killed, wounded, and prisoners, and having taken near two thousand prisoners. Of the enemy's loss in killed and wounded we have no means of making an estimate. During the pursuit our troops never made over twelve miles a day. The results of the campaign are important. We took a large number of prisoners and horses, ascertained Meade's army to consist of not more than fifty thousand infantry, destroyed the railroad from Manassas to Rappahannock Station, and removed Meade's headquarters from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock. During the campaign our cavalry did splendid service. They performed all the successful fighting, and took nine tenths of the prisoners. As belonging rather to the period of our retreat than of Meade's, we have made no mention of the cavalry victory gained by Stuart over Kilpatrick on the nineteenth instant. The late campaign is interesting from a cavalry point of view. We had the Yankees on what is called "a big drive." Some of the incidents of the campaign may be interesting. the cavalry from dashing in and sabring them. They were not thirty yards off; and, with one more volley into the cavalry, (which, strange to say, did not hurt man or horse,) took to their heels and escaped; for the most part in the woods. This was the second time, in two days, that the cavalry had charged and broken infantry, Passing the large, abandoned camps, where the enemy had evidently intended to go into winter quarters, to judge from the elaborate board cabins and every arrangement for permanent comfort, we pushed on to Culpeper Court-House after the flying enemy. They posted a battery at Mr. George's, below the town, but a flank movement to the left made them quickly withdraw it; and then sauve qui peut was the order of the day with them. General Stuart pushed after them, riding ahead of his command; and was heard to say: "Oh! if Fitz Lee was only up!" Almost as he spoke the boom of artillery was heard from the direction of Stevensburgh, and Fitz Lee, who has a faculty of always "turning up" at the right moment, attacked the retreating enemy's flank. He had driven Buford's command from the neighborhood of Rapidan Station, on the Rapidan, on, on, before him; and now came up, flushed with victory, just in time to report to General Stuart, and make the rout of the enemy complete. A hard and desperate fight ensued-one of the most fiercely contested combats of the war. The enemy had two bri One division of the cavalry corps, under General Fitz Lee, was left on the Rapidan, to watch the enemy below, while General Stuart advanced with Hampton's division to protect the flank of the army, then moving toward Madison Court-gades of infantry to back their heavy force of House, from observation. This division consisted of the brigades of Gordon, Young, and Jones; Colonel Funsten commanding the latter. cavalry; but our infantry was far away, making the flank movement to intercept Meade. The confederate cavalry, therefore, had every thing their own way, and they finished "the big drive" all by themselves. At nightfall the Federals were driven with heavy loss back to and then beyond the river, and our weary but triumphant boys desisted from the long pursuit. At Thoroughfare Mountain, General Gordon, whose brigade led the advance, encountered a regiment of infantry, and attacked with his habitual gallantry and skill. A brisk action ensued between the opposing sharp-shooters, the enemy giving way from the first. Just as they were On the next day-Monday- General Stuart breaking, Young's brigade, which General Stuart flanked up to Jeffersonton, where the enemy had taken round to the left, came down in a made a brief but hot fight, taking refuge in the thundering charge on the flank of the Federals, church and stone houses. They were speedily and dispersed, killed, or captured nearly the en- driven out, however, and our troops pushed on to tire party of about four hundred infantry and Warrenton Springs. Here another fight octhree hundred cavalry. The two brigades then curred-cavalry and infantry, sharp-shooters of pushed on, drove the enemy from the little town our army attacking. A gallant charge was made of James City, and our artillery opened on the toward the bridge by the cavalry, but finding Yankee batteries and cavalry, keeping up a brisk that some of the planks were torn up, they cannonade. The sharp-shooters were also hotly wheeled and dashed through the ford, driving the engaged, the enemy's whole force of cavalry, with enemy before them. This little affair was witFrench's division of infantry, remaining in our nessed by the infantry, and I hear that they were front, drawn up in heavy line of battle on a ris- enthusiastic about the cavalry. The fact is, howing ground. It was no part of our plan to bring ever, not that the cavalry did