The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-12-02
War News.

War News.
EY- Gen. LAuMAN, of Iowa, is TO take
command at Memphis, Gen. SHERMAN
moving Southwark, probably in coopera-
iion with Gen. GRANT.
The President has been to Acquia
Greek to hold an interview with General
Burnside.
Our army is still before Fredericks-
burg, and Gen. Lee is on the other side
of the Rappahannock. with his whole
force. The enemy is mounting guns,
and throwing up entertainments, and
there seems 10 be probability that the
decisive battle of the war, will be fought
in few days in that vicinity.
Four thousand rebels attacked the
Federal troops at Newbern, N. c., but
were defeated at all points, and driven
back
A telegram from Cairo, Goth Nov,
says that most important onward move
ment has been made in Gen. Grants de-
partment. Gen. Sherman's army left
Memphis on Wednesday. The army at
La Grange moved on Friday, in unusual
good health, and with banners lying
Their baggage trains were made as light
as possible. The rebels are reported
falling back from Tallahatchie and Gre
NADIA, and have even commenced remov-
ing heavy articles from Jackson.
Gen. Blunt, with about 500 Federals,
attacked and routed about 800 rebels un-
der Gen. Marmaduke, at Cone Hill, Ar
kansas, on the Goth, killing 60 and driv-
ing the balance some 12 miles. Gen.
Blunt telegraphs that the enemy is badly
whipped, and will not probably venture
north of the Boston Mountains again this
winter, and as they have consumed all
the subsistence in the valley of the Ar.
kansas, they must soon retreat into Tex
as.
1t is very apparent that the Admins
tration does not intend that the army shall
go into winter quarters. BURNSIDE is on
think, that with his splendid army, the
enemy can place obstacles in his route
that lie cannot overcome. While he
works southwark, he will probably be as
sisted by a movement from Norfolk, and
from Newbern toward Petersburg, and
by the gunboats up the James River.
With these cooperating forces. Rich
mond, we trust, will soon be surrounded
by wall Of fire.
Both the army and navy on the coast
OF Georgia and South Carolina have been
reinforced, and Hunter will saon be ready
to take the offensive there, with an iron
clad feet to assist him. Charleston is
already declared indelensible, and with
Charleston Savannah must fall.
A grea, fleet has also consregated at
New Orleans, and as soon as Banks ex
petition arrives, to relieve the forces OF
Com. FARRAcur from their operations on
the coast of Texas, an attack will proba
bly, be made upon Mobile.
Gen. McCLERNAS's army is nearly
ready, and is expected to move before The
10th inst, TO assist Com. Porter in open
ing the Mississippi to its mouth. yicks-
burg is the only serious obstruction, but
no difficulty in its reduction is appre-
hended. While this movement is going
forward, GRANT will move upon Jackson,
which is directly east of Vicksburg, and
connected with it by rail- The results
OF these movements cannot be otherwise
than important.
RosEcRANs is now advancing upon
Chattanooga, between which place and
Nashville BRAGG and BREcKINRrpGE are
posted. Chattanooga taken, an impor-
tant line of communication between the
Cotton States and Richmond is Interrupt
ted, and Eastern Tennessee will be re-
leased from rebel domination.
This seems, then, TO he the plan of the
winter campaign. On all hands there
are evidences of activity. 1t seems as
If, at last, the repeated promises Of an
energetic prosecution of the war are to
be realized.