The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-26
The Movement Of HOOD.

rections, tho Columbus .Snn states Upon The
authority ofthe news agent at the Front tbas
the army Has marched d distance Of one hun. s,
Edred and fifty miles ip fourteen day., and .tiaE e
its numbers have inereased aid is spirit Id! =
prove Under these rapid nafshes "a pbf-
tionso the army I've viii nit sly What poriDHy
nor specify particular corps, for reasons whibR
are sobyioas), marched along tbe SHE rood
and have destroyed many sections Off. Bat
little fighting has occurred, the orders pro6as
Ebly being 10 mafcharound all strong garrisons,
but to strike and deseoy the, 9road betHeen
| them. Itis understood that General Beaure,.
gard ia With the army, and thasths is inspiring
! its moyements. 4
+ The special correspSpdentsof the 4A9rert;ser,
writing from jacksonville on she 17th, gives
ds' the details of.be capture Of Dalton by Gez
cral Hood, on the 18th Instant, together With
sofne other particulars of the operations Of our
army is Northwestern Georgia. Tho news is
cheering, and will serve 70 relieve the anxiety
Of the public as TO what has been going, ons Z.
JACKSONVILLE, October IL. !, :,
Ge1eral Hood invested Dalton on list Thurs-
day, and at once sent ina Aag Of truce and
demanded its surrender. C,,luuel j JolInsorf,
the Federal commander, came in person to see
our General. "Y'ill 5ou," said the Colonel.
"treat the gurrison as prisoners of war, if I
surrender p "Nn, sir'' "Wilr you parols
it?" "No, sir; will'allow sou Eve minutes,
.fu surrender, and if not COMPLIED with, i wilB
put the garrison to the sword" The Colonel
observed that the terHis we're hard, but that
he would surrender, which was at once dane
The prisoners captured were AS f,Ilews: $50
negroes in Yankee uniforln; gg5owbitc soldier,
une battery Of six .gnns, field artillery, aud so
cagalryys tiigytaesSvisI seyasai enns4mnunted
iu thesforls, large Guantify Of Stores, aisnus
pition, saddles and bankers g 6 4. !.
The negro soldiers we're ut once dsiscsted of
their blankets, sovercoufs, shoes. hats, and ID
many cases, their breeehes, and, under q strong
guard With horse whips, putt gork teor;ng
up the railroad. And this nsery garrison ssse
the reason that General Hond refused their
white Colonel thcsordinary terms Of capitula-
ton. As general thing, the men Of the
army were in favor Of hanging the last oncEof
them ON. the nearest limbs, and as it is, IL is
very questionable if ,naay of them a.e carried;
far as prisonerstof war.
At. 1ilton Ne captured $50 men n without
firing a,gun. At Dug Gag, Minor. Falcoucr,
Adjutaut Geueral Of the ariay, and Major
Clare rode out for the purpose:of, making
reconnaissance. They. saadeifiy came upon q, !,
body Of the enemy and .sheayy yolley vas,
fired at them. Majnr r. was, snot through I
the thigh and Clare horse killed oDder him.
The courier reports than Col Beck, af thes28d
Alabamn vas killed, butsdoes NO. state how
or where. ~ 8, a
After Patton was captured portion OF our
army,was sent to make demonstration upon
Resaca, which is strongly garriscped, and thess
remainder sentstowards Chattanooga, xhich Is Z
garris4,ed by six thousand negroes and white
men, chiefly negroes. haadIy think; how. !.
ever, fiat any attack will be made upon that
place. as il can be easily turned by the army
crossing the river. Well, you will find OUT.
before q great while. ~. .,.sf .,,s,.,F
+ Whilst all this was going on on the iailroad,
two brigades Of our cavalry were amusing the
great and immortal hero and strategist, W. Ts.ii
Sherman, with, his whole army at Rome. Hef
drew up his army in front Of that town in reg-,,y
ular liue of battle array, threw up entrepchr Il
nicnts, put out 6unkers and skirn,ishers made.
all other neees sary arrangements for general
pitched battle, thinking that Hood was: there
with his s,whole strength of rebels Our. .cayal,s,
ry, however, gave hlm u fight which lasted two,
days, aud when whipped they retired with. coli q,
orS flying. The llth Texas andi2 lst. Arkau,.
sas Regiments greatly distinguished themselves 3.
in. that battle. Il IS ss { = IS
: The courier from Hoods headquarters re-
ports that Forrest had captured train: on t.s
Nashville and Chat,apoose, railroad with eight.
millions. greepbacks. Hs said il vas freely q
talked OF Ut Headquarters and generally be-ei
'lieved. The news needs confirmation. {. st.s
The spirit Of the army excels anything everi
heard of sA,.s 81