The New York herald., 1864-09-04


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sberman's great Strategic Egovcnent~-
1ne Struggle in ysvcsnia.
We give to-day map That admirably Illus
trates the recent great movement OF General
Sherman. Hoods line, ii viii be seen, covered
Atlanta and stretched along the railroad from
that city TO East Point, where the two railroads
that Eau south OF Atlanta ulite. Shelmans
line was about equal in length 10 Hoods but
as Sherman had to cover with his left thc rail
road to Chattanooga line Of slpplies-hs
I cSuld not stretch out his right sufic ensly to.
resch Hoods tine beyond tho point at which
I Hood held it Had shcruaa stretched ont his
line sufficiently for that purpose he would have
! made Il 80 tiin--haye SO weakened it-tbat HOOD
could probably have broker. it anywhere.
Neither could ls reasonably hope to carry
H9oG's Tines by storm. as TREY we're
rc'l fortified and de'eodcd Il this
/ diMculty, seeing hat time was very
valuable. as determined upon tho bold
movement made. He tbrew back his
| left to the Chattahoochce, fortified one
! corps in q position TO hold liz coDmunioa-
sons, ana VITA the remainder o( lis army
moved by the right, as Indicated II the map.
| Hood was compelled to follow; and as he did
! 80 and while he left Atlanta TO !igl. sherman to
the south Of IT, the corps that Sherman had left
! on Tie Chattahooc5ee moved forward and occa-
| pied the city. No particulars have yet come
| to hand Of the battle between Hood and Sher-
mans main force: but there Il no reason to
doubt the general staten ent that Hood was
badly beaten. Ia all probability lieod formed
| his line OF battle with his old troops on the
wings and his militia in the centre. and Sher-
man crushed that centre and beat the wings
in detail. II is hardly possible to overssate
the effect that this great success will have on
the war; II shakes the con'edcracy to its
centre and staggers the last hope Of the most
vrrlent rebel. In recent article on the war
the London Times named what occurrences
might give us "expectations Of absolute s.ic-
cess'-but it named them rs il would name
what it conceived to be sheer impossibilites.
/ These occurrence were Shermar's success in
! Georgia aud Farraguts at Mobile SherMon' .
success is an established fact, and Farragut, in
the capture OF Fcrts Morgan and Gaines, has
| shown that our force at Mobile is resisted
| only by raw militia that will not fight, and
that cannot hold Mobile any more than il held
the forts in the harbor. We may now, there
fore, even in the opinion Of the London Tines
reasonably expect that eur efforts to put dowu
| the rebellion will be crowned with absolute
| success"
IL Virginia the grea. struggle goes on aad
deepens in interest in proportion with the pro-
gress made at other points; for Virginia pro-
misses soon to be the only place at which the
rebellion can show respectable front. In the
valley Early finds it harder TO get away from
Sheridan than he supposed It would be. The
orders under which Sheridan retired before
Early down the valley, and drew that last OF
the rebel failures all the way to the Potomac,
doubtless regarded the keeping yEaily's force
away from Lee "a Q prime recasaity: and, as
Sheridan carried ont the lci;e. 0. those orders
il his retreat, be is now prepared 70 carry out
| their spirit by battle. SO that Early is kept
away from Lee il matters not low L is done
whether he is kept advancing ia supposed pur-
suit Of fugitive Yankees, or whether be is COM
PEELED 70 stand still for days in Tine 81 battle
lest Sheridan should oyeC.hclm him WITH
his troops IN column on Inc line OF march.
! Just now he is compelled TO stand still
| in this way, and Sheridan, whose abilities
| show better and better every day, may be de-
| pended upon to keep him 20. There is some
Indication that Lee is just now waiting FOR
Early. Lee il certainly preparing for great
move that is doubtless 10 be another attempt
| to drive Grant from The Weldon road though
| il may be an attempt on some other part Of
| Grants long line, which viii he made in
| tie hope TO settle the whole struggle
| by q decisirc battle. such an attemp.
j. IN preparation and Lees necessities
oay will govern him az to thc time when
he makes it. If lie can wait Tor Early he will
b.! in all probability lie VIII rot be able to-
and wc'may hear Of tiis grca. battle at any
moment.
We have hitherto pointed out how distinctly
The movement of Early down TIE vaNey was
blundef. That il was costly hlunder 10 the
rebel cause is now clearer than ever. 1t
would appear on its face almost incredible
that at he very hour when men ot The vita.
points are the great want OF the Confcderacy,