, 1864-07-25

obviously cannot move to his left, beclusa he
would thus uncover his railroad center, tna
objective point OF the. campaign. At the
eame timr, in the event that Johnston at
tempts to full buck, he must make the move
ment under greater disadvantages than any
that have hitherto surrounded him. At Dnl:
ton, Resaca, Al1atoona Dallas and kcnesaW,
his flank was not turned at the timc he com.
MtEced his retlogade. Now. Us understand
the geegz.phy OF the liocs, Sherman has m
adequate force at right angles with John
stoI's line, while the means OF thro wing q
torrt ACROSS the river at any point In front
are ample.
And from the offensive md defensive
strength Of the position, If any one will con-
suit a railroad map Of the country, be Will
which centre at Atlanta are within easy
striking dist .nce Of Gen. Sherman's head-
quarters, and at various points Immense In
jury can be inflicted upon the Confederacy.
The great consideration with an army, ho&
ever, is its means Of supply. sherman's line
The country, Nashville correspondence to
the contrary, notwithstanding, is not able
to contribute much-a few feeds Of uncut
grain for the cavalry being all Tint 1t Affords
The country has been literally eat ont of
house and home, so that the Inhabitants must
either be sent to the rear Of fed here. On
the railroad, therefore, MI the supplies of the
a1my-evers pound Of subsistence, Of forage
and Of ordhance-must be transported. 1t
present this must b. done By a: rough line,
That line IL long, and through the enemy's
country. The tenability OF our present po-
sition. or Of any advanced position, ulti-
mately rcverte to the railroad. Thus fur, al.
though communications have been OCCASION
ally interrupted 1t has been entirely adequate
to the necessities Of the army. The enemy
Will of course endeavor to destroy the road
by tearing up truck, exploding torpedoes
under locomotives, and all the dsTices known
to warfare Of that description.
The road as line OF supplies is safe; that
Is no attempts OF the rebels can result In
. any thing more than temporary intertup
ton. All points where the road crosses
str; ans, or passes over places liable to be
tas1ly obstructed, are heavily fortihed--the
fortifcations being, sufficiently gar1ieoned.
This prevents all such injuries as wonld re-
suit IN long stopPage Of supplies. Then
disposed at such points as the e1ieenctes of
tue service require. In order to still further
provide for m accident that may occur de-
pots of all kinds Of supplies are ut seYer0l
points, 50 that In the happening Of any in
terrupion or where a sudden unforeseen
emergency there will be within reach, and in
al probability south Of the break, supply
drawn. It is thus with good Teasons that
Sherman can advance his army with almost
an absolute certainty that his means Of spp-
ply are sufficient and safe.
have etattd thht the country Is unable to
furnish the army With supplies Georgia was
2,548, 600 bushels Of wheat and SO, ID, 900
bushels Of corn. The part Of the State SO far
trayersed By our army Was as fruitful Of ce-
reals IS any. And other things being equal,
It might have bsen expected that some con
siderable portion Of the subsistence of IN
army conld be procured along the line Of Its
march. During the rebellion great part Of
tho supplies Of that description hive been
drawn rom Georgia. And during the occt1-
patton of the Northern Georgia line, and dur
ing the present campaign the army ut Dalton,
and the army which has disputed onradyance
seuthwart, has been led entirely from this
country. Beside, the enlistment and conscrip-
borers from the tislde.. White women aud
regroes cultivated the felds AID ra'Red the
crops of the last season, with the triflfng as
: sIslance Of exempts, old men, crIpp1es and
boys. We have found the county just
What is the natural result OF such
few fields Of corn now rowing, the popnla-
tion lett at home could lot subsist until
winter. Numbers have not even thcse-are
stripped abso1utelyto the point OF desola-
tlon By the rctr.atipg rebels, and must be
fed BY the North. Such desiitutton and poy-
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truitinl country, Ia found only in the fields
dtso1ated By war.
The majority Of there unfortunate people
are Of the class known in the yernscplar of
pegro+owDers, IS "p0or white trash" not
untrtquently representatives Of the better
md perience, are unfit to be thrown upon
tie world in strange State They cannot
be subEistcd bere aud must 20 to those places
at which supplies can lie easily furnished
MARIETTA July l3, 1861
My letter Of yesterday closed abruptly, at
any rite suddenly. Orders came to moye.
The sun was hot, and the wind blew scarcely
II at all. There VAS dust aud flies and heat,
but the order to move was ieeued, mud the
arity moved. Your readers can understand
the movement, perhaps, from my letter OF
yesterday. In tue morning tue army Of the
Tennessee held the right, ard Cumberland the
he Ensish En- Gen o1e ls
means this: the army Of the Tennessee is to
moyeto Roswell, where one OF its corps, the
11tb, Is, and has constructed T. bridge across
the Chattahoochet; move thence rctoss the
river and southward. It is the old more
mert repeated by Sherman In every field Of
the caupaien. ard alwa,s successful. Like .
GtmblLI. he always bets on the same card.
Before Dalton be sent the army Of the Tcnnes-
see on the flank. When It emerged from
Shake Creek the Dalton line Was Abandoned.
Notwithstanding the rev. hses of our left ard
cent1c, Johnston evacuated Rcsaca when the
18th corps carried tie works on the rebel left
ard the 14th corps crossed the Oost-naula
Johnston lett AdaIrsvill- when his scouts re-
ported McFhereon crossing the ridge towards
bis lett. Having entrenched himself at the
Paes of the Allatoona he submitted
10 the: same ontstde pressure. the
towards Van Writ. At Dallas Johnston was
mabeusered ont Of lis position By marching
the Army of the Tennessee from the right to
and be. ond the lett of our lioe. So again at
tie Kenesaw line, the rebels we're induced
to abar'don their strongest position by the
to the extreme right. From that position 1t
is now moving ugafn to the extreme left.
The Army of tue Tennessee has alaays been
movable column. Whenever flank move
ment was to be Eade 1t received the orders.
1t has vibrated like pendulum from one
1enk 20 the other Of the grand urmy-march-
ed nearly hundred miles more during the
campaign tran aDy other corps, fought SIS
ojttn, Killed and captured as uany rebels,
aud made smaller Official lists Of killed aud
wounded. As l write to-day, It is st artiug,
at. midday, on another flank morement,
while their comrades stand still behind the
river and the works.
All this might be in bad taste was
1t not tor tn flcts. In the first place oEe of
your contemporaries In its elaboratc leader of
III: 9Th Instant. on Sherma1's campaign gives
the whole credit in words and tirares,'' to
the Army OF the Cumberland,n~ while its
Nashville correspondent can find no one In
the field but Hooker and Thomas. Nor Ia 1t
alone. Other papers continually e1aggerate
IN favor OF the same command. Secondly,
all I hare suggested in this connection is nb.
solutely correct Soldiers read your papers,
tbetr comments upon the campaigns and
battles, and ore. as much interested in the