any harder fighting on an engagement, as General Stuart's design here than on a thousand other occasions, but that was to keep the enemy's cavalry off our flank; the infantry happened to see them at it. It is forand no advance was made. On the following tunate for the service, nevertheless, that this morning, the Federals had fallen back, and we little affair was witnessed. It has tended to repursued them, coming up with their cavalry be- move the groundless and absurd prejudice of the low Griffinsburgh. Here we flanked an infantry infantry against the cavalry arm of the service. regiment, which double-quicked to escape, and That night, General Stuart pushed on to Warreceived, in so doing, the full benefit of our sharp-renton. He had guarded the flank of the army, shooters' fire. At the same moment, Lieutenant driven off the enemy's forces everywhere, and Baylor, with a single company of cavalry, charged performed invaluable service. On the next day and broke them. A deep ditch alone prevented the army pushed on, the cavalry now in advance. In the afternoon, General Stuart took two brigades and several batteries and set out for Catlett's Station, to harass the enemy's flank and rear. Having passed Auburn, he at once discovered that he was between the advancing columns of the enemy. Enormous lines of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and baggage wagons were passing on both sides of him, and to have attacked them would have resulted in heavy loss. Nothing was left but to "lay low," in camp parlance; and orders were accordingly issued that no sound should be uttered throughout the command. This novel incident in the career of the gallant Stuart has been so repeatedly described in the papers, that I will not further dwell upon it. Suffice it to say, that in spite of the sounds issuing from the throats of indecent donkeys, in spite of rattling . artillery chains and neighing horses, the band of Southern cavaliers was not discovered; and at daybreak the rear-guard of the enemy were seen in camp cooking their breakfasts, not a quarter of a mile distant. General Stuart had sent several scouts on foot through the enemy's lines to announce his situation to General Lee, and urge the good results which would attend an attack on the enemy's left flank, while he attacked on the right. The scouts, disguising themselves as Federal infantry, got through the line and reported the "situation," and at dawn General Rodes opened on the enemy, as suggested. At the same moment, General Stuart, who had gotten his artillery into position, hurled his thunders on them from an opposite direction, and the ball was opened in the liveliest way imaginable. The enemy formed and for a time resisted, but soon fell back, and our cavalry pushed on in pursuit, General Ewell following with his infantry. General Fitz Lee's division of cavalry had gone round by New-Baltimore and Buckland's, and reached Bristoe on the evening of the fight there, just as it was over. General Stuart came up at the same time, and taking command of the corps, advanced on the next morning to Manassas. Fitz Lee attacked the enemy at Blackburn's Ford-the scene of the battle of July eighteenth, 1861-and drove them off, after an artillery and sharp-shooters' fight of an hour or two. General Stuart, with the other division, then proceeded toward Yates's Ford below to cut off their wagon train, and coming up with the enemy, had a brief but severe fight with them, which terminated in their retreat across Bull Run. They had hurried off their trains, however, and no part of Meade's baggage felt into our hands. die, and proceeded to the rear of Frying Pan, where a regiment of infantry was encountered and attacked. Desultory skirmishing consumed some hours, when, having ascertained that the Sixth corps was encamped there, and industriously intrenching to defend itself from General Lee's army, (then retiring from Warrenton toward the Rappahannock,) General Stuart withdrew, and marched back without pursuit or molestation by the badly frightened enemy. This expedition induced the enemy to retire his whole force from Centreville to Fairfax Court-House, under the impression that General Lee had gotten into his rear, and was about to attack him! This may be called one of the best practical (cavalry) jokes of the war. As our cavalry fell back from Gainesville, on the next day, the great "Buckland Races" took place. General Kilpatrick came down from Bull Run, as furious as a wild boar at finding that the circumventing force which had appeared at Frying Pan was only a portion of Stuart's cavalry. He declared to a citizen, at whose house he stopped, that "Stuart had been boasting of driving him from Culpeper, and now he was going to drive Stuart." He was about to sit down to an excellent dinner as he made the