Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-11
The Great Sherman Expedition.

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| il srnrceIv n nroba6I:y Of liz faiInrr W., con.
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nosition in their course The fr,, ,rrr,iyp po;it
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! thrown IN. course NAV be direct TO Mobile The
obiect of the movement will he defined as the col.
| umn advances, probably, and therefore all spccu.
! lations Ms 10 its result would be vain From the
! fact however that the TombiCbee river il but
J thirty miles east of Meridian and that there are
, upon that river boats which may DO made avala-
, bic to the Union forces, if secured in time It is
/ probable that the Tombigbee may be seized upon
as one Of the main avenues ofnPProach TO Mobile,
in which case it would prove most important The
| Tombigbee unitrs with the Alabama and selma
another important point, Of fur greater-ralue than
| Observation-Disclosures fail upon the approach
OF any considerable force.
! My specu!atlonS mere arc oased upon the known
character OF the men composing the leaders Of the
expedition the importance OF the terrltory-the
approaches to which have briefly sketched-and
the undoubted feasibility OF such movement.
| The admirers OF General Grant have always had
the opinion that Mobile could be readily taken by
\ Il Hank movement Ike tals one, which would iso-
on this expedition as one which elnoodies MS cher
ished plans, formed immediately after the capture
Vi flcksourg and the opening OF the Mississippi,
which would undoubtedly have been carried out
mad not circumstances beyond his control pre-
! rented.
| l may be mistaken as to Mobile being the III
innate object Uf the expedition II is so strong.
and composed of such valuable material that
| din not willing 10 believe that its destination is
nther than that place. But it may be that this
is not the objective point. Assuming that It is
not, one may readily see what result could be ac'
compiished by the movement OF 30 large aud 80
well appointed body OF men through MlsslS-
hppi and Alabama understand that The enemy
not in strong force IN either OF these States, nl
| less Johnston has gone TO Mobile with the main
| body of his army, which is not probable. If
Johnston has not gone 10 Mobile, a forRy through
| Southern Mississippi aud Alabama will uncover
| the nakedness OF that section. If he has gone
there the fact will be disclosed and future opera.
! lions shaped accordingly In either event tho ex.
petition will not returned without having accom-,
| plished something, and that something may have
IN important bearing upon the plans of General
| GRAFT for the spring campaign
All here agree that the destination Of the expo
! dictionary column ia southwark Certainly their
object is of an offensive character, and it may be
| well here to consider some of the most important
points toward which they may be directed Gen.
| McPhersor's column of the expedition Is moving
eastward from Vicksburg. After passing Jack.
son the route is understood TO be in southeasterly
direction, until Il Joins cavalry expedition which
| has been dispatched from Natchcz Thence the
| course will probably be laid direct for Meridian
! En- route the negro troops under General JIllman
! are expected TO ion the columu-they having been
| prepared TO leave Port Hudson some DAYS ngo.
| La Grange is the point OF departure for General