KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE: Hood Reported to have Crossed the Tennessee River with 30,000 Men; Reported Defeat of Part of Forrest’s Forces (11/3/1864)

Rumor says that Gen. HOOD with thirty thousand men crossed the Tennessee River going Northward to-day.

The particulars and locality of the crossing are not stated, and are not attainable at present.

The Henderson, Kentucky, News says that the great bulk of the drafted men in Kentucky are going into the Confederate service.

R.A. ALEXANDER's celebrated horse Osterer, valued at $18,000, was captured at Bloomfield, Kentucky, yesterday by the rebels.

Reliable dispatches, received this morning, indicate that everything is all right along SHERMAN's whole line.

Squads of FORREST's men, who passed through Dresden yesterday, stated that an engagement had occurred between a portion of FORREST's force and the forces under Cols, HATCH and SHELBY, last week, in which FORREST's men were routed, with the loss of their arms, ammunition, baggage and many horses.

Strong reinforcements of mounted infantry have arrived at Paducah, Ky., which it is believed has caused Gen. FORREST to change his plan of operations. Johnsonville is now thought to be the place where the rebels will make their attack.

The rebel Gens. BUFORD, CHALMERS and LYON held a consultation at Paris, Tennessee, on Friday last.

All of Gen. FORREST's men furloughed or straggling through the country are ordered to rendezvous at Jackson, Tennessee.

The steamers Oder Nanghock, reported captured by the rebels on the Tennessee River, have arrived safely at Paducah.

The steamer captured and burned by the rebels at Fort Herman, on the Tennessee River, on Saturday, was the Mazeppa.

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Kentucky: Hood Reported to have Crossed the Tennessee River with 30,000 Men – 2
Gen. Grant’s Army: The Surprise of Our Pickets – 2
The Tallahassee Again: The Schooner Goodspeed Captured and Scuttled by the Tallahassee – 2
The Rebel Ram Albemarle: How She Was Destroyed – 2-3
From North Carolina: The Yellow Fever at Beaufort – 3-4
The War in Maine: Attempted Rebel Raid on Castine – 4
Anticipated Raids from Canada: Dispatch from the Secretary of State to the Mayor of Buffalo – 4
The Army of the Potomac: Full Details of the Last Movement – 4-6
The Soldiers’ Thanksgiving – 6
From the Mississippi: A Rebel Battery at Brandywine Point – 6
An Attack upon a Company of Negro Troops-a Rebel Editor – 6
News from Washington – 6-7
The Soldiers’ Vote Frauds: The Investigation of Gov. Seymour’s Commissioners – 7
The Case of Col. North – 7
A Warning to Voters – 7
The Destruction of the Rebel Ram Albemarle – 7
The Late Battle – 7
Editorial: Sixth Congressional District – 7
Editorial: Mr. Belmont’s Bets – 7
Handsome Gift to the Sanitary Commission from Hon. Robert J. Walker – 7
Soldiers’ Votes in the Post-Office – 7
Dismasted – 7

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