observation, when, suddenly, the sound of artillery attracted his attention, and he was obliged to get (dinnerless) into the saddle. General Stuart had played him one of those tricks which are dangerous. He had arranged with General Fitz Lee, whose division was still toward Manassas, to come up on the enemy's flank and rear, as they pursued, and when he was ready, fire a gun as a signal. At the signal, he (Stuart) would face about and attack. Every thing took place as it was planned. The signal roared, and General Stuart, who, until then, had been retiring before the enemy toward New-Baltimore, faced around and charged. At the same moment Fitz Lee came. up on the enemy's flank, and the "Buckland Races took place. Poor Kilpatrick was completely ruined. His command was killed, captured, or dispersed. When last heard from, he was at Alexandria, where he is supposed to have opened a recruiting-office for the enlistment of his command. To add to his misery, the confederates have caught his race-horse. General Kilpatrick is fond of racing, and had a thoroughbred mare, called "Lively," which he ran on every occasion. The other day "Lively" flew the track, and took to the woods, where some of Moseby's men took possession of her. Two soldiers were sent after her; and these, too, were gobbled up. It would thus appear that the campaign, taken altogether, has been unfavorable to General Kilpatrick. Driven out of Culpeper, ruined at Buckland's, the loss of his favorite mare must appear to him the "unkindest cut of all." The entire command bivouacked that night in the waste and desolate country around Manassas, where there is neither sustenance for man nor beast. On the next morning, leaving General Fitz Lee at Manassas to watch the movements of the enemy in front, General Stuart, with Hampton's division, set out to make an expedition to their rear. At Groveton he encountered a heavy At Buckland's, General Stuart captured a numpicket, which was driven away after some sharp fighting, and then proceeding more to the left by Gainesville, he crossed the Catharpin and Little River, struck into the turnpike below Al ber of wagons and mules, and the headquarter baggage of General Custer; his papers, clothes, every thing. The papers reveal many interesting facts connected with their cavalry, and show a The heavy loss in the recent engagements at Jack's tofore that the brave boys of the infantry Shop, James City, etc. did not see their comrades of the cavalry at A few unimportant skirmishes followed the work; and not finding them prominent in the "Buckland Races," but that amusing occurrence middle of the big battles, believed they premay be regarded as the termination of the caval-ferred the rear and did no fighting. It is forry campaign. tunate that this hallucination is exploded. gallant blood of noble hearts which flows in every cavalry fight cries aloud against this cruel calumny. While the infantry are resting after their toils, the cavalry are fighting; and it. would astound some of those who have been in the habit of repeating the sneers alluded to, if they could know how much precious blood I think you will agree with me that the cavalry have "done well for the Republic" in this campaign. They have met and fought the enemy all along the roads from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock, advancing on the Federals by two routes. They guarded the flank of General Lee as he marched to intercept Meade, doing the work so perfectly that the Federal General never at any time could ascertain a single fact in relation to Lee's movements. They drove the enemy, after a fierce and final struggle at Brandy, clear across the Rappahannock. They did the same on the next day at Warrenton Springs. They damaged the retreating columns seriously, to say the least, at Auburn. They drove them across Bull Run, and took possession of the fords in front of Centreville. They penetrated to the enemy's rear at Frying Pan, and made them fall back from Centreville to Fairfax Court-House, and intrench, under the impression that the "rebel army" was in their rear. They got Kilpatrick "between two fires" at Buckland's, and broke to pieces his entire command-killing, capturing, or driving back on their heavy infantry reserves the best cavalry in the whole Federal service. They effected these results, besides furnishing General Lee with thorough and reliable information of every movement and design on the part of the enemy. And yet these services of the cavalry have not been more important than upon other occasions. The high reputation for courage and efficiency which they have received has not been the result of better generalship on the part of the commanders, or greater gallantry on the part of the men. It has all resulted from a circumstance already alluded to. The infantry of