St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-24
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FROM SHERMAN

'' CINCINNATI, Nov. ~
The Times correspondent with the
army OF tire Tennessee, dated on the
18th, says: One column Of Gen. Sher-
mans army is taking the Macon road,
and viii pass through nli)iedgevillc and
| will probably make an effort to release
4 the Union prisoners. A second column
left on Saturday last, taking the direct
road to Augusta, whica place will be
reached in fourteen days. Two COL
umns will concentrate here, and move
| on Charleston, Savannah, Or Beaufort,
which Was the original destination.
The Macon and Augusta railroads
will be effectively destroyed as the ar
my proceeds.
Sherman carries sixty days rations-
bread, beef aud cattle-and will depend
on the country for other sustcuance
The Georgia militia are few in num-
Der, and Hardce has about 1000 be-
sides militia, at Savannah.
This correspondent states that the
army consists Of four corps of Infantry
and ten thousand cavalry, in all AZ 900
men.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.
An Atlanta letter of the 10th to the
Herald mentions the arrival of an 'es-
capped Union prisoner from Anderson
vile who confirms the statement of
rebel atrocities towards prisoners, and
who also states that in travelling
through Georgia he found that barvcs,,.
had been gathered, barns and ware
houses were tillcd, and but few rebel
soleicrs in the interior, showing there
is plenty to suhsist an army upon, while
but little resistance can be offered.
! a Chattanooga correspondent of tie
Herald, dating the 18Th, sta cs that he
| has just arrived from Atlanta. All the
| arscnals, 1oundries AID railing stock in
Atlanta, had been destroyed al the
factories, mills and fountlries, from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, and several
| miles b' yond, arc DESTROYED, the ,ail-
roads Quilted, torn up, and all the iron
| put beyond use, or brought to the rear
! Atlanta is no longer Of military i'm
portancc, and the country for miles
! around it is wasted beyond all l,ossibil-
.ty OF service to the rebel army, At
lanta is in ruins, and its streets will
| soon be oyergrown with grass. For
weeks trains coming north have been
filled with government stores and ref
ugses, aud the scenes at the depot have
been those Of confusion and suffering.
Another account says Sherman had
his headquarters on Monday last at
Kingston, with the l4th corps. He
had issued an order telling the. troops
they were about to pass through a
country heretofore unoccupied by Ell.
Their army, and they were expected to
subsist on The country, taking all hor-
SEES and mules within reach go
Eris> =:r~, .ss.l-i!,,.~. BuFrAIo, Nov. 81,
Major General Berry,: chief Of artil-
lerys of. Major General Sherman, arriv-
ed here yesterday seriously ill from an
attack Of erysipclas. =, lie left General
Sherman at 9 o'clock on the morning
of the 18th at Kingston Ga. He says
General Sherman: has every infantry,
cavalry and artillery soldier he wants.
! The men here all received eight
months|pay. Their outfit has been es-
pecially adapted to a hard and rapid
winters campaign, and the morale of
the troops is unequalled. The genius
and vigor of Sherman will. carry the
army triumphlantly through the work
it has to DO. On Monday night last
Hoods entire force, including Forests
cavalry, were in the Immediate neigh
b,rhood of Tuscumbia and Florence,
and watched by body Of troops under
command Of Major Gen. Geo. II. Thorn!
as, Of such strength as will render the
Invasion Of Tennessee an impossibility
and even the withdrawal of Hood for
service elsewhere an operation Of ex-
treme delicacy. l..... ..... ..s.
In the Rebel Senate resolution was
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