "White House a force 

 was sent out to occupy Tunstall's Station, on 

 the railroad to Richmond. Lanesville, on the 

 other side of the Pamunkey, was also occupied, 

 and an advance was made to Hanover, by 

 which several prisoners were captured, among 

 whom was Brig.-Gen. H. F. Lee, a son of Gen. 

 R. E. Lee. 



The advance of Gen. Rosecrans against the 

 army of Gen. Bragg commenced at this time. 

 It is hereafter stated. On the Confederate 

 side a "raid" was made by the Partisan Ran- 

 ger, John Morgan, into the States of Kentucky, 

 Indiana, and Ohio, in which he designed to 

 sweep everything before him, attracting the 

 public attention entirely to himself, and break- 

 ing all the railroad communications by which 

 reinforcements for the defence of Louisville, 

 Kentucky, could be sent. Immediately upon 

 this, Gen. Buckner, from Tennessee, was to 

 dash into Kentucky with the force under his 

 command, which was very considerable, cap- 

 ture Louisville, and then, in cooperation with 

 Gen. Morgan, make an attack upon Cincinnati. 

 By the advance of Gen. Rosecrans sooner than 

 was expected, Gen. Buckner could not be 

 spared for this movement. 



Gen. Morgan, with about four thousand men, 

 was in Tennessee at this time, south of the 

 Cumberland river, and making a feint upon 

 Tompkinsville, just over the line in Kentucky. 

 Tompkinsville is the capital of Monroe county, 

 140 miles south of southwest of Frankfort, the 

 capital of the State, and 10 miles from the 

 Cumberland river. A small Union force was 

 stationed at Columbia, the capital of Adair 

 county, Kentucky, an important position to 

 defend the State from a threatening enemy on 

 the south bank of the Cumberland. On the 

 20th of June, Brig.-Gen. Hobson was ordered 

 by Gen. Judah to move to Tompkinsville, then 



apparently threatened by Gen. Morgan. This 

 opened the gate for Gen. Morgan, who imme- 

 diately crossed the Cumberland at Burksville, 

 the capital of Cumberland county. Thus hav- 

 ing the start, Gen. Morgan moved rapidly on 

 to Columbia, where a brave defence was made 

 by Capt. Carter, with one hundred and fifty 

 men of Col. Wolford's Kentucky regiment, who 

 were, however, forced to retire with the loss 

 of their leader. Thence Gen. Morgan attacked, 

 on July 4th, Col. Moore, posted with a few hun- 

 dred men at Green river bridge, who made a 

 firm resistance. He next marched, on the 5th, 

 to Lebanon, and demanded the surrender of 

 the place by Col. Hanson, who, with his regi- 

 ment, the 20th Kentucky, was stationed there. 

 This was refused, and an attack was immedi- 

 ately made and bravely resisted for seven 

 hours, when the enemy began to set fire to 

 the town, and Col. Hanson surrendered to save 

 its entire destruction. Lebanon is the capital 

 of Marion county. It is 60 miles south by 

 west of Frankfort. All the northern portion 

 of the town, with the county clerk's office 

 and the records, was burned. The soldiers 

 who surrendered were marched in front to 

 Springfield, and compelled to keep pace with 

 the cavalry. The distance was ten miles, and 

 passed in an hour and a half. The Union loss 

 was five killed and several wounded ; the Con- 

 federate loss was six killed and ten wounded. 

 From Springfield, Gen. Morgan moved to Shep- 

 herdsville ; thence to Bardstown, on the 6th. 



On Tuesday, the 7th, the advance of his force 

 reached Brandenburg on the Ohio river, forty 

 miles below Louisville. During the day, the 

 steamer McOombs, bound up the river, stopped, 

 as usual, at Brandenburg, to take on passengers 

 and freight. As soon as she touched the shore 

 she was boarded by a number of the enemy 

 and seized. Everything was taken that would 

 serve the purpose of the captors, and the boat 

 was run out into the river and anchored. Some 

 time afterward, the steamer Alice Dean ap- 

 proached, when signals of distress were raised 

 on the McCombs, and the Dean was induced to 

 come alongside without a suspicion of the ac- 

 tual circumstances. She was then boarded and 

 seized. On the next day, "Wednesday, the force 

 of Gen. Morgan, consisting of eleven regiments 

 and over four thousand men, with ten pieces 

 of artillery, including two howitzers, were taken 

 across the river in these boats. The Dean was 

 then burned, and also the wharf at Branden- 

 burg, but the McOombs was given up. 



In the mean time, Gen. Hobson, after some 

 delay, commenced the pursuit. He started on 

 the 4th, but being encumbered by a wagon train, 

 and the roads being bad, he advanced only ten 

 miles in five hours. On the next morning, 

 the infantry, wagons, and artillery were left 

 behind, and the pursuit made with cavalry. 

 From 4 P. M. to 11 p. M. a halt was made. 

 The march was then continued during the re- 

 mainder of the night, and, on the next morning, 

 Brig.-Gen. Shackelford was met with cavalry 