the army were held in reserve, and had an opportunity to see the cavalry at work and observe the results. I am disposed to think that some of the most intelligent and candid men in the infantry honestly adopted the old prejudice, and believe that the cavalry did all the straggling and none of the fighting. Far from the field of cavalry operations, which are generally off on the flanks of the army, or in the rear or the front, these honest and sensible men repeated the sneers handing from regiment to regiment, and ended by believing every calumny which was circulated. This is the only explanation I can think of for the naïve and enthusiastic applause which greeted the charge at Warrenton Springs. A gallant and dashing little affair, it is true; but only one of a thousand such which occur on every expedition of the cavalry. The infantry broke out into rapturous plaudits on that occasion, and evidently thought that such things rarely occurred-that the cavalry had "turned over a new leaf." I repeat that the misfortune has been here of field officers, company officers, and noble men in the ranks-is shed in almost every skirmish which occurs upon the outposts. But, enough. I am glad the infantry have seen the cavalry at work. P. S.-One incident of the late campaign has been omitted through inadvertence, though well worthy of notice. On the evening of the fight for possession of the Warrenton Springs ford, the enemy, puzzled to death at our movements, and determined to use every means to penetrate Lee's designs, advanced from Rappahannock Station by Brandy toward Culpeper Court-House, with two divisions of cavalry and some infantry. Our army had, of course, gone on, by the upper fords, and General Stuart had deserted that part of the field of operations for one more attractive beyond the Rappahannock. He had, however, left Colonel Rosser with a force of less than two hundred cavalry and one piece of artillery at Brandy, to repel any advance in that direction. The enemy appeared suddenly, in the evening, as I have said, and commenced a furious attack upon Rosser. He dismounted his command, and deployed them as sharp-shooters; and with these and his single gun received the assault. He was speedily forced, of course, to fall back; but this was done gradually, his piece retiring from hill to hill, and continuing to fire upon the enemy. The only hope which Colonel Rosser had was in Colonel Young, commanding the South-Carolina cavalry, and his own Cobb legion, Butler's brigade. Young was above Culpeper Court-House when he received Rosser's message, and immediately pushed on, and threw himself into the affair with the dash and gallantry which are a matter of course with him. He dismounted his entire brigade, scattered them over a front of a mile, advanced upon the Federals, and kept up such a hot fire upon them that they were completely checked and driven back. Night had now come, and ordering his men to build camp-fires along his entire front, Colonel Young brought up his brass band to the front and made it play "Dixie" and the "Bonnie Blue Flag" till midnight. The consequence of this unique proceeding, on the part of the gallant Colonel, was pleasing. A mile and a half of camp-fires, and a brass band playing "Dixie," defiantly, could be accounted for upon no other hypothesis than the presence of a strong force of General Lee's army; and having reconnoitred the heavy body of troops evidently in their front, the enemy concluded that REBEL RAID ON GLASGOW, KY. HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES, Brigadier-General E. H. Hobson, Munfordville, I now proceed to give you the particulars of the recent raid made on Glasgow, Ky., by the rebel Colonel John M. Hughse. On the evening of the thirtieth of last month, I was ordered by Brigadier-General J. T. Boyle to send scouts into the border counties of Kentucky, on the Kentucky and Tennessee State line, to learn if the enemy was there, and what he was doing, etc., etc. still until my father looked out the window, and said they were rebels, and while he was telling it to me firing commenced in the square. I had Captain J. O. Nelson's company as provostguards in the court-house yard. They numbered about fifty men present. As soon as the firing commenced in the square, I sprang from my bed, loaded my Henry rifle, dressed myself, went to the window, and saw fifteen or twenty rebels ordering Captain Nelson's men into line, under guard. I asked them whose command they belonged to. Receiving no reply, myself and Lieutenant Chenoweth fired on them, both about the same time; they returned the fire, some of their balls passing through the window into our room. We fired six or eight times at them from the windows, wounding three or four rebels on the square. Here I will mention one of my orderlies, (Frank