The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-30
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OTFICIAT. WAR BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.

OTFICIAT. WAR BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.
Major General Dix:--A dispatch
las been received this evening by the
President from General Sherman 1T
ls dated at Savannah on Thursday
the 22d inst, and announces his oc-
cupatiCn of the city of Savannah, and
cnpture of one hundred and fifty guns,
plenty of ammunition, and about 20
| 900 bales Of cotton. No other par
ticulars are given.
An official dispatch from General
Foster to General Grant, dated on
the pod inst, at 7. NJ, states that
the city of Savannah was occupied by
General Sherman on the morning OF
the 21st, and that on the preceding
evening and night Hardee escaped
with the main body Of his infantry
aud light artillery, blowing mp the
iron clads and Navy Yard. He emu
merates rs captured, 800 prisoners,
$50 guns, IL locomotives in good or
der, 1870 cars, large lot OF ammu'
milton and materials Of war, three
steomers and $4,000 bales of cotton
No mention is made of the present
position of Hardee's force, which had
been estimated at about l5,OOO.
The dispatches OF General Sherman
and General Foster are as follows:
GENERAL snERMAS's DISPATCH.
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. %.
His Exccllency President Lincoln:
/ beg to present you, as a Christ
mas gift, the city of Savannah, with
|l50 heavy guns and plenty of ammu'
milton, and also about 25,0UU bales
of cotton.
GSionedl w. T. SHERMAN,
Mai. Gen. Commanding
GEN. FOSTERS DISPATCH.
STEAMER GOLDEN GATE,
SEvANNAu RIVER, Dec. %.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant and Maj. Gen.
Hallack:
| have tire honor to report that
have Just returned from General
Sherman's headquarters at Savannah.
send Major Gray, OF my staff, as
bearer of dispatches from Gen. Sher-
man to you, and also a message to
the President. The city of Savan-
nah was occupied on the morning OF
the 2lst.
General Hardee, anticipating the
contemplated assault, escaped with
the main body Of his infantry and
light artillery, on the morning OF the
Goth, by crossing the river to the
Union causeway opposite the city
The rebel iron -clads were blown up,
and the navy yard was burned. All
the rest of the city is intact, and con.
tains 10000 citizens, quiet and well
disposed.
The captures include 800 pris-
oners, $50 guns, l3 locomotives in
good order, 100 cars, q large supply
of ammunition and materials of war,
three steamers, and $4,000 bales of
cotton, safely stored in ware houses.
All these valuable fruits of and al
most bloodless victory, have been
like Atlanta, fairly won. l opened
communication with the city with my
steamers to. day, taking up what tor
pedoes we could see, and passing
safely over the others. Arrangements
are made to clear the channel of all
Yours Gc
[Signedl j. G. Foster,
Major G eneral.
The Richmond papers Of yesterday
state that on the 23d twenty six YES.
sells of the Wilmington expedition
had reappeared.
The dispatch of General Bragg is
published in the Richmond papers
1t is as follows:
WILMINGTON, Dec. 23.-Twenty-
six vessels Of the Federal fleet reap
pcared this morning. There has
been no change since my last dis
patch. -.
This is the latest intelligence re
ceived from that expedition.
ISipnedl EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Dec, u.
MAJ. Gen. Dix:-The following
extracts from Richmond papers o