The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-26
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
GENERAL smERMAN.

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Sitting the confused and somewhat contr,dic-
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'NP'''o "N'gH VIC P''"' '"'' ''"'u- rom
, hebel sources, we collect q clear general notion
Of the movements Of Suurman's army since IL Ipft
Auapts 1tbos ,-,ysrs,J and cor,,,r,,,, 80. .
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sno 'l'l'uIy glub "'."DS" I1V HtoTgW ana the
= Central Railroads and moving i'm seplrlte
7 columns with cavalry makipu ,gi,Ie le,,,,.. -
1 its p.rb. .,1 ro,.ti,.., g. H. w."
" "N ''N ''' 'u au'Hu'e OF the
'mahUy' nas s''lh'I to move equally towards
Augusa aud towards Macon and h8. ovep
created a doubt whetbar n t5rd 3is,i,,. -,
be not moving up.u NJ IpF.gi.I,, b, ,,l ~
midway hptwcpu ihu other two ''''' ''' '"a
\ From such uews as is furnished by the Georgia
paptrs. the prCyiOu, IL .fpT,sut ,r ,l,, r.,t.7
press that sherman am tbe io'G ,.,, it w. ~
eighteen miles of Nicon ~ irr.r,, "', l " ,,ul" @
frmed IL is nov iupre' circ,,,,,,.',,,i,ii W. "
ported that on Welrr.d,v Tho Ig,b ,bs " III
General Wheeler frf fbe aIv,p.e Of n ',.,r,f
Sherman ten rf, i0s ro,-,I, of g,i5i ~, ~, '
the enemy" uufiI late 4, rho r "." , lu,,, .i
Wheeler commands 4u irra.sl m lo.rs f ,,
and all the Gunfin, he r,53,'d bS,,. f,,,y
skirnl isb and t,lI moi. ,. tn, b, AZ - 3 W y w.
I, columns showed tb amsrlyss on Tho to- r ~
the McBouourh and mo nor, r,, .Is y ,,bi Is,
they were pressing forward. At that same ,ntS,
the n, bel "mfautry f,rres' - yy6i,b mem
Howell Obj, GA orrit trr4mpfips -yysrc rs'T,t
iur upon BsruesyiIIe Gftrrn milo bo,'ori G.jG, y.
ana there was OF cons. no tbouglf oC r,si,i,,l,'
or even of geIlyiuu Esnprsl Cber,,,,,,s ,,,,-,5'
II Is further stated that n, tho 1S,b at IL
O'Clock, the "Yauk,e ctyaIryu ,,..ro npi,, ei,b1
miles north of F9rs,tb which il itseff brt
two miles northwest of Macon. Al tLat nj Ice
they would cut Off Cob9 from Macon unless be
had made retuarkab.v good dino fr,i,, R1r,,s
Vile and whether thew atd or nor tbey vycrr 20
well on their WAY towards Macon that IL ~ ,,ot
only probable but next 10 certain they would he
within eighteen miles as before ron ,rted nv, tI,
following day. We speak of clvaIrv o1I, h1t
the Richmond papers have previously given ,s m
understand thar Ma on was thus approached by
an infantry force. II this later and more Do
tailed story is true, 10 NAV be dOurted ,ybether
any portion OF Sherfnan's infantry was nv thot
date quito 80 near the cty Yet we do nat sun.
pose Sherman is sending his cay,lry on mere
raids in advance Of It's supoortIng inianfrv
columns and there had baen ti,nc c,o,,,,b 80
infantry 10 got within one days march A. ricar IN
Macon as the Cayalrv is known TO have been
Therefor, following the movements orthe rirbt
wing of this grand expedition we NAV flirIv
infer that the accounts received via Sly,ipn,b Of
the capture and burning Of Macon are pro5,LIe
That news is two days later than tho Iate.t
received by way OF Richmond, and repnrts fbat
MillCdggville had shared the fate of N5con Wa
express no positive opinion as 10 either t,gp b,t
we consider the statement entitled to considorI-
ton. Beside the column Which we have
traced from the l2h 10 the 1g.b fnI
lowing the line of the Macon aud Western Ra,i-
road, which is the road from Atlanta n
second and central column ia heard oT NJ
McDonough, at Indian Springs, at Monticello,
end at Hillsboro; and though these ul,rns ,r.
not all on the d, cct road TO NilaJ yn,,iIIn tI,o
are so near 10 it that eypgditions Of rSy,iry r,y
easily have radiafed to either poipt nsiJs fr,rIg
the direct line of march. AtalI events If trnons
of ours have been e. Monticello yybirn is bSif
way between the two railroads.. and moro tbsr
half WAY from Atlanta TO MilIed dreyiIIe i, is cor
tain that there was 4 distinct colIn,n noving Lv
that road to Milledgryille. at which pi1re IL vSs
doubtless to be ioucd by the troops which f,rrnc5
the right wing Of The cooperating armies,
The extreme left Of General Sherman has
moved, meanwhile, nearly due east alone tbS
Georgia Railroad and up the roads which iie
parallel TO IT, Infantry wis AZ SbnfTisrJ on rho
10th, which is thirty miles east of Atlanta and
eight north of the railroad. This column therr.
fore If il left Atlanta As reported ON tho I'm
had made its prescribed fifteen mile, n dav,
Cavalry was at Social Circle a railway station
eleven miles southeast of Sheffield ON the foIlnS,-
ing day and here as in the case of the centre
and left the cavalry is apnarentIv but rho Jnc
advance guard of the main infantry force and
not an independent command bent unon raids
3 We learn further that on the folloging dav tbe
18Th Rebel trains on the Georgia roG1 rnn M
further west than Union Point which is forty
miles east of Social Circle. The inference Is com
pusory that tile railroad between those st,tions
was abandoned without the sIiphtest etF,rt az
defense Union Point is about dine north from
MilledPcyille but could NOT Drob lblv he reached
quite so soon as the latter place. And il seems
towards Augusta is to effect junction south Of