Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-11-14
The Army and Navy MOVING.

There are now sure lndlcatIOuS OF thunder all
round the sky" very shortly. Activity and ad-
vance are the watchword of the Union armies
In Missouri and Arkansas Gen. Curtis and Gen.
Schofeld are pressing the enemy at various
points, and with unvarying success. Missouri
has no large rebel force within her borders and
the guerrillas are being captured rapidly or dis
persed. In Arkansas Gen. Curtis is making
vigorous campaign, and Little Rock, the CAPITOL
must soon fall into our hands.
Gen Grants army in West TenLesseee is in
motion. He did not wait for the enemy to con-
centrate and attack the positions of his depart
ment in detail. He has massed his troops and
| marched to make the attack. His divisions at
Bolivar were put in motion on the Sd. More
| than forty regiments swelled the column. They
marched without trunks, only six teams to a
rehiment, one tent to a company, and only one
tent to regimental commander and staff This
looks like energy, and ifthe rebels do not get
out of the way very rapidly, there will be
bloody and decisive work. The route is to
Grand Junction and Grenada in North Missis-
sipPi.
The advance Of the Army of the Ohio reached
Nashville some days ago, and the rear of the
army left Bowling Green on the 4th. The ad-
vance of Gen. Rosecrans set the rebels, who
have been rioting and rampant in Middle Ten
nessee under Buell's no fight policy, in full re-
treat They evacuated Murfreesboro and Nc
Minnville very precipitately and destroyed the
/
enson. Rosencrsns has command of a mighty
host, and there will be no more philanderings
down to Huntsville and Chattanooga and back
to Wild Cat. He'll fight as well as march.
General Granger's column that moved from
Cincinnati and rested at Lexington, has orders
to advance. The fact that the rebels have
crossed the Cumberland into Kentucky for the
purpose of plundering the mountaineers, prob.
! ably has something to do with this movement
| Perhaps Gen. Morgan's Cumberland Gap army
will take the same direction into East Tennes.
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Major General Cox has followed the retreat.
ing rebels up the Kanawha, and with the gallant
Milroy, has cleared Western Virginia of the
salt seeking enemy.
There is great activity in Gen, Buffers de-
partment. His late river expeditions have hur
Il the rebels badly, and he is striking blows ove
at Pensacola and Mobile that will sooh bate
down rebel authority in that part of the Gulf
Galveston and the Sabine Pass have been cap
tured in Texas, and these important position
Z ours the Union men Of that State will begin I
"thank God and take courage"
The grand Army of the Potomac is also !
/ motion, and Important advantages have bee
! gained without single reverse. Gen. McClel
/ Ian is steadily crowding the enemy, and if tb
rebels make final stand, a thunder TO shake tn
= earth may be momentarily expected.
n Unusual vigor is now manifest in the Navi
service. All the shipyards of the country ar
busy as beehives, fitting out vessels Of war fo
J operations against rebellion. In tho last 81
weeks thirty gunboats have been fitted out i
= the Boston, New York and Philadelphia Nav
Yards, carrying 22l guns, and all the vesse
! steamers. At Portsmouth and Washington Ii
Z work has been equally as rapid and EXTENSIVE
The destination Of these vessels is purposel
n withheld.
a Orders have been received at the Brookly
. Navy Yard to dispatch to sea al once three ne,
!. of-war, Of which the Vanderbilt is one. I'll
' steamer Dacotah, and the ship Ino. heavil
armed craft are the Others. The destination
4 these vessels is supposed TO be the haunfs
= the British pirate Alabama.
q Gen. Banks is 70 have charge of an importa
1. expedition into rebeldom; and in the West
4 formidable land and naval expedition, und
!. Gen. McCleriand and Admiral Porter, is to op'
y the Mississippi, so that single obstructit
y shall not remain. Col. Ellett's ram feet Is
u have prominent position in the fotilla. II
: boats comprising Il have been thoroughly owe
!, hauled and put in condition for a winters car
IL lpaign. The Switzerland will be the flag boat
y the ram feet. The rams are armed with bo
n howitzers and l2- pound guns and can run doV
ii or shoot down the enemy.
v. The day of defense against the rebellion J
n trust has gone by, and such are the indeatio
\. in all quarters on the ideas OF November. Biov
10 blows, blows everywhere are demanded by
III loyal pcople--not excuses--not apologies
n delays. Lettho thunder begin at once and '
"a ON Ia universal victory - Cleveland Herald