The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-28
THE MARCH THROUGH GroaclA.
Operations Of slocum's Column on the
Left Wing.

Operations 0f SAOcum's Column on the
Left Wing.
NMLxDGsvnLs, Ca, Nov. %, 1864.
On the mornio Of November sent despatch TO the
HERALD giving ~ much information could with pro
prety be given regarding the destruction and evacuation
Of Atlanta, and the Inauguration or and startling
campaign through Georgia; for IL was freely canvasscd
and specuated upon by officers Of the Twentieth corps
long before that date and had 10 be generally be
eved that the army was going TO Macon, TO Augusta to
Andcrsonvle to Mobile TO Savannah, Charleston, to
dozen other objective points, the exuberant fancy o,
the american warrior dictated Beyond the fact that
going paying and clothing Of troops,
sending surplus stores and artillery to the rear &C.,
pointed 10 that-ali speculation The enemy specu.
lated as re did, locating shermans destination as far
north Nashville; crowed considerably Hoods
nasterly movement in forcing sherman TO At
anta believed implicitly 10 its that they
In tho morning Of the sth Of November, got whipped
and went out-an account OF which sent you
BURNING ATLANTA
Atlanta commenced burning on the night OF Friday the
18th Of November although tbe authorized destruction OF
public buildings did not begin ill the 18th. The fire
broke block cheap tenement houses on Decatur
street, the edge OF the town. where eight buildings
were destroyed. Within hour large fires were burn
ing In FIVE other localities, and the eager watchers the
camp began thnk that the last days the City
portation TO Chattar ooga, and time before
they could be brought 10 work against the fsmes which
threatened the destruction OF the entire southern portion
Of the city The patrol guard doubled, and orders
issued to them TO shoot down any person seen firing
buildings. before the OF the troops watching th
nerce blazes could be convinced that the time
for destruction had not come. twenty-five build.
ings, principally dwelling houses, were burned
by incsndares that Friday night, and dense cloud OF
smoke hung the town whom the rose Soldiers
had abored faithfully during the night to what they
would have gladly destroyed the destruction had boon
sanctioned by order. Next morning General slocum
offered reward o. $500 for The detection OF any soldier
engaged n the incendarsm but traces OF the perpe
traitors discovered Tho ares Of Friday night were
subsequently declared 10 be the work OF soldiers
exasperatcd at the murder Of comradc. Saturday
aquet day, yet there great Wemor among the few
people who remained In Atlanta when they Remembered
the whsperngs OF the soldiers about the burning OF the
cyt
THE DESTRUCTION or sroRsa
Sunday, the 18th OF November, the Fourteenth Fif.
teenth and Seventeenth corps commenced the march
from Kingston and Marietta where they had been resting
ten days, towards Atlanta, tearing up the track and
and western Railroad went north saturday night 40.
counts the destruction Of Rome Marietta and kingston
Satersy,le; Acworth and the res. have undoubtedly
attempt description Of the devastation Of those places
here. When tell you that Union coffee sacks, cracker
bales OF blankets burst open and about there
free for every Yankee soldier 10 and take you will
realize the reckless disregard Of rebel property All that
left OF government stores when the railroad closed
either given 10 the troops Transports.
ton burned. million OF dollars worth OF property
was destroyed In Marietta alone. A long limo OF light
like aurora sunday night marked the burning Of the
railroad and the Chattahoocbee bridge from the river
10 the northwest as far In Atlanta could see. The
railroad from the Etowah TO Atlanta will be useless
white this war Taste.
sunday morning, the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps
marched through Atlanta and camped two miles
the onesboro road The Fourteenth corps crossed the
Chattnhoocnec and took up the pontoon bridges and
General Sherrnan's army had emphaticafly crawod
into q hole and taken the hole In after IT,"
FIorrIaa orr
few small fires occurred 10 Atlanta on Sunday night
and during the forenoon OF Monday but they created
particular exciteeHt since tho Michigan Mechanics and
Engineers had already commenced work the railroad
In town. Everything 10 the way 81 destruction was now
considered authorized aud not TO DO wondered at The
mechanics with levers made for the purpose overturned
length after length Of rail- piled up pc after pile Of les,
aud burned and twisted rails without number ON Mari
eta street Winshlp's iron fou dry and machine shops
property worth hundreds OF thousands OF dolastook
Are aud was destroyed, an oil refinery by
caught from the dying sparks, and was soon IN
aerca blaze; next followed a freight warehouse In
which were stored afty or sixty bales OF cotton;
thsrs tho engineers worked under heavy cloud