Clairborne.) We had shot a rebel off of his horse. I ordered Clairborne to go down and get on the horse and try to get to the fort and rally my men, then myself supposing that the rebels had not reached there. As quick as the order was given it was obeyed, and I saw him gallop off from the rebels in the square toward the fort, and I learn since that he was captured by them. Our fire from the windows was too severe, and the rebels left the square; then myself, Lieuten Previous to the reception of this order from General Boyle, I had ordered a scout of ninety men to go to the border, for the purpose which he desired, and on the morning of the ninth instant, I started the ninety men for that purpose. Lieu-ant Chenoweth, and William Griffith, (an ordertenant J. Kerigan was ordered to Cumberland county, Kentucky, with thirty men, with orders to go to Marrowbone Store, then to Centre Point and Tompkins', and from there to return to this place. Captain J. W. Roark, with thirty men, was ordered to Tompkinsville, with instructions to meet Captain Stone, at Gamalia, in Monroe county, Kentucky, which is near the State line. Captain G. B. Stone was ordered, with thirty men, to Jamestown, Monroe county, Kentucky, then to join Captain Roark at Gamalia; there Captain Roark was to take command of both companies, and proceed to Lafayette, Tennessee, and to return from there to this place each company reporting to me as it returned. Lieutenant Kerigan was the first to return and report, which was done on the evening of the third instant. Captain Roark returned and reported on the evening of the fifth instant, reporting no rebels in the country; and that Captain Stone was in the country a short distance from town, and would be in that evening or early next morning. From these reports I telegraphed to General Boyle that my scouts had just returned and reported no rebels in the country. I should have said that Captain Stone returned on the evening of the fifth instant, but failed to report to me, and I was not apprised of his return until the sixth instant, when I saw him at Fort Hobson, near Glasgow, about twelve o'clock in the day. The town was attacked on the morning of the fifth instant, about daylight. I was in bed and heard the rebels passing through town, and in the direction of the fort, where my men were campedI supposing as they passed through town that they were Captain Stone's men returning. I lay ly,) went down stairs to go to the stable to get our horses. When we got down stairs I saw Captain Nelson in the court-house yard by himself, and I told him to follow me to get a horse, which he did not do. When we turned the corner of the square to go to the stable where our horses were, we saw that it was surrounded by rebels catching them. We fired several times, and they left the stable, leaving in it four horses and saddles. We soon mounted three of them, and rode back through town and started toward the fort. At that time I heard firing and a hallooing at the fort. We went within two hundred yards of the fort, where we could see it well, and there I sat on my horse and saw the rebels sacking my camp and driving my men into line. I again lowered my gun to fire on them, but was prevailed on by Lieutenant Chenoweth not to do so. We were there helpless, only three of us with arms, and I considered the greater portion of my command captured. We sat here about two minutes, when we were discovered by the rebels, and about thirty of them started after us, but we kept out of their way and succeeded in collecting a few of my pickets who were yet at their posts. I stopped on the pike near town, and heard the rebels marching back to town, with a shout that told well that my men were captured. I then retreated five miles on the pike, and sent Lieutenant Chenoweth to Cave City to despatch to General Boyle, and return to where I was, which he did in a surprisingly short time. We left our post about eleven o'clock A.M., and started back for Glasgow, having twenty men at this time. We reached Glasgow about twelve o'clock that day, and found the rebels all gone. Here I remained gathering up my men and the their guns promptly at the rebels, and one rebel guns which had been scattered. I shipped a fell mortally wounded. But the dash into camp wagon-load of guns to Cave City that evening, was so sudden that the men were thrown into and was reënforced about four o'clock P.M., by confusion; in fact, were panic-stricken, they beCaptain Beck, from Munfordville, with twenty-ing new recruits. The officers, so far as I can five men, mounted, he having come by Cave learn, did their duty as well as they could. City. After giving time to feed his men and rest, Colonel Hughse asked who was in command of we started with sixty men in pursuit of the enemy. the camp, and Captain Nun told him that