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SHERMAN’S MARCH: The Army Reported to Have Left Atlanta on the 12th; Probable Movement Upon Augusta (11/18/1864)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/18/1864
Posted on 11/18/2024 6:48:04 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
[NOTE. -- A dispatch was published in a Cincinnati paper of yesterday, giving some details of the departure of Gen. SHERMAN's columns from Atlanta, on the 9th or 12th, and their probable concentration at Augusta, which the War Department deems contraband, and we therefore refrain from publishing the report. -- ED. TIMES.]
INTELLIGENCE FROM REBEL SOURCES.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Nov. 17.
Richmond papers of Tuesday received here, furnish intelligence from Georgia up to the 14th inst. They state that SHERMAN left Atlanta on the 12th, moving northward, though they doubtless mean by that eastward on a northerly line.
Report from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Nov. 17.
No official intelligence has been received from Gen. SHERMAN for a week past.
Hood's Movements, Strength and Position.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
NASHVILLE, Tuesday, Nov. 15.
The rebel army is still concentrated in the vicinity of Florence. One corps -- S.D. LEE's -- is upon this side of the river: the remainder of the army remains comparatively quiet on the south side. The rebels have a good pontoon bridge from one shore to the other. The whole army is probably thirty thousand strong, embracing LEE's corps, 7,000; CHEATHAM's corps, 5,000; STEWART's corps, 7,000; DICK TAYLOR's corps, 6,000, and 5,000 cavalry. HOOD has also seventy pieces of artillery. Our cavalry -- Gen. CROXTON's especially -- has skirmishing every day with the enemy's cavalry, mostly in the neighborhood of Shoal Creek. The roads throughout that region of country are in a bad condition, on account of the recent rains, and wholly unsuited to military operations. This may for some time prevent anything very serious from taking place in this quarter. Besides, it is still a question as to whether the rebel demonstrations at Florence, like that at Johnsonville,
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Sherman’s March: The Army Reported to Have Left Atlanta on the 12th – 2-3
New Rebel Piratical Scheme: An Extensive Plot and its Frustration – 3
From Sheridan’s Army: The Enemy Feel Our Lines – 3-4
From Fortress Monroe: News from Port Royal – 4
Reported Death of Gen. Canby – 4
Gen. Canby’s Death Contradicted – 4
From the South – 4
The Indian War: Gen. Pope’s Report – 4-5
News from Washington – 5
Illness of Mr. Nicolay – 5
The Thanksgiving Dinner: Additional Contributions – 5-6
Editorial: How President Lincoln Stands the Test – 6
Editorial: Davis’ New Conspiracies – Desperate Schemes to Prevent a Collapse – 6-7
Gen. Sherman’s Campaign-Striking Characterization of Gen. Sherman – 7
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