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The Nashville Daily Union
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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Louisville Journal reports on Dec. 20 a cavalry engagement on the 18th near Corinth, Miss. between rebel Forrest and Gen. Dodge, with concerns for Dodge due to Forrest's numerical superiority; rumors of John Morgan targeting Nashville Railroad; Van Dorn's 50,000 reinforcing Bragg from Stevenson; Kirby Smith supporting Morgan; 70,000 rebels in Tennessee, 25,000 at Murfreesboro'; pickets 11 miles from Nashville, no immediate clash.
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The statement has come to us in two different forms that a cavalry engagement took place between the rebel Forrest and General Dodge on the 18th, in the vicinity of Corinth, Miss. We have no details as to the result, but we indulge serious apprehensions for the fate of Gen. Dodge's command, as it is said that Forrest's force is almost as two to one to the Federals. We are treated to a repetition of the old rumor that John Morgan has designs upon the Nashville Railroad, but we cannot think that he has the temerity to incur so great a risk. Van Dorn, with a rebel force of fifty thousand, is said to be at Stevenson, marching to reinforce Bragg, while Kirby Smith is moving forward to sustain John Morgan. The rebel force in Tennessee is estimated at seventy thousand, of which twenty-five thousand are represented to be at Murfreesboro'. The rebel pickets yesterday were within eleven miles of Nashville in the direction of Murfreesboro', and there was no prospect of an immediate collision.—Louisville Journal, Dec. 20th
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Tennessee
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Dec. 20th
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no details as to the result of the engagement, but serious apprehensions for the fate of gen. dodge's command; no prospect of an immediate collision
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Cavalry engagement between rebel Forrest and General Dodge on the 18th near Corinth, Miss., with Forrest's force nearly two to one; rumor of John Morgan targeting Nashville Railroad; Van Dorn with 50,000 at Stevenson marching to reinforce Bragg; Kirby Smith moving to sustain Morgan; rebel force in Tennessee estimated at 70,000, 25,000 at Murfreesboro'; rebel pickets 11 miles from Nashville toward Murfreesboro'