Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-11-11
For the Telaware Gazette.
NOTES IN DIXIE.
NIX.
ATLANTA, GA, October 22d, 1864.


or the isolation Of army life the soldiers Of
the 90 Corps have tor month past enjoyed
be full benefit. The enemy. desperately bent
upon starving US out OF Atlanta, has concen-
tratsd all his energies in one grand effort to
destroy our communications. He succeeded
in badly tearing up the railroad first pear
Marietta. then at Dalton. tie WIS rapidly
purs ned by Gen Shermans forces, with which
he could not be induced 10 give battle, As it
was not his intention to Eight, bat OuIy by
ra pid marches to obtain possession Of and de-
qiroy railroads. He is now driven entirely If
Of it and The communication with Chsttsnoo,
"a is expected to he reopened by to-mHrrow
The troops here are Abuad4nHy supplied With
rations and there is scarcity Of nothing except
forage, of which large quantities have been
obts tsined from the country.
The main portion of our forces having pur-
sued Hoods nomadic army. and the rai'rOa
neing severed city lie" in Atlanta has been
rather mono onous. The citiz ,us, mals and ie-
male. white and black. have almost all decamp
I'd, leaving the town in exclusive possession Of
he ldiery. There remains scarcely y hou-c
1noccup'ed by the troops that is not vacant
while scores of bulldogs OF all kinds are be
! ing demolished 10 make room for the new de-
fences being built This place is doomed L"
the rough uses Of war, and in ihs end there
can be but little left of it.
AprOpos Of foragiug, | might relate some OF
my experiences while accompanying an expe-
dtion for hat purpose. On the ] 6 b inst,
detachment consisting Of three brigadeS Of
infantry, division OF cavalry. and two four
gun batteries marched from this point with
train of $50 empty wagons. The expedition
wss commanded by Col Robinson OF the Sd
Brigade At the close Of the first days march
it arrived at Fiat Shoals, a point on the
South, or Ocmugee river, 8 miles southeast
of Atlanta. Here il became necessary to
choose a strong defensive position and pack
norton of the immense train while the re
mainder collected the forage. The country
was found 10 be half cultured region with
an unfruitful, arenaceous soil, and inhabited
by a few squAlid people OF whom the able
bodied male portion had long since gone to
fight for rebellion. Thsir chief means Of sub
sistencs seemed to be corn and sWePt-pOtatOes,
!; of which there was comparative abundance.
Arriving at tbs localities where theee were
found, detachmen,s Of troops with wagons
were sent into the h,lds aud tbs products gath
cred with as much sang Fl joid as il they had
been planted and raised expressly for " Uncle
Sam" The wagons % fast as loaded, were
hurried back to the general rendezvous OF the
! train While this process was going on arm
ed parties rumsged the country In search o'
. articles Of diet more Savory IhHn those usually
found 10 the army cuisine. lit was amazing
TO behold with what nOuchalapcs that crime
so abhorrent to industrious house-wiiery, viz
robbiug ben-roests, was perpetrNted even by
those somewhat above the rank Of private.
! have in my mind a very ridiculous picture o
! certain diguii-d staff CfHcer galloping into
I eaup with a number Of choice Seleciions
4 from the fes,hered tribe lashed to his saddle il
. sucha way that each one made most extrava
= gAut gyralionS in tae air al every leap OF hi
I horse. A nd such shams" we're very com
mou They extended even to the fOrcible ab
a ducton cf certain quadruped' whose externa
e coverings are similar to the birsuts appenjsRe
e Of the negro, and which it is not considered
II very honorable TO take without the consent Q