New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-15
FALL OF ATLANTA
TIE TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT.
PREVIOUS SITUATION -THE SIEGE.
Desperate Battles, Assaults
and Raids.
BRILLIANT FLANK MOVEMENT.
THE ENEMY DECEIVED AND
0UTGEMERALEp.
Swinging Upon Hoods Commit
nications.
DESTRUCTION OF HIS RAILROADS,
KnRlFFlc FIGHTING III l0NESBoR0.
nEfEAT AND DISPERSION OF
HOODS ARMY.
1900 PRISONERS AND n GUNS
TAKEN.
Eseksehs Abandon Their Dead
and Wounded.
Eseksehs Abandon Their Bead
and Wounded.
PURSUIT AND FIGHT At LOVE-
JOYS STiTE0N.
OCCUPATION OF ATLANTA.
frem Our sp.eial Ccrr,peraen..

Prom On, Special Ccrrspotderi.
ATLANTA. Ca. Sept. g. 1898
The mission Of the Grand Army Of the Missis-
sipp is fulfilled. Atlanta is ours with 81 It's rail-
ROAD connections, it's foundhes, its manufactures
of arms and munitions, its rolling mills for furnish
Ing armor fof Rebel ron-cads, its prestige &C the
great center of Rebel power in The South west-its
vast power Of mischief as the stronghold OF
iaeason-all are ours
The Army is serene; not jubilant, or Wanting
Give God the glory OF the victory The struggle
has boen too long and bloody, and success at last
had come to be regarded as too uncertain by The
mere force Of arms for us now 10 fail 10 see in il
the delivering hand OF tho Almighty. Not to have
taken Atlanta wonld have been 10 confess the cam
paign in Georgia failure. The possession Of this
plaee, on which 80 much--Dearly everything was
s,akedl y tho Rebel goyernment-giyes staggering
blow TO treason, knocks out its brains, and con-
signs it TO its coffin. 1t only remains for Grant,
Candy and Farragut to drive home the nails and
bury the polluted carcass forever from Wow.
Brains, generaship, good management nnder
rood laws, achieved what brute force, the hardest
fighting, the sublimest courage, could never have
attained. The bravcst army which ever rallied
round the flag of Liberty and Uniun rests at last,
n least for time from it's labOrs. Alas many Of
them forever rest but their works do follow them.
10 thousands OF now unreeogDized graves which
dot the roadside and cover the hills aud valleys
of Georgia. the children of generations yot unborn
viii point with erultsnt pride as TO so many monu-
inents Of the heroic dead who fell IN defence Of q
great, good ard free government. TheifNcry ashes
,halI be garnered the ground where they repose Is
hallowed. and shall bo a Mecca for the pilgrims of
freedom 10 Journey 70 for all time, 10 catch the in
sniration OF freedom. The names OF Sherman and
OF the brave and discreet generals who have con-
tributed 70 add lustre to this campaign are
bepseforth historical. They are;-
"A few Of the great. tn immortal names,
That were rot born 20 die.
Sitting here in the very heart Of the great Rctol
city Of the Southwest, and listening to the tramp
Of the mighty Union hosts as they pour along the
t:rects and see waving from yonder flagstaff, 80
Long desecrated by tho banner Of treason tho proud
nag Of Union-thc badge of restored order, thank
God and take courage.
.Foreper float that standard sheet
Where flies the foe, OF falls before rs;
With Freedom soil beneath feet.
And freeaoas banner wsving DER Us u"
The official announcement by Gen. sherman o!
the occupation of Atlanta, which the telegraph will
have brought you long before my letter can reach
the readers Of the TRIBUNE, will have placed thi:
event among the great achievements Of tie war; and
loaye for me the humble duty of recording merely
toe facts which preceded the victory.
"Man'f extremity is Gods opportunity" Thr'
mover wst s truer aphorisn. as shall endeayor K
show by giving first brief view Of
TIE SITUATION ARoUSD ATLANTA.
Gen. Hood, not long since, wrote 10 Jed. Davis
tits said, and thanked God that ho hal found
plaoe az last which "coud not be Aanbed." Il
must be confessed that circumstances gave kim nc
little ground OF confidence. The Union army, aftel
jts brilliant victories of the Goth, I'D end 18th, o.
July, which fully proved its ability TO meet anC
hurl back the enemy in any attack made OF Us out
side oftheir works, also satisfied every one thai
Atlanta sas not to be taken by assault. The ex
perence of both armies through marcel Of two
hundred miles, over which twice that nuaber OF
defensive works had been built, and dunns which
zach had frequently charged the others wots with
little or no result except in the loss OF age per
centsgc OF the charging party, had fuiiy lemon
strated the unpolicy Of that mode OF warfare. II
always proved too expensive TO life and wounds T.
compensate for the results attained They furnished
ample proof Of the courage of both aTHics-tba
vas all.
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