he was. Moving out on the Columbia road one mile, we Hughse then ordered him to surrender the whole crossed to the Burksville road. This is the road command to him. Captain Nun told him that he on which the enemy retreated. We struck this would have to get the men like he (Hughse) got road about two miles from Glasgow. It was then him; that was, by fighting. The men were then dark and raining, but we pressed on, hoping to running in every direction, many without their overtake and surprise them before day. They arms or clothes. One of my men was shot three left the Burksville road seven miles from Glas- times. He had no arms, and was standing in the gow, and took the Tompkinsville road. We fort. Another one of my men was shot in the reached Tompkinsville one hour before day, court-house yard. He was unarmed, and was not dismounted the men, and hitched our horses in a trying to get away. The rebels paroled one dense thicket near town; then marched the men hundred and forty-two of my men and officers. into an open field, and when we came to count They captured over two hundred horses and our men, we found, to our great surprise and mor- horse equipments, carried off all the clothing I tification, only thirty men to answer to their had on hands unissued, and loaded two of my names, the balance having fallen out of ranks wagons with goods. They destroyed a great and got lost on the road. But we were deter- many of my commissary stores, and burnt a large mined to make the attack if the enemy was there. building at the fort, which was built for governWe formed our men in line to command the ment use. They carried off about one hundred public square. There we waited until near day- guns, mostly carbines. They had thirteen light, when we learned that the rebels had not wounded; four of them have since died. My stopped in Tompkinsville, but had passed through wounded were three; one of them has since died; there about dark the evening before. Here the other two are getting well. They also robbed we gave up the chase, and remained in Tomp- the bank of about nine thousand dollars; most kinsville until sun up, then started to return of the money had been deposited there by citizens to Glasgow. About this time we were informed for safety. They robbed one store of about four that two wagons had been left near Tomp-hundred dollars' worth of goods, and took horses kinsville. We returned and found them as and buggies from citizens to carry off their stated, with two mules, seventy guns, and wounded in. They crossed Cumberland River various other articles, which were captured by into Turkey Neck Bend, and, hearing that I was the rebels of my command at Glasgow; the mules were tied near the wagons. This gave indication that the rebels intended returning for them. We set to work and soon had the two wagons wheeled about and off for Glasgow. But while we were hitching our teams I had pickets placed on the road the rebels had travelled, and twelve rebels came upon them; but the pickets drove them back by firing on them. We supposed the rebels were not far off, and had we had more men and fresh horses we would have followed after them, but our horses were rode down -Captain Beck having rode all the way from Munfordville via Cave City that day with his men, and my horses had been in constant use ever since daylight the morning before; so we turned our course for Glasgow, reaching there on the morning of the eighth instant, with our recaptured prize. I will now give the particulars of the fight: On the morning of the sixth instant, when the town was attacked, the Provost-guards were all asleep, except those on duty at the guard-house, and the patrols about town. Captain George S. Nun was in command of the camp at the fort, and only a few of the men there were up. Some were on guard in the fort when the rebels got in sight of it. They charged right into camp and up to the fort. The men inside the fort discharged pursuing them, they passed on to Kittle Creek, where they stopped and paroled the men. As soon as they crossed Cumberland River, they commenced scattering. My officers state that the rebel officers told them that they had over two hundred men with them when they attacked Glasgow, yet other reports say that there were not exceeding one hundred rebel soldiers in Glasgow. I am, General, your obedient servant, SAMUEL MARTIN, Major Thirty-seventh Kentucky Mounted Infantry. Doc. 190. THE BAXTER SPRINGS MASSACRE. Captains Tholen and Loring: } Every thing in the staff wagons is lost; the wagons were burned with most of their contents. We have just found the body of Major Curtis. (Major Curtis's body, as also that of Judge-Advocate Lieutenant Farr, arrived in Leavenworth on the eleventh instant.) When I wrote to Major Blair last night it was supposed he was a prisoner, |