March 22, 1863, The New York Herald
The official report of the late conflict near Milton, Tenn., between General Hall’s brigade and the rebels, on the Liberty road, reached the War Department yesterday from General Rosecrans. We have before published the leading facts. Gen. Rosecrans says that the rebels numbered about eight or ten regiments of Morgan’s and Breckinridge’s cavalry, and that Gen. Hall, after four hours’ fighting, whipped and drove them with a loss on our side of seven killed and thirty-one wounded, including one captain. The rebel loss, he says, was thirty or forty killed, including three commissioned officers, one hundred and forty wounded and twelve prisoners, among which were three commissioned officers.
The snow storm at Fortress Monroe ended yesterday in a heavy gale and severe fall of rain. The snow was over a foot deep, and there is but little chance of the roads in that vicinity being available for some days to come.
The intelligence from Gen. Hooker’s army also represents the roads in an impassable condition from the recent snow fall. The mud is rapidly increasing. There are no movements to report from that quarter. General Hooker is about to have a grand review of the First Army Corps.
The army of the United States and the cause of loyalty against rebellion have sustained a serious loss in the death of Major General Edwin V. Sumner, who died at Syracuse yesterday morning, rather suddenly, of congestion of the lungs.
We have later news of the rebel privateer Florida by the arrival at this port yesterday of the bark N.H. Gaston, from Trinidad, which reports that the privateer was at Barbadoes taking in coal on the 23d ult., and left there on the 25th. Since her capture of the Jacob Bell she is not reported to have taken any more prizes.
By the arrival of the steamship British Queen at this port yesterday we have news from the Bahamas dated at Nassau, N.P., on the 16th of March. The blockade runners were doing an active and most profitable trade between the rebel ports and the port of Nassau. The arrivals at and departures from Charleston, Wilmington and Nassau are reported as of daily occurrence. The vessels were mostly owned in England; but many hailed from other European countries. The Legislature of the Bahamas was opened in session on the 5th instant. Governor Bayley delivered an important speech on the occasion, in which he reviewed the position of neutrals trading from the islands to the rebel ports, as well as the question of the right of search as asserted by the federal Congress….