, 1864-07-16
TIRE ARMY IN GEORGIA.
The Rebels South OF the Chattnhooa
Sherman Pushing tor Atlanta

The Rebels South OF the Chattahoo.
chee-Our Army Across the I1Iver-
Sherman Pushing tor Atlanta.
WAsHIdGroS, July 15.-A dispatch re
ceiyed on Wednesday night announces that
Gen. Sherman's army was within six miles
of Atlanta.
NEW YORK, July 15.-The latest news from
Gen. Sherman Is IS follows:
CuA1TAsoodA, July 1.-THE rebels burned
the railroad and common bridge across the
Chattahoochee yesterday. Sherman crossed
above and below the bridges, and effected a
secure 1odgment On the south bank. The
rebels have abandoned their strong fortiaca-
tions on the Chattahoochee Heights, being
again ef1ectually flanked. It Is uncertain II
what direction they have gone. Our com-
municattons are In favorable condition.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.l
ELEVEN MILES Fno2 ATLANTA, NEAR CnAT. |
TAnoocHE RIVER, July 8-1P.&.
This morning the firing was confined en-
tirely to tile center aud right, and nothing
but the presence Of @ large body Of troops
indicates that this is the theatre Of fb1oodshed.
THE RAILWAY CARS
are here, and last night completed the track to
our picket EneB, one mile In advance. The rebel
and Fede1hl engines have been exchanging
one mile Of each other. Colonel ". w.
Wright and bis construction train received a
cordial greeting from the boys Of the 4th and
1ith corps
TIE RIVER CROSSED BIZ TIE REDS.
Intelligence just received officially, makes
1t certain that the enemy fA Re retired across
the river, and that there Is nov no longer IN
It 10 eertain that they maintained a defiant
picket at least two and 8 half miles oct from
the river up to 10 a. m.> which, Of course,
must hare been a mereshel1 to cover their
retreat : The cannouadtng this afternoon
Was mostly at the river. In the attempt to
on the opposite side. It can scarcely be
hoped that this can be effected after nIghttall
covers their operations. The construction
train Is already nearly to the river, and en-
gineers are busily employed rebuilding the
bridge over the Woody Branch, d small creek
q few miles this side Of the river bridge.
The thunder Of our cannon must to-day, II
not many days BEFORE. have fesounded
through the streets Of atlanta, since it Ia
only eeyen miles from the river, and 1t Is 9
city set on bill. What emotions It aWak-
ened IL the minds Of its forty thousand IN
they reflected that it was the sound OF can-
non which have, in this camp ign, never Jet
gone back or been put to. silence, but have
advanced steadily two miles and a quarter
per day-and only seven miles to Atlanta-
may, perhaps, be fuaslded-
yAsTSEss OF THE REBEL DEFESsEs.
Too much stress cannot ceaily be laid on
the above subject, In order to bring the read
er to proper appreciation Of the achieve
ments Of this army. Az We approach Atlanta
| they steadily grow upon us-1ine after line
| ID uncovered by our forward march, each
more elaborate and hresistible- -irresistib}e
By all save Sherman's army-than the last.
1magine all the country between the ALA
toona mountains and; the Chattahoochle
! River ploughed into hinge ridges, on an aver
age, once In every FIVE miles -continuous
| cfibs built of rails and poles or oftener Of
huge logs, twelve miles long, filled with dirt
wrenched out from the c1enched roots Of a
Georgia forest, four feet high md six
feet wide, running through the thickest
woods and cleared fields alike, always
| two, oftener three, and sometimes even
| five lines deep, aud Ill finished perfectly and
poliehed. The trenches cut down square and
true, and the parapeta shaped as II with the
square and pl1mmet- You haVe faint
conception Of the mazes Of rebel fortiic1
and flanked it's way thus far into the Confed
eracY. My tent stands tonight within five
! yards Of the huge wrinkle Of earth erected
BY desperate rebels immediately e1ter thei1
abandonment Of kenesaW-the second from
| hours between their first and second main
lines, running along on top Of ridge just
over against that On which were our own
and truly It seemed more the work Of Titans
or internal gods, than Of any mere men
arttl1eFy i R'h las Inspired the rebel imagI:
milton, WINS well illustrated by the numercR Rs
pits dug Just inside the breaatworks AID
roofed over with logs and earth to shed the
fierce iron rain which poured upon item
when they ysnpte slspt aqasas and sasn ; sRsy
plouehea By: our SHELLS a. theY had not beer
ploughed for weeks, and have seen, a-le4s'
| IN one case. an oak tree fifteen inches In d
aueter and quite sound, broken on twenty
| feet from the ground, and the top fJsnG
on The ground, as tue effects 81 stngl,
shell four inches in diameter passing through
it. Who shall dispute the di5cretioor of bur
rowing in the ground when such missiles ar
You should hear the sympathizalr remark
mad. by our boys as they pass these works
which they got BY 9 "bank, Wifhout an
Who worked 60 hard to make. them, an
neyer had the opportunity to fire q musket
shot from behind tbem+ It Ia one of th
humoTaome phases of this gr:uL business Q
makju9 war; and the substantial effects c
marchfne the men by such works, whlc
were won BY strategy and common sense
instead of hard fighting, 30 fae to- cheer tn
spirits Of those who are jatled from the lon
campaign. -
PRISONERS
1T Are reported to have been taken within: q
}, past few dnys to the number OF 500. FL
! humber Is we'll authenticated, as 800 Of tel
were counted In Marietta at one time, az
Immediately after 500 moro on their vi
thlther.
!. To the number Of 20o.were also captured d:
7 before yesterday By the 10th corps. a
!. other goods and chattels the rebefa haTe ga
! ceeded well In ruEaing off betoso Us.
= t not recall any instance where contraoao'
; have been taken, or. have escaped 10 9
!, They are hurried out Of tho country, q y
kept in the rear. diggiug the s4ast disehn ~ :.
r which the rebels always coneiude TO oM Ju
!, one more, after being aanked out OF the O.
4 they then occupy.
Il cuA77AnoocHE. RIVER, G., july 1Q; :
d last night Hardee's corps, which "as t
: lat nnffion Of the rebel army On this side
! he Ghattahoochee, burnt both the raltro