St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-04
PROM sIIERMAN'S ARMY.

In last weeks issue NJ pahalshsd. m in
.terestinr letter from NM coyresp ,ndent
l..plxie. mo swi,hG Ell. shermsai pshi. adj
vance movement. NJ il a1ha, tef esAgrat-
ul..ioRb both to osssselvss md RIDERS that
wsha I'd .ndoslsvh o ssssals to I'M
ae.sr,sstai,d just Vhat those ii home With to
hear from the army, end whose style is adj
mired for its ease and sprtghtsiness.
From a private letter Of a later date,
July 18th, written from Maasetta, Georgia,
We make SEVERAL extracts: J. r 4
"a number Of tie Battery boys Ca Min
nesota Battery who we're left when We
went North, came to see US 4 fen days ago.
They are in an Illinois battery. All are
we'll, Coal,hara was among the number.
The boys, some fifty in al. ARE, anxious to
get back to Us agan, but l hardly think
they will until the present operations are
finished. They have been through the
campaign SO far without 4 Scratch.
One Of the boys, Townsend, OF 'Anoka, las
fred : PARROT gum Ave hundred and TWEEN
ty-one times up 10 date. The six PARROTS
VIC left have been condemned as sronp out,
by reason Of the ve.t being burnt out from
constant firing. They have the Rodman
3-inch now. ''' s' .. - >'','
''Three weeks ago We we're laundering
away at Kcnnesaw mountain jnst few
,,:1n. xr-nst - AZ "a .lx> .,,,., =,
is on the Chattahoochie river, some eight
miles from here, and few more distant to
Atlanta. Three weeks ago this fine IN IN
| sion Of Col. Roberts in which l am writing
and in which we a,axe lived for wo days,
was. occupied by its owners. What a
change! Mus: be seen t. to realized. IT'S
| stripped of everything movable. The
garilens.a orc laid waste, the fences and or
nau,cntal arbors and framework have been
burnt to boil coffee for the Yanks and cook
their meat The wells are covered with
names Of soldiers, and coarse pictures
scratched on with cha, coal. The few ne
3roes have gene farther South, and lesola-
*ioa reigus supreme. This is but one Of a
hundred just like it.. The army moves.
Sherman has the confidence Of the troops
He has an immense army. -
"This campaign-the piercing Of the very
heart of the rebellious States-is of equal
importance with that Of Gen. Grant in
the East. although We may not have had
such desperate fighting NOT lost as many.
| The same plans and tactics have been pur-
eaed by both-*'The Thanking Principle"
hardly think this mode of procedure was
ever 50 fully tried AUD tested by those ia
king the offensive before The soldiers un-
aerstaHa it when they march up t. '.John-
| ny's hemp . dirt and in the night throw
up q parallel within short musket range
and lie there With their heads below tho
parapet and tell the story of the old woman
at Resaca wlre became indignant because
we thrau nm .rorLs l.Il A.l.:.-l- al-.-- 49,.
said: sOasans say youans don't light fair.
rouans aarsent come right up; to weans
but 60 around edgeways aud fink U.S.
The old lady added another word to the
army dialect, ''1inkt." well partner,
what's the matter!' ,"Oh, tried to fink
a shell aud it .fink'' me on the left taking
off part Of my left wing. 4 :. r. -. !1'.2
''The cars keep close to the heels of the
army. The skirmishers will be POPPING
away in front and the locomotives will
whistle as they come up, whereupon the
boys cheer Justify. Just before the army
advanced the rebels laid new rails from
Kingston to Dalton and that portion of the
road is good, but ta,is side Of Kingston the
rails are much worn: They took away all
the rails from this town and within a few
miles of it, We have, however, relaid the
track and supplies are accommodating. To
give you an i'lea how much the line Of COM
munication is interferrcd with, an engineer
told me that thirty.six locomotives had
been run" off til: track, broken, disabled;
and many wholly destroyed, since the ad-
vance commenced, to sny nothing of cars
~ "AA" S'""'"ou W OuCn IL the scar
city Of locomotives that the Nashville road
had to furnish somo to pnt on this end Of
The road. presume you have heard that
since the rebs. have used torpcdoes to blow
the cars up. Sherman sends a car load Of
rebs or residents over first. 'a'oi :. 5'f;' "
cat some parts Of our lines the pickets
stand on. the bank Of the river and Johnnie
opposite. The following took place day
or tw. ago: "Hallo Yank 1! We have been
reinforced lately" said a rebel, who came
down without his gun to get drink. .'You
have, ell" replied Yank, cautiously, fear
ing n joke. ayes" replied Johnnie, ''been
reinforced by Sherman with two corps u
The reb. alluded to the 4tfi and Esd corps
which had just succeeded in getting over
the river on their side. We can . see the
spires Of churches in Atlanta, from 4 hiil
near town. 2S'.'' z51a'&jS;zs 5'-9ass'. ~ .@a
""On the 18th, the Cd Mimi Reet. return
ed from tile extreme front, and ia,rc at this
date doing provost duty in Marietta, Ca
CO... Bishop being cohffnahder Il The Post.
They have lately received about one 81 hun
bred conscripts, which With the new re- q,
cruifs rendered them dhft fopr active seq s1
vice until they are drilled. %''s''sa % n"ot';
About Tie time 81 Sherna1s occupancy & ai nv