The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-18
.FRO.N OUR Army IN TENNEg
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and tennessee. There is very little doubt
that Sherman is about to " campaign il.
independent of Hoods whereabouts. The
"'hse papers are already filling up with
'oOai'ies, Routes, &c, on the way from
Atlanta to Charleston. So far from this
being bold move" on the part Of Sber-
man, it is the last and only move he can
make de has tried catching Hood and
failed; and this interior campaign is his
only dependence to bring this "bal,oon-
ing general back into Georgia A cor j..
respondent of the Montgomery Nau,
writing from Cherokee on the 9th, says
A scout q will not vouch for his relia-
bility) has just reached this place, who
reports that he is from the neighborhood
| OF Chattanooga, that he has reconnoitered
the line of the Georgia State road as far
as Marietta, aud observed carefully the
movements of the enemy, and that he
| has the entire situation under the crown
| OF his hat. Three corps Of the Federal
army, he assures. me- have returned to
| Atlanta. The advance guard left Grays-
vile, a little village sixteen miles from
the Tennessee river and six from Ring
gold, on the evening of the 27th of Qcto-
| Der. They had made rendezvous up
and down the railway from Chickamauga
to Graysyiile the week previous, and
| waited only for the shipment of supplies
General Sherman, who had gone to
Washington and got back to Nashville,
| made arrangements to leave Thomas in
command in Middle Tennessee, and then
| took the cars for Atlanta, SAYING, ac.
cording to letter in the Cincinnati Conn
merci"t, that he had settled Hoods
hash lie reached Chattanooga on the
10th, and then proceeded down the coun-
| try the reXt afternoon with the troops.
Communication was uninterrupted and
the transportation was rapid ind imme-
date. | send you this gossipping scrap
merely as gossip, without vouching for
its truth. will adj that believe it to
| be correct
The montgomery Apieat says:
| Reliable information from the Army Of
| Tennessee is meagre as to the details OF
Il
but there is no doubt of its having
reached the new base of supplies pro-
vided III safety, and that the communi-
cations to the rear, from headquarters, are
so direct that no further Deficiencies in
any department need be apprehended.-
y railroad communication that cannot
easily be interrupted to Tuscumbia il
now under control of General Hood; and
he is in position to advance into Middle OF
West Tennessee, as he may decide the
| most promising of success. Forrest is
cooperating successfully in quarter
that will greatly distract the enemy and
render any concentration against our
main forces almost an impossbiiity and
| then, altogether, We have reason to anti
! clpate gratifying results from what has
been, and may be, accomplished
OF the hardships endured by our
troops on the march from Gadsden, we
have several reports, and all concur in
the statement that they were borne with
| the greatest fortitude and cheerfulneSs.
| The rumOr Of the capture of Decatur
was a canard. Our latest intelligence,
which may be relied upon, is that no as
i
| enemy. The Federal report states that
General Hood was repulsed twice. The
truth is. that he was aware Of the streI 9Th
OF the position and its garrison, and made
no general attack but, while his army,
trains, etc, were passing westward,
within striking distance had the enemy
been unoccupicd, demonstrations were
made upon The picket lines OF the en-
emy, which were twice driven in. The
! casualties on either side amounted tu
nothing. The amount of the whole
affair was, the enemy were amused
within their entertainments, while on,
army was safely moved by them, ant
nobody hurt" Out of this Stanton
however, bulletined great victory.
| The Augusta Chro4ieie, giving an 'ac
count OF how affairs stand at Atlanta
says that, on the 9th, the Twentieth army
corps relieved the Twenty third, whici
gave rise to the rumor that Sherman va:
! being reinforced. Our cavalry capture,
]: a drove Of five hundred mules near tn
| Chattahooehee river. The Chr0~ici
! says:
| Scouts who left Sonesboro' on Wednes
] day morning report that General IlOwel
1 Cobb, with from six to eight thousan'
| militia and three brigadeS Of cavalry, at
| tackled the enemy and was steadily dri
| wing them in.
! \ soldier who had been captured b,
the Yankees, aud who succeeded III ei
fecting his escape, reports that there wer
not over eight thousand troops in tn
city. Parties along the line of the Stat,
road. between Atlanta and Marietta, re
present that the trains go up to Mariett
daily heavily laden and return empty
Two corps were at Powder Springs un
der marching orders. The Yankees wer'
| sending oii the negroes and prisoners t
that point Their movements are in
volved in mystery.
The last ioraging expedition went ou
two weeks since under General Gerard
with eight hundred wagons, foraging il
/ the vicinity of Stone mountain and j,
Gwinnett county. They carried off larg,
numbers of beef cattle, hogs, sheep
poultry, corn, fodder, peas, potatoes ant
household furniture, and returned with
about six hundred and fifty loaded wa
CONS the balance empty. They wer'
considerably frightened, and sent for .
corps to reinforce them, which marched
out to Decatur. Two or three thousans
| Confederates, under skillful leader, coul,
have captured the whole expedition, con
sisting of about six thousand infantry
and cavalry. The men were subsistine