The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-23


lpatr.ct were TO drtnen~rpt" against Ma p,
ycitfng Within fve miles e tts~ city. rhn -Oros
osch column vy-e ~ follow carefully dcas-
nsied the numtsr Of miles esch day ~ lc travel
led, md the points " rendezvous Wrro c'vcn At =
ccrtain late 40 n these cnudit 1us wc-c ~ i''cd
y the letter. rcurn, with - Tvc-"''i rrt
arrived at Mllcisevi'le on the 22l inst. prvctut
DAVIS Will the Fourtccnh Corps ono d1.
he same DAY patrick struck TIC M'cg0 and
western rosl, destrovirg The bridge - Wa 4
Croek, The day fo'lowing, H'w1ri with tie ~
Nenth ami Seveliec lh Corps arrived 40 .-i.r,
AND hegan the obstruction u tc ueersla 'snual
Railroad
1t WAS near here thA, The most serious .l' y
the campaign occurred 70 thts date. Gen '' .t'
IN command of q detachuArt = cavalry Nnd
Brigade II infantry, was thrown 'orw1ru g. Or s-
woldville, towards Macon, f,r deu1usirs'ise IIr.
potos merely. The enemy, some t"t sir. nt' a.-
Vsnccd spon our trocns, who had .Hw' np .rh-
rorny brosssworts with a section ~ = battery Iu
position Tue ca airy iell sow'y max 90 tt-
flank N the trIsAdc, protecting them non h'' .
IN taak and rear The rebels are cou.1 'vi pi mi
hns CT efy, although PARTON 81 h'rcr"'' o'd
corIs WAS pre,eut having teen brought 'l if"W
savannah. With that ignorance oi Da'',c ..'.H 70
" new trpope, tho rrbo- rIs. o1 UP 70 l' HD ans
With tie greatest fury. 1hov wcrc received WIN
srsapeshot aud mu.setry N point b'ahh rsn-', our
soldiers driug cool'y Will" shouting 4cr1tD. 8"
the quiverius columns TO come on, ~ % 'h'v
tnought the whole thing n nice i,ke. Tie '..es
resumed tie auack, bat with thc 81. H. 'A,'I roe
suits, and were soon VA N.I q SHIT ',.sg moro
billed and wounded, while their kii e'i' "'AI'I
aud prsyners are estimated 20 exceed 800
pretty severe lcsson they hs'c ro,cife-.
On the 27th of November TIC army srr.vci At
TowuyiNo station, on the Georgia tcn'sa' EH road.
To rehcs seem 90 have understnod, hu' 'o0 late,
that n wrs not Sherman4 inUrtiOn h r'sk" \ So
rous attack upon Macon. They have, l.v'-cr,
succeeded IN .et.iug wheeler s"rHrT tlt orc. ~
a roint below ,he railroad bridge. W" arsi e"nw'
swArc = their presence IN oar mont hv ihs isiru'
II ~ ID Gel.
on two roads leading g. SSndersy r., .ycr wi .h
were advancing the twentieth aud Fcu'eontu
corps. We DELAYED hut 'cw hour. wss
also contested rs the rebel cavalry under Mhrlrr,
and they fought our front all thc wa a"i INTO 'f'
streets OF SsniersVllc. Tie Twcuu'l p,rps had
the advance, dcTloyiug regiment ss sadlu rh,rs,
forming the rerl riuder o BRIGADE iu Tine li battle
Oh ether sido of tho rond. The movement waa
exc utcd IN tho hsndsoncst manner, and was
eh~ciual not to impede the .iarcA
Of the column In tho slightest DEGREE,
although the roll q mu-tetrv was. uu.eas 4'
Our loS- wss not serious, twoniv old killed. AMI
woundod. As the Twentieth Corps ontcgeI tie
town they were net los the fOuriocn'h, ", H,c
head Of column arrived Al lie same lHoulr't.
While tho,e two Corps bad met with ne i 'truc-
tio-s shove mentioned The army uu lcr ic.tf1l
Howard wcrc attempting TO throw fs.rfo.n
Rrross the Oconce a, the Gcorda Central Ea 'r"si
ridge. Here they met a iofco und q th" command
OF q neral Wayne, which wus oou n'.Cfl t' l--
ton of wheelsr's cavalry, m.lus, aud a bon ..
convicts who had been liberated from the fcuicn-
tsry upon tho condition that they would ION thc
/ army. Tho most OF these dcspci ato"s iav. tc.u
] taken prisoners, dressed ia the.f state Prison
] clothing. General sherman hge turned t.'u I.s 20
J loliovnC that Governor Brown Ls4 not 80, "a.
full cncdts ct hi li'oraliiy
| Thanksgiving Day was very generally olH"tr''
| in Tho army, the troops sN.ru,ug ehi.tcus IN clio
Ieuiluir Of turkeys with which the had sln ,.IDl
! themselves Ia nadiron to fowls, yrSeia, O.. .
moai,, many ohts n delicious syrup m1"o ''H1
/ sorrhuu, which ~ cult yn'ed on M tlc rIanurn r.
/ and stored away iu large t"nW HNs Aff Docs s. .U.