The New York herald., 1864-10-13
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Active Preparations for tho
FeI Campaign.
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ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PRISONERS.
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Their Details Of Horrible Suiierings Endured
at Andsrsonvillc, Georgia.
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CHANGES Of CORPS ORGANIZATIONS.
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Hood Preparing for q Move by
the Left,
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CHANGES Of CORPS ORGANIZATIONS.
Our East Point CorrssponAsncs.

perfectly Quescent Most or the operations however,
confined 10 raids aud flank demonstrations. Tho
twenty days truce between Sherman and Hood, At
Rough and Ready Ca, had only terminated when news
received that Forrest and heeler again ram
pant that they bad captured the and gsrr
toolored roops) OF Athens Ga, and Decatur, Ala torn
| up the railroad connecting Nashville and Decatur had
"payed hob" generally, and threatening other
points, after II therefore became necessary
TO deach troops TO deal with them they deserved u
promptly done; and although you may not know at
this time what commands sent their strength the
starting point route, yet rest assured they OF
ample strength to severely punish the raiders for this
and past msdeeds and took such direction that they
| cannot but intercept them.
Further particulars will be forwarded as pos
sibe is rumored, but not believed here, that the
road has been disturbed between Kingston and Rome.
PREPARATIONS CAMPAIGN.
Rapid progress has been and Is being made towards
outntng these armies for . now and vigorous cam
pagp. Clothing and equipments ordnance and quarter
master atores camp and garrison equpage and shelter
being supplied the troops fast as anspora
ton furnish them. Supply stores have been opened
at Aanta Decatur and East Point armies
supplies not embraced In the ration table Post and
bakeries have already been erected to furnish
bread whio every regiment almost every company by
their bakeovens have superseded hard breld.
CHANGES OF ORGANIZATION.
Not only have these preparations been going but
very considerable change has recently been made in the
The First division, Seventeenth army corps together
with all the troops Of That corps the Mississippi river
(except The cavalry and regiments brigaded with tho
Third division Seventeenth corps in the God
been transferred to the sixteenth corps.
The Second division Sixteenth CORPS Brgadier Gene.
RAJ John NJ Corse commanding, has been transferred
the Fifteenth corps, ana by Major General =. Joseph
oserhaus commanding that corps assigned and desg
mated as the Fourth division, Fifteenth army corps
The Fourth division, Sixteenth army corps has also
been transferred to the Seventeenth army corps, and
its late commander, Brigader General more re-
Gently commanding the t'Iaft wing, Sixteenth army
corps" now dissolved assigned TO The command OF
Seventeenth CORPS by s6ulosty Of rank In the tenn.
porary absence OF MsjorGenersi Blair.
Brigadier General Il Woods has been relieved from
temporary command OF the Third DIVISION Seventeenth
army corps and ordered to report General oserhaus
who assigned HIM to the command Of the First division
Brigadier General Z. W. Rice has gone TO Iowa on
twenty days leave Generals Blair and Logan have also
lhe changes among star officer. have been 80 numer.
cus Of late that space cannot be given 70 notice
Other changes in the department and army
\ be made. .14A8 UNE l81
RETURN or EXCHANGED rRsoSsxs-1HElR DETAILS OF suv
Many Of our men captured during the campaign, have
ptabe plight bareheaded. barefooted sans coats and
almost naked. They ali tell tales OF horria suffering and
the ameutabe condition OF prisoners at Anderson
vile, Ga Closely penned, whou: air, naked, or
moa,, shot down for trying 10 catch a breath
OF fresh air at the windows OF their loathsome
dred day is but the half Of the scKenus detail Can.
not our government do something for these suerers
ers are disagresiug exchange these unorunate
are fast being hurried to untimey and unhopored
graves.
Hoods army, IN bilk, what left OF II, Is down at
pont They have small force thrown Ont east and
westward as far as the Chattahoochee river All their
cavalry however are floating about In our rear attempt
Brgader General Knpe United states Volunteers, has
lately been announced Chief OF Cavalry. and Major
po oxcU iJh fDap n
Artillery Of the Department and Army OF the Tennessee
Tie news OF sheridan's late victories 10 the Shenan
alike, received by the troops OF this army with
thusiastic piras and reiocing.
Forrest reported threatening Bridgeport, from
the direction Of Gadscen, while Wheeler is thought TO be
moving towards Rome.
Everything scems to indicate that the coming
pagn n the West will soon open and be an energetic
and brilliant one Can aught else be expected, with
the Hero OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS direct ~
Newspaper Accounts.
OCCUPATION OF TIE AUTHORIZATIONS AS TO
THE REBEL PLAN OF cAxrAIGs-THEIR OPERA
,correspor dence or the Cincinnati, commerc,pI1
arnr ATLANTA, sept. 30 1864
No general change IN the disposition Of the forces has
been made of ate Nothing In the movements OF the
army the extreme front that would be OF interest
is usual durcg rest movements have been prophesed
but az yet nothing has occurred. Meanwhile the army
not ide but the days we'll spent viii be demon
stated when the forces are again marshaied for ad
vance The ouartcrmaster's Department have done
their work wen the clean uniforms OF the soldiers
attest The commissares are supplying the array with
little use furioughs are being granted IN such numbers
as the limited railroad facilities will permit Of.
The dr hours have been wcll spent asd in the march
ing and show OF arevew the old disciplined
though nousht but drilling had been done
FOR ,he months General woods division OF the
FOURTH army corps was reviewed on the 9th by Major
Gsnera ssaney ana dd full credit 70 ,ns'r gallant and
aed from bis wound so ~ 10 be able to his horse
su, was placed II carriage and hauled o tho parad:
pride each regiment 20 IL marched by Reviews have
been held other portions Of the army with equal credit
FAe most reliable in ornaon tha, can be gased from
tended towards Est Point. The army Is rspre.
po. ssod as they have been, and the spirit OF
The army not a. ali encouraging 10 their commasdsrs
They see nothing In the operations of their several
armies 70 give them any encouragement and though hs
ouist OF General shermans array Ia atrbuted-by their
CARR campaign, they re in Il but surs prs.
parstson for another long and successful campaign
reorSssisati0n OF The armies and they know fuli ven
that The long trains OF that rolling shrough
war in abundance. This they are essarcd OF By their
friends, who have been sent from Atlanta TO nd homes
ua accessons 10 the ranks OF this army are i, 10
numbers, while their own is gradually becoming less
In ALL thon, that makes an army foritasc, they know
that General sheFnsns growing usl IL proportion az
they weaken.
since ihsr eyac alton Of Atlantis their supplies from
alabama bavo been tcaEle from West Pont they
taking the rcn from the Macon road and other
ronds and building railroad from GrInn "a pout mid
vey between Atlanta and kacon to west Point. This
new fasture n their operations has gven rise 20 the
port .sst Hood was transferring his army at least
portion OF H. from Georgia 70 Alabama. TO cooperate
with Genern Wheeler Ia bis cErts 70 destroy our line II
Communications This resolve, Il ts claimed, was eS.
cded on by cG Davis ia bis rscsnl vsi, 10 that army
" further asserted that Beauregard has been gives
the command of the army, and ntrGs,ed with that par
tcular mission These are not the rssertons Of Wild
reckless army followers, but are from reliable Sources