GEN. SHERMAN’S ARMY: EVERYTHING QUIET AT ATLANTA; The Rebel Army Manœuvering to Cover Mobile (9/26/1864)

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GEN. SHERMAN’S ARMY: EVERYTHING QUIET AT ATLANTA; The Rebel Army Manœuvering to Cover Mobile (9/26/1864)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/26/1864

Posted on 09/26/2024 6:29:48 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

LOUISVILLE, Saturday, Sept. 24.

Among the guests at the Galt House this evening are Maj.-Gen. F.P. BLAIR, Brig.-Gens. R.A. SMITH, RICE and LONG.

Passengers from Atlanta report all quiet. A portion of the city is being destroyed, the lumber from the dwellings being used to construct camps. The rebel army is swinging around to cover the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, to prevent our advance on Mobile.

Gov. BROWN, of Georgia, has offered to Gen. SHERMAN propositions for peace, notwithstanding the assertions of Eastern correspondents to the contrary.

LETTER FROM GEN. SHERMAN.

ATLANTA, Sept. 24.

To the Louisville Agent of the New-York Associated Press:

Your press dispatches of the 21st embrace one from Macon of the 14th, announcing the arrival of the first train of refugees from Atlanta, with this addition, "that they were robbed of everything before being sent into the rebel lines." Of course, that is false, and it is idle to correct it so far as the rebels are concerned, for they purposed it as a falsehood, to create a mischievous public opinion. The truth is, that during the truce, 446 families were moved South, making 705 adults, 860 children, and 479 servants, with 1,651 pounds of furniture and household goods on the average for each family, of which we have a perfect recollection by name and articles. A the end of the truce, Col. WARNER, of my staff, who had general supervision of the business, received from Maj. CLAN, of Gen. HOOD's staff, the following letter:

ROUGH AND READY, Sept. 21, 1864.

COLONEL: Our official communication being about to close, you will permit me to bear testimony to the uniform courtesy you have shown on all occasions to me and my people, and the promptness with which you have corrected all irregularities

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2 posted on 09/26/2024 6:30:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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3 posted on 09/26/2024 6:31:53 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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