The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-09-07
THE WAR.

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twenty-four cannon and fifteen hundred
prisoners. There was very little fighting.
Ii has been about ten days since General
Sherman began a movement, much OF which
is still involved in mystery. One corps of
bis army, under General Slocum, was left
in the trenches in front of Atlanta. The
remainder was gradually Withdrawn form
ed into a long column on The south bank of
the Chauahoochee, and slowly marched
down The river. Parallel 10 the river, and
about eight miles south Of il, is the Mont
gomery Railroad. East Point is eight miles
southwest of Atlanta; Red Oak twenty
miles, and Fairburn tw en.y! five miles south
west. At East Point the Macon Railroad
begins. It runs south to Jonesboro', and
then southeast. Jonesboro' is twenty miles
from Atlanta. But very little intelligence
OF Sherman's movement was transmitted
North, for during almost all the time since
it began Wheeler had The railroad and tel
egraph TO Nashville cut, and there wss no
communication.
Sherman marched his column do vn the
river until the rear reached Sand,own, ten
miles west of Atlanta. BE then swung the
head of it around towards tie east until it
struck the Montgomery Railroad al Fair
burn. From Fsirburn a raiding party was
sent across the country 10 Jonesboro', on
the Macon Railroad. The road was cut,
but no very large force Of the enemy found.
On August 28th General Hood teleeraphed
10 Richmond that Sh erman's line extended
from Sandtown TO Fsirburn, thus being
southwes; of the city, aud Hood at once be-
gan moving his army 10. meet the Federal
advance. Sherman's southern flank march
ed uncPposed up the Montgomery Railroad
from Fairburn towards Atlanta mill he
reached Red Oak, twenty miles from the
city. Here the Confederales met the troops
and they halted. Sherman's southern flank
was then marched southeast from Sandtown
towards East Point, eight miles from Allan
Ia. On Tuesday last, August goth, Sher-
mans line extended from Red Oak north
east along the railroad towards East Point,
and his northern flank was pressing towards
East Point from the direction Of Sandtown.
Hood, finding the enemy south west Of
him, al once abandoned Atlanta, and gave
Sherman battle. A contest began on Tues
day afternoon along the Montgomery Rail-
road from Red Oak TO East Point, a distance
OF twelve miles. Slocum, who had been
left with one corps in 'front.' Of Atlanta, be-
gan 10 feel the enemy in front of him. He
found The city abandoned, and on Friday
morning entered it. He at once announced
the evacuation of the 10 and by strange
coincidence Wheeler was off The railroad
to Nashville just long enough TO allow of
the despatch being sent. Scarcely haG it
gone when Wheeler again cut The tele-
graph, and a veil once more hid Sherman's
operations. Slocun, having the enemy be-
tween him and Sherman's main body, cod
not tell what was transporting at East Point.
He knew a battle was being fought, fer he
heard the cannon, but that was all. Up 20
Sunday morning this was all the intelligence
sent us.
This morning, however, we have later
intelligence. Last evening the telegraph
was re-oPened and a dispatch from Sher-
man himself received. The enemy on
Tuesday, had not Tough, him very despe-
rately, but gradually retreated across the
country towards Jonesboro'. Sherman fol-
lowed hem. He brought his entire army
south OF the No ntgotnery Railroad, and by
Thursday had arrived within a mile oil
Jonesboro'. Here he found the enemy In
trenched. They sent out a reconnaissance,
which was soon repulsed, and Sherman
made his arrangements for an attack. The
Confederates by this time had retreated
from Atlanta, and were dawn up in ltne
on the Macon Railroad. Their southern
flank was at Jonesooro'; their northern
flank al Rough and Ready, a village thir.
teen miles from Atlanta. In front of theil
position Flint River flowed, and The hills
on its eastern side were intrenched. II
was This position which Sherman attacked
on Thursday afternoon. He carried he
Confederate works al Jcnesboro', capturing
ten cannon and one thousand prisoners.
Hood blew up his works in evacuaiine
atlanta, and destroyed some trains loaded
with ammunition. The spoils secured BY
Slocum were fourteen cannon and the ruins
of lhe..destroyed trains. When the works
a, Jonesboro' were carried, Hood abandon
ed his line on Flint River, and by a hasly
march 10 the souihwert moved The portion
Of his army which had been north ofJonss.
boro' 10 the east Of the place. He then re.
treated with all biz forces 10 Lovejoy's six
miles southwest of Jonesboro' on the Fail
ran1 H., H. sA-l- CT
mans losses were twelve hundred FIT,
teen hundred Confederate prisoners and
twenty.four cannon were captured. Sher
man writes TO Stanton ''his army needs
rest, F" and does not seem to attend an al.
tack upon the new Confederate position.
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