IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE: The Enemy Under Van Dorn Advancing; OUR FORCES ALSO ON THE MOVE (3/6/1863)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 3/6/1863

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NASHVILLE, Thursday, Mach 5.

The enemy under VAN DORN advanced again toward Franklin yesterday. The Federal force also advanced six miles and drove the rebels back. Two men were wounded. The rebels lost 13 killed. The fight was renewed this morning. No particulars have been received.

Twenty-three men of Col. JACKSON's Tennessee regiment, while on picket duty west of Nolan'svllle, were attacked by fifty Confederate cavalry, who tried to surround and capture them. The Tennesseeans, after twenty minutes fighting, compelled the rebels to surrender, took the whole party prisoners, and arrived in this city last night.

Reinforcements for Gen. GILBERT at Franklin have been sent forward sufficiently large to destroy or capture VAN DORN's command.

It is reported that about 1,000 rebel cavalry are in the vicinity of Harper's Shoals, waiting to attack steamers on the river.

Hon. CONNOLLY F. TRIGG, Judge of the United States District Court, has ordered that no attorney, proctor, or other person who has not taken the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, will be permitted to manage or conduct cases in this Court.

A Sharp Skirmish near Murfreesboro--Defeat of the Rebels.

Dispatch to the Chicago Times.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Tuesday, March 3.

The brigade of regulars from Gen. ROSECRANS' division went out on a foraging expedition yesterday morning, and encountered the enemy, posted in force, about sixteen miles distant on the Salem Pike. Our forces consisted of the following: One battalion of the Fifteenth Infantry, Capt. KELELLAR; one battalion of the Sixteenth, Capt. CROFTON; two battalions of the Eighteenth, Capts. DOUGLAS and FELLERMAN; and one battalion of the Nineteenth -- the whole under command of Col. SHEPARD, Fifteenth United States Infantry. A section of GUENTHER's battery accompanied the infantry. The expedition moved out from Murfreesboro at 7 A.M.,

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Important from Tennessee: The Enemy Under Van Dorn Advancing – 2
Operations on the Mississippi: The Expedition to Lake Providence – 2-3
The Loss of the Indianola: Additional Interesting Particulars – 3
From the Army of the Potomac: Orders Issued by Gen. Hooker – 3
News from Washington: The Extraordinary Session of the Senate – 3-4
The Conscription Bill: The New Bill for Raising Armies – 4-5
Editorial: The Copperheads and Foreign Intervention – 5-6
Editorial: From One Extreme to Another – 6
General News – 6
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