| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| January 9, 1863 |
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| The raid in East Tennessee |
| Col. Low, who was made prisoner by the
Yankees in their recent raid in East Tennessee, has been paroled and
returned home. He was captured at Zollicoffer {on
the East Tennessee & Virginia RR}, where he was making a
reconnaissance on a locomotive. In the Greenville Banker he gives a
full account of the whole affair. After destroying the bridge at
Zollicoffer about half of the Yankee force was sent to burn the
Watauga bridge. On their arrival at Carter's Depot their whole force
was precipitated upon our small force there, under Lieut. J. R. Dille.
This force consisted of about 120 men, who gallantly withstood the
attack until overwhelmed, and compelled to surrender. The Yankees lost
four killed and several wounded, one man losing a leg. Our loss seven
wounded, one of whom has since died. |
| Having fired the bridge, the engine
bearing Col. Low was run back to Carter's Depot, and the prisoners
taken off and paroled. There were five regiments of the Yankees--one
an East Tennessee regiment of tories, under Col. Jim Carter, and the
7th Ohio, 9th Pennsylvania, 2d Michigan, and the other from Iowa or
Michigan--the whole under command of Brig.-Gen. Samuel Carter, from
East Tennessee. |
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