The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-29
DRUID'S LETTERS. TO-
FROM the New York World.
Opposition TO Gen. Sherman
must be ExPected-...Wh4t
Beaufesard HAS beeeHk7
fng..The Rebels think Il
he Knows Sher.
mans Plans. III ~ "
GENERAL GRANTS CAMPAIGN IN
ITS RELATION TO THE PREVENT
ADV1NCE IN THE WEST. . - ays.

ITS RELATION TO THE PRESENT
ADVANCE IN THE WEST. . - = a,4.
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.-..5s BALTlMoRE, Nov. "a.
The following intelligence in regard to
| Gen. Sherman's operations may be regard
ed as authentic, and worthy Of credence.-
1t comes through southern sources, from
persons who are personally cognizant Of
the facts which they relate. Your readers
will bear in mind that the general impress
sion at tn North has beeD,i that in this
whole affair the confederates have been sar-
prised and outwitted; and that what Gen.
Sherman has done. has been of all things,
lust what they did not expect that he
would do that they expected him to move
in an entirely different direction and that
no provision has been made by the rebel
leaders, for IN Getting or frustrating the de-
signs of General Sherman in this particular
direction. A moments reflection will
convince any reasonable person that. this
| view of the case is necessarily erroneous.-
If such view If the case were correct, it
would be tantamount 10 saying that tho
confederate military leaders had lost that
acumen and that faculty of penetrating the
designs of their antagonists, which has 80
remarkably distinguished, them during the
war and that they were, IN q word, no Ion
ger capable Of reasoning correctly The
fact is, on tue other hand, as | will show
presently, Gen. Sherman isdoing now ex-
actly what Gen. Lee and JEFF. Davis and
Gen Beauregard supposed that be would
have attempted to do two months ago. He
is attempting nothing now that the rebel
leaders did not expect, and have not provl'
ded for. sl,
WHAT FOLLOWED THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA?
Atlanta was captured on the Sd Of Sep
tember, General Sherman did not set out
| on his present expedition till the 10th Of
| November. Here was an interval of two
months, in the very season of the year most
favorable for military operations, because
the roads then were good, and the frhits OF
| the earth were in that condition that
movable column would have needed scarce
" any supplies at all to be carried with
them. What did the rebel leaders do, With
reference to Sherman's army, in that long
interval? Were they idle2 Did they sit
gaping at the wonderful conquerer of At
.lanta, and spend tie time in fruitless con
lecture as to what Sherman would do next2
Let us see.
SECRET COUNCIL OF WAR HELD AT RICHMOND
General Sherman proclaimed an armistce
of twenty days, and President Davis called
a secret council of war, which assembled at
Richmond about the 10th or 10Th of Sep
tcmber. This council met and adjou ned
several times, and did not finely break up
till the LIST of October. 1t was composed
OF seven or eight Of the most distinguished
southern generals, although they were not
all present at all Of the meetings, At some
Of the meetings, ades.de camp of some
generals at great distance, such as McGru
der and Price, were present and brought
with them the views and other important
infornation from these generals At this
council'the plans for the fail Sand winter
campaigns were matured, aud ODE of the
first steps agreed upon was chat of placing
General Beauregsrd in command of. the
military division of the West, east of the
Mississippi, comprising the department. of
Georgia and Tennessee under General Hood,
aud the department of Alabama, Mississippi,
AMI Louisiana, under General TaylOr.-|
E,ry in October General Beauregsrd was
at his new post. .... rn,.....s,
GRANTS DELAY IN TAKING RICHMOND GIVES
BEAUREGARD PLEsTT OF TINE AT THEl
WEST.
The plan of operations adopted by this
council of war was not settled one. 1t |
depended upol contingencies, and it was
owing to this fact that they were unable to
,1,,o Eoal Al
they did finally break up, they were OBJ
iiged to Come toNa CONCLUSION which do. |
pended upon the movements of both Grant |
and Sherman, and for those IN ovements |
they have been waiting from that day to
this. The danger to Petersburg and Rich
mond WAS not yet over. The season was
just the one when. grand.comhined attack
on their capital might be expected! Grant 81
army was known to be IN full force and
| there was no earthly reason why he Sd ould
not make such an attack. Besides, it was
known at Richmond by the 18th Of Octo.
b : that the Sixth and Nineteenth corps
were to be ordered to join Grant before
Petersburg, and it vas IN order 10 prevent
that, that Ear y attacked Sheridan on the
10th. "s' $3.50 a|
WHAT THE REBELS THINK OF THE BATTLES
OF OCTOBER q.
Until it was Certain that Grant badI
abandoned the idea Of grand combined
attack on Richmond, it would net be safe
to detach any troops from that quarter, for |
service 10 the West; and, that did not be
cone certain until after the 9th of Octo-
Der, However, the loyal people of the
North may have been deceived about the
battles fought Oh thai dsy near Petersburg
and Richmond, the rebel. LEADERS, were moth
deceived. They knew what preparations
General Grant made for those battles. They
wete convinced that he intended the bat-l
Ties 81 aaicseF's RIM to be the grand deJ
c'>'s" tatsle Of the esmp.isn; that he :
hoped that that battle would give him