Letter from Colonel Lyon.
Fort Donelson, April 13, 1863.—We have had a little expedition. One Woodward, a rebel, has a force of about 2,000 men with artillery up the river, harrassing boats. We had a force up about twelve miles in the country, and hearing that Woodward was intending to try and cut it off, I was sent out early Saturday morning with reinforcements to give him a fight if he came around; but he did not come, so we returned last night —without a fight, as usual.
