The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-28

His Triumphant March
Through Georgia.

The correspondent Of the Oinciuna,
Gazette furnishes the following interest
, ing details concerning Sherman 3 marc
J, through Georgia:
THE FIRST NEWS FROM SHERMAN.
II On Sunday morning, the 11tb instant
parties from piantstiohs came down, re
porting neavyfannonsdlng in the direction
o. Savannah, and at Fort Pulaski durin;
the preceding night, shells could be zee,
bursting over or near the town. Earl
Monday morning the gunboat Fhe cam,
steaming up from the south. having o,
board Captain Duncan, Myron Amicl
ana ueorgs W. Quinby, three Of .Sher
"au SCOUTS ana The trst OF his courieri
Iesco'0g our lines since he set put from
Atlanta.
cap.ac Duncan brought a dispatci
from Gen. Hj~ard, dated the 9th instant
On the Savannah canal, saying:
ave have had perfect success, and the
army is 10 fns spirits"
The canal referred to is about fiv.
miles east OF Savannah, running from tn,
Savannah river to the Ogeechee river. bu,
II u, go far as business is concerned. Al
| obsolete affair.
Captain Duncan and his companion.
lett Shermao's army at the Savannah CO.
nal, on the evening of the 9th, with writ
ten dispatches from Generals Sherman d
and Howard for General Foster. Thev
embarked in dug and padded dow
the Ogeeehes river. hiding during the
day On Saturday night they foated BY
Fort McAliister and the enemy's pickes
boats during rain storm, and emerged
Into Ossibav sound, where the we're
discovered and picked up BY tbs Federal
sunboat Flag. They passed under the
fridge over the Ogechee river, on the
Call railroad, which was then burning,
having probably been fred by the rebe ID
9 keep Sherman's army from crossing
The ganbost Flag set sal, immed dla.eI,
Tor Hilton Head, and arrived here with
her welcome passengers on the morning
Of Monday, the 18th instant.
The news of Sherman's safety spread
With the wings Of the air, and in al hour
or two flags futtered from many buildings
on the island, and decked out the uumer.
GUS vessels in ihe harbor. Dispstcbe.
we're sent to Gen. Foster. who "a, at the
front at Poeotaligo. He came down i'm
mediately, and soon after, in company
with Capt. Duncan and bis scouts, EN-.
earked on beard revenue cutter for Os
sibaw sound. to endeayor to communicate
With Gen. Sherman. In the meantime
sa lutes were fred from Fort Pulaski. as
given signal 70 arprise Sherman tha. his
dispatches had been received.
Capt. Duncan and his compaqnons du
Uoyage were dressed in what may be con
ssdcred the habits of Confederate citizens.
DOT emitting in their make ups a moder-
ate allowance Of rents and tatters, TO give
their garb sn air Of plausibility. Their
eyes glistened for want of sleep, and they
ate with Gallo vivacity They had not
dared to venture to shore while journey
ing down he Ogechee; and they couldn' /,
eat or sleep very well on the cunboat
Flag, for it must be remembered they are
Western lads, and on salt water for the
FIRST 'lme. In word, they were very
sca.sick.
HOW SHERMAN MARCHED.
These scouts report tha. throua ahou,
the march the army moved in fouf col
unns, Howari On the right, and Slocum
on the left. with cavalry in fdont aud rear.
In this manner, it covered strip of near
ly sixty miles in Vidth. For three hun.
dred miles General Sherman has cut
through Georgia q swath Of sixty miles.
1t would seem that The 'shero turned fu.
gitiye" might have been found sbme.
where in this tract Of 10, coo square niles
If the search for him had been very
earnest.
Immediately after leaving Atlanta, the
column marching toward Macon devsst.
ated the country for miles west of the
Macon and Atlanta Railroad, ia order to
retard the progress Of Hood, should he
attempt to follow in on Gen. Sherman 5
rear.
WHAT OPPOSITION WAS ENCOUNTERED.
Not the least significant and cheering
fact of the march is. that but very little
opposition to the grand raid or rather oc-
cnpation, was met. In their haste to hy,
bridges over the smaller streams, were in
several instances, left unburned BY the
citisens. They were terrified out Of dis
erection, and failed to respond to the des.
pairing appeals Of Generals and Legisla-
tors, to fell trees, burn bridges and des-
troy subsistence In no place was the
road seriously blockaded, and the stores
that were burned were fred by the rebel
cavalry, who were feared by the agricul
sural Geogians as much as the Yankees
The horses were secreted in the swamp:
to escape both parties. We got nearly
all, because the indispensable negro wal
vary apt to designate the spot where ths
coming cavalry nsgs we're to be found
Oar troops had few skirmishes, in all o
which they we're successfsl. II Wheele1
defeated KilpatricE at any time, no on,
in Sherman's army was aware of the fac
when our scouts left it.
THE CAPTURE OF MILLEDGEvILLE.
/ The rebel papers make no mention 0
the ludicrous fact tkat Milledgeville Va
surrendered to onr scouts before the msil
army reached the town. These scout
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