The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1864-12-20

which place tney Teacucu etniS uas n
slight demonstration wasmade upon Ma
con this day, by body of cavalry, who
had been operating on the Georgia Cen
tral road from Griswoldyille. s--as1
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER %
An engagements -teek place at Griswold-
Vile, between cavalry merely. but which
resulted in severe loss TO the rebels. A
fight also occurred al oconeee near the
river, also between cavalry Both Gene
raj Howard and General Sl0eums wings
left Milledgeville this day, the former
moving south, toward the central road,
! and the latter crossing the OcOnee. aISA
moving across turnpike roads to menace
Augusta
THURSDAY, FovEMBER pa ~
General H6Iafa Crosses the Oeenee
with his whole force and moves i'll the di-
rection of Millen ht' \ L311s
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %
An engagement takes place at Sanders
Vile near Tenille station on the Central
road The main body Of the army Of
General Howard - isu reported thirteen
miles west Of this place, One portion of
General Slocum's column is reported at
Sparta, and another near. Warrenton,
showing thar his cavalry was raiding, TO
disconcert the enemy yS it arf s..
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %.
The advance of General Slocum's cayal.
liyis repOrted-at Waynesbore' thirty two
miles s0uthIOf Augusta, which was burn
ed. General Foster also started for POGO
taligo on this day from Port Royal
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
General Shermanis announced by the
southern papers as foraging OH the Cen
tral road for the purpose, as ii subse-
quently appeared, of gathering supplies
for the sustenanee Of his troops during
the proposed advance Oh Savannah
THURSDAY, DECEMBER |.
ennhis day the entire force concentra.
! tedSt louisville, the capital Of Jefferson
county, and at the Junction of the Ogee.
chez river and Big Comfort creek 1t is
probable that General Slocums column
Preached here on this day, after abandon.
7 ing all demonstrations IN the direction Of
Augusta, although General Fitzpatrick
still operated on the line Of the Savannah
|
the morning Of --
FRIDAY, DECEABER2
and the advance entered Nillen Oh The
evening of that day. Ttdoe5 not appear
from the Southern papers, that many OF
\ the Union prisoners were at that place
although there have been stories that
there were number, and that they " ere
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probable, however, that they were re.
moved to Charleston, as Millen wa:
I merely a distributing depot, so to speak
for such Of the prisoners as had been So
lected for exchange, and Charleston had
already been designated as point fol
the exchange of prisoners instead of Mil
len. The latest news stated that all the
prisoners were removed from Millen
General Sherman appears not to have
halted at this place, bat passed through
ii after destroying it, leaving his cavalry
to operate ON the line of the railroad
One account. states that the army separ
ated here and that one body went to
ward Augustay but this Is undoubtedly
| incorrect tIs'1a 81 e5zs
SUNDAY, DECE4iBEE l.. r.-. ri
a fight uook place al point which Is
concealed by the rebel papers 6nt il is
Enotsprebable that any success was OBJ
tanned Ii is more than likely that, as
Wheeler was engaged, il was fight twith
part of General fitzpatrick command
On this day Al sharp engagement took
place. at Pocotaligo with General Eos
| ters forces @' 'Ss1s Z brs
TUESDAY, pECEsBEk g. o., p
General Sherman's advance reached
Station Twesnd:a-H Hail, tGuytOn, ON the
Savannah road, twenty five miles from
! Savannah On this day the joint mil
itaFy and naval expedition moved up and
destroyed Pocotaligo bridge on the
ChafIeston road On this day also Gen,
eral Mlpatrick is reported to- hsye had
an engagement With Wheeler al Walk.
ers bridgeevef Bns1 seIeek twenIy-two
miles from Augusta. We may suppose
therefore, that General Fitzpatrick had
destroyed the railroad from Nillen up to
Brian creek, and that General Sherman
had inflicted similar damage upon the
road from Nillen as far as he advanced
t2fhese with the operations of General
Foster and Admiral Dahlgren, isolated
\ Savannah frolnsrsihoad G0r telegraphie
nortS@ au'''-'sSa -.a SrE NY iN'nu TfW : = =
ti2 isLss .s~EDSEsDAY,spE Z. 7Eo
/. On this dsy General Sherman Is report
\ I'd onthe cascade Of the little ogeechee
a very iIfeoasid1able s7branch, Of the
Qgssehee river, % This would place hi'