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condition of the camp. Colonel Boone did not direct the surrender of the camp. Was informed that the rebels came down between the Scottsville and Hartsville roads till they got in rear our mounted pickets and then sent parties back and captured them. Was informed by the rebels that one of the pickets at the court-house was asleep. There was no drunkenness among the officers or men. Occasionally found men asleep on post, but had no way to punish them except by a regimental court-martial, which the men did not mind. We asked for a general court-martial several times, but were ordered to try them by a regimental court.
I think the rebels were piloted by citizens living around, who knew the whereabouts of the pickets. The pickets relieved themselves about 8.30 o'clock. It was about 5 o'clock when the flag of truce came up. Only one of our pickets had reached camp that I knew of, and that was the man stationed on the pike to Cumberland River near the dirt road leading through the woods and a corn field.
No. 4.Report of General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, of the surrender of
Gallatin.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., August 18, 1862
Colonel Morgan has captured Gallatin, Tenn., taking 300 prisoners and destroying three railroad tracks and the tunnel, so as to obstruct the road for a month. The first blow in General Smith's expedition.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
General S. COOPER.
Numbers 5.Report of Asst. Adjt. General J. F. Belton, C. S. Army, of the surrender of Gallatin and destruction of bridges in that vicinity.
KNOXVILLE, TENN., August 17, 1862
Colonel John H. Morgan reports that on the 11th [12th] instant he captured Gallatin; about 200 Federal soldiers, including Colonel Boone, commanding, and other officers of the Twenty-eighth Kentucky, were taken and paroled. The tunnel and trestle work between Bowling Green and Gallatin were set fire to; totally destroyed. The bridge between Nashville nd Gallatin blown up and 40 cars burned. A large quantity of Government stores were destroyed. Over 100 horses taken.
J. F. BELTON
Assistant Adjutant-General.
General S. COOPER.
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