, 1864-10-23

eaytpe much valuable propcrty, Theg were
occupied very briefly by the rebels, put
Snsruau patssIpe them ten Closely, they
sledaddled;. ana ait those tlaces claimed as
S{,sytpg been cultured By the rebels, art, now
occupied by onr t1ooos. The rebel papers
considgr She1man's posltioa as crnicai, and
also that Of Huod's equally SO, shut that If
Hood ean kepp up bis SUPPLIES, Shprm IN
must eYacuate Georgia but they admit that
Sbtrman's poeiiiou cuts Off Hoods commu-
nfcation with his base and thinks that Hood
hss another baae.
The Georgia militia bas again been ordered
ont, and to rendezvous at Macon.
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ElkUN1 = RMEk1DAN.
1nterest1n: Details Of the Grent s'1c-
toEs--"1ne rebel. ompieseiJ routed
New Yonk, %saturJay. Oct, 22-The
Nor!d's account Of I The d sna;,;shtog ;;, Of victory
follows II was dated on the ntsht 81 ths m
battle;
At3p m. Sheridan having COMPLETED his
prepa1atiops. awakened his army TO actIon.
and the enemy from their repose. bv an or.
der for grand ADVANCE. lett half wheel
from left to right, closing In on the enemy.
The cavalry previously made q charge
which disclosed the pvs{tiou Of the enemy
and weakencd bis tianks, The advance wus
slirt tlv chtcled in the cent.r Ut the
nnfset br mou,entary fmbaressment of tie
Sd Division, 9th Corrs' which had to pass
fhrnncf a dense Tn1d. II was resunlkd "a
ennn en11a s. tbIa ' djff,cnlty was "yercoms T5e
whn3e I'm. mane an onset IN the enemv1
whirh hrnte fhs;r 11np aIter a stnhhnrn 70,
aisfonce ma scnt th-m hscE 'nnr f,rcsa
t1,n1 co,nfinn f i1v nnt,rinp yo1iays and a;iiad
hc nEerv niare n ortiIirFc whfch could hs
~no5a ayaiioh7o n fhs;r roor af,sr on- On.
t thnsias,,;.a1d dat4rminsd co1umns nressed
FtSSSNN
tnota nno y aees,,rs ~ Gina ~ af anv nn,nt ~
thro,oh s;Sdni.,opn oad hsrn;'d ftha era,n1
t5 tsa a ~. aa1 - so5 Sar 9h w AsJ
i T Ht.a n. ~. Ely a.as1 ~
n1eSx,, ja,a;rtt aoanI ~ -S". H-od
EtT3 es',,,s 1ot t1n I<,.rsr Sao Iva NJ NJ
euotteu en4atee ~ tietet{. 111sat nau a1ct.
f4tt Sna1 a1Eeu ~ W tue tisht a4u !ctt, uouneu
~ .ue naSE9 i,91 y. tn1 toe' saau5 plisonTIe, 1T,
ElAsn1D9: hillnE' uIlvlng NJ Iuey Heut. 1us
matca u " 1a!an.fI m wy u.ole "4JssAc,
moIs teliipne; 1aE nae ot tue !oe snaySG
sLo esoAc, aaeH ~ ; Go4an1ns were cTtn npsetely aa
al9ng Inc PEE ana over a aeaas u ase ~ anesp: ep
Custa5 took gun n n: one o1 aas eaa1se,
captured rom rs IN tne morning, Inc INST
Euu Nv Asu capluleo tul.us .ne uay aau5
more Guns "cIe 70 Dc ours osaore mgntIalL
- nas oaA "4e4 tne ensmy, lolsah!ne eseiy
inea o1 glounn thGy nau won, MSnt actoss
Ceoar hun peA-meA, anu Mens Ayins " ~
~ Wa1ds stfnsburg Two oftgades q cavalry:
Nens' ano LoWsHs, paisag4aa, IT, caa.SmS a.S ~
every cuaoce, ano 1ecEesslns Lie fout oeiofe
tne1. ,.o-aa atzo.,,,.
=; niE ns'as. our @ easasy ,,7 s;. u.sau 4hS
the town. and from that time till 8 O'Clock.
confined Themselves. with the assistance Of
infantry sent afterwards By Gen Sheridan, to
picking up pTisonerk, and gathering aud
EsnolbE 70 ta9 rear VIZ AInsr5, army
wagons aho amouiahcss wnaca naa ueen a'Iht tsts
Forty'three guns, including nearly all of
those taken from us during the day, have
slready been captured, and it was said the
number will reAch fifty. The medical sup
plies and wagons captured from the 10th
corps, were restored; also several OF our ana-
longing to the enemy.
The prisoners taken will number nearly
2,0OO. 1t has been impossible to provide
cusrds for them as rapidly as they are cap
turea. large nnmber sent to the rear will
probably escape during the Eight, but all are
20 tired ont with the days fighting and
marching that We shall Lick up hundreds
along the Waystde when mornipE da vns.
NEW YoRK. Saturday, Oct. 2ss.-The H<r-
ala's account OF Ghesidan's victory, printed
this morning. ia Of a highly interestIue char
acter. The ioliowiuF Is an account Of how
Sheridan won the victory after liking COM
maud:
About ba1f:uast one O'Clock Sheridan COM
menced digtug the rebels. The 10Th corps:
lines we're thrown forward, and with their
batteries playing bziskly on the rebel posi-
tion, affaffB began to assume more cheer
ful aspect- The rebels had apparently got
hosrse from their efforts in the morning, for
their yel!s at this time were both fAW and
lar between Our lines continually advanced,
elowly, 1t Is true, but Vsry surely Tae
charge which decided the fate Of this event
ful day was made at o'clock In the after
noon. Fifteen minutes before that time,
Gtneral Getty's division, Of the 9th corps,
formed In two lines OF battle on piece OF
open ground on the right OF the turnpike.
Ire other divisions OF that corps and Gen.
Emory's command. the 10Th corps, formed
in q similar manner. At 4 o'clock tho
lines commenced to move forward.
More than haG the distance was
travtrsed, and scarcely shot was
fired, when Suddenly the rebel batteries
opened with terrific effect On our advancing
lines The spectators held their breath, or
asked In hoshtd and esger Whispers whether
the troops would meet with the success
their bravery merlted. But mingling with
the roar OF arttllsry and the dun OF explod-
ing shells was now heard the roll OF muaket-
r.: The firing was the most constant and
1sas eonaed on ill.,
ntnt, except At the battle OF tue wilderness
OQf INES elsHntlJ "averea uuaet tne Will