Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-14
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To MAJ. Gen. Dir :

To MAJ. Gen. Din
In recent Dispatch ii was .ncationsc
that Sherman was taking measures to protect
hls communications from the rebel Forrest
Dispatches received last night show the fol.
tilment Of this cxpection.
MAJ. Ten. Thomas wa- sent 10 LnujsyilI.
70 organize troops in his district and drive
,,,rr,,. .-"m our lines while the attention
Of Shhtrnai va, directed 10 the in5Trfuen!.
Of the main rebel army in toe vicinity Of
Atlanta. On the 4tn Of pet, the rebels Nv
captured Big Shanty. but were ioiiowei
closely up by Sherman, and on the 9th a
severe engagement was fought By our forces
under zen. French, in when the rebels
&ere driven from the field with heavy loss.
leaving their dead md wounded IN our
hands. He details are given IN tine following
despatch from zen. Thomas:
NAsRvmLE, Oct Go 80 2. VI.
Hon Z. ". Stanton.
The following has just been received from
Chattanooga Gen. Smith who left here
yesterday, the 5th. telcgmphs that the enc
my retreated last evening from altoona.
moving in the direction Of Dallas. leaving
their dead and 400 70 COO wounded in ou?
hands. Cur loss is about 100 killed and
200 wounded,
Rescca bridge will be repaired by TO
morrow and trains will be able 10 run as far
as Altoona, going via Cleveland and Dalton
Nothing further hes been heard from Sher-
man since my Gispatch YESTERDAY, but the re-
treat Of the enemy towards Dallas indicates
be was close on tleIT rear near Altoona.
have not heard rom Rousseau or Nashburne
to-day. hut presume they are pushing their
loTce- a. rapidly rs tire condition Of the
roads admit. We have had heavy and con-
unous rams for the last Eve day. rendering
Roads and streams almost utIa--a5e
have Just received tie flirvirg from
Gen- Granger, dated Huu,s,i.i,. Bet. 6ta.
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a courier reported dr,wuc! BE- cross
ing Eise river :, IN. He reports ,vo rebels
captured yesterday who say they lett Forrest
at LawrenceburE the night before crossing
South
Gen. MJrgaus advance was diminishing
with the enemy this morning on Skin Creek.
lie had been unable t. cross the creek on &C
count oi high water He bulvs 10 he able
to cross by tomorrow morning, when he
will push them still further Inc Alabama
railroad will be repaired from here to Pulas-
ki in one week.
George II. Thomas. MAJOR General, in an
other AMI unofficial dispatch reports es toll
lows
Tine telegraph Is repaired 20 Altoona to-
day. The action. Yesterday, was severe,
French attacking with It's division. the enc
my, 900 strong, suffered heavily leaving
ms killed and wounded la our hands 20 the
number Of 1000. while We lc-t only 800.
The fight lasted s.x hours altogether. From
florence We hear that Morgan has c,rnered
Forrest and captured his tran portatiou, and
that the gunboar- prevent ali retreat across
the Tennessee
Satisfactory reports of operations in pro-
gre-s before Richmond and Petersburg have
been received but detail, arr not at present
proper for publication. Dispatches from
Stevenson report that officers OF Sheridah's
staff bad Just arrived. Sheridan wss still at
liarrisonburg-su trains were going on
all right, hut occasionally interrupted by
guerillas. the only rebel iorcc on the road.
This officer brought in remains Of Il. J. K.
Mrigs. Of engineer CORPS. only son of Brryet
Major Geuerai Me'gs, -. II. General. lie
v-a- killed BY hurhwhacsers, on Monday last,
while making a military survey.
Gen. Bosccrans reports that Gen Ewing
made good his retreat o. Rolia losing only Il
few -trag.le7s and those killed aud wounded
hy the way. very few 30 number from the
number wounded. The rebel loss viii not
isll much short of l0t0 h1r- du mhat
f. VI. STANTON,
Sec. uf War.