WASHINGTON, April 21.
The Norfolk Day Book of Saturday contains the following:
KNOXVILLE, April 18.
Capt. Ashley, commanding 300 artillery, encountered 750 Lincolnites stampeding for Kentucky yesterday, near Jacksonboro. – They had a hand to had fight for two hours, and he succeeded in killing about 75 and taking 500 prisoners. Our loss none killed and about 25 wounded.
No less than 5,500 Lincolnites left East Tennessee for Kentucky since the Governor’s proclamation calling on the military.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 23, 1863, p. 1
The Norfolk Day Book of Saturday contains the following:
KNOXVILLE, April 18.
Capt. Ashley, commanding 300 artillery, encountered 750 Lincolnites stampeding for Kentucky yesterday, near Jacksonboro. – They had a hand to had fight for two hours, and he succeeded in killing about 75 and taking 500 prisoners. Our loss none killed and about 25 wounded.
No less than 5,500 Lincolnites left East Tennessee for Kentucky since the Governor’s proclamation calling on the military.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 23, 1863, p. 1
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