The weekly sun., 1864-08-06
SGENERAL SHERMAN.
Interesting Uctnllr Of ilr Int Movemen nta.

interesting Details Of the Late Movements
The advance Of General shctman's army fror. the
ch,ttsaoochee To Peach Tree Creek. a stream a
~ miles north Of Atlanta running uo.,ward
70 tho 'hatahoo, nee, wa fosis'cd hy rele skirm-
is5cb, who fred from tho cover of trees, logs AM
f'fl-' lhc iHt Of our iorce- ctoss'd the river on
IN. l9h OF Julf, and that and the follow ing day
devoted ~ rettinr the amy IN line The weather
ine for military ore siion- the air trins croled
bv refreshing showers tiat fcd nlino-s every DAY.
The country Tor the first four mcs -ou,' OF the river
ie.emhies the Altoona ransc the north bank end 10
ragged and broken. con--ius OF h- and Iavinc- for
ths most part covered with opl. when our advance
'e'ched ,Ae North hank oficach free Greek. on the
10Th the rtcl- s,,o dirco, etcd st'onsy posted on
Tho or's-itc 'co, trl narifestl d,o-itiou 20 dis
pu' the crof.ine. Notai'h-tanfiuc ths portions Of
roneral. Ito, ards and schofer- colrs established
thems.yes toa crds eNeLnr the south hank Of the
river, Whlle General Mcfherson. with the lon wing
tho Army OF the lrunessee--vas executing another
Of HE sp.cud,d flank movements IN the direction of
etono Nou tain a strong position niie,u mi,.,,.t
oi NlNtA on tAo Augusta and Charlie .ton HSirond.
6rcr1l MciLCr-ou'r forces th. if-t the
tha mhoochoc. AMI vt once swung round 70 within
two uilcs ot Stouo Mountain. who're he drove
away the rebel. who were euridine the railroad.
aud tore rp the tinck Ou the 18Th new had
been received from Atlanta OF tie removal
of General Johnston and IN. appointment of
General Hood u command the fcl"i army, AsoWel-
Is Or the pltI0-e OF syins battle. and the army wa-
at ouce cyciicd 20 cuthu-iVusu the prospect Of the
coriln. oonie-t. On III. 1911, while Gcn.rh pl-
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same moment. II any rortlon of ,h, line v,yercd
under the trst furious shock. i, ir,tsn,lv
f,f,,,r,i md fon.ht with iu,r,.a.ed epcrrv
Gcuerd k1ip,'s bd,sdc Of Es.,c,n rolti,ts
comrci,d In hravcr. .iih Robinson. We.,.
can bo.. and .urrof.cl ci.b otter. Three Irl.
esd,a. which corir.,i General Williams, JIvi.io,.
d,.tiufuish,d IONS. We. eminrntlv. Tho tat,lc
then rolled over towards P.lmo'. corr- and ,oyni,
ught an iwmrn.c rebel tore, conuose,it l. .up,o.ci
Of half ineir entire amy wa. massed acainst these
two corp. In lnst de.pera.. ,t'onpt to hr,nk tler,
IT.. lines stood hrIn and At nisht the enemy with
dfru suiicn anl di-comt,tci leaving thcir dead In
! hundrd. on the field ~ cafnaco. In thi- ltue
| General Hooker covered him.olf with f,,h
glory and m.tited anew tho cout6enc. of the nation
II vas the most decisive victory OF the ca,n,nlrp
Our 70 al ioesc. Amounted to two thousand pine p,
ly in Hooker. corIt- ns II FOUGHT in the oncn toIF
The enoiy iost one thousand kl!el and i've thou-
,and iu wouuIcI and prisonurs Thr.e rebel hrisa-
/ dior. .cnelu- Long, Stephcus aud Neather.tore-