, 1864-11-24
SHERMANS MARCH.
Reauregard and Hood 0utwitted.
Fifty Thousand Union Troops En-
Route for the Atlantic Coast. .
Their Probable Destination SaYan-
nah or Charleston.
They will Visit Macon, nfii1edge.
vile and Augusta.

Il
vile and Augusta.
Correspondence Of the n. T. T1mes.l
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Wcdnesd az, Nov IL, 1864.
To the country at large, the mystery and
secrc6y which have envclopcd the situation of
sberman's army, especially after the afair in
the valley south Of Lookout Mountain, at
which place our advance was actually crowded
upon the euemy's rear, have given rise to
grave mfsappreheusi After the affair In
The valley, although myselfand others, sup
sketches Of his operations NIL through North
crn Alabama, we maintained IN nnk1nd 81
lence in regard to Union movements. The
rebel army Of Tennessee, under the guidance
Of its old commander, dashed through North
crn Alabama, without impediment Of pursuit.
Losing sight Of Sherman, who 1ad been so !
coasoied themselves with Tie impression lint
trap was being projected, aud that short
time must elapse before the announcement Of
an Overwhelming defeat Of Beaurcgard's army
would be made public. But the American
people are qutcr-especially in war times.
da s9qa oisofs sec a5} RgeS gSs To-
our possession nearly three years ago they
could see Dick Taylor's forces at Big Bear
Creek, acting as an army Of observation ; and
t.cy could hear the guns Of Forrest thunder
ing away at Johnsonyillc, small town only
IS miles distant from the State Capital Of
Tennessee. But they conld hcar nothing Of
the redoubtable Sherman. Their high hopes
and sangulne anicipations were turned to
anxiety, and their anxiety to misapprehen-
sions and grief, and In silence they questioned,
s'Nhere is Sherman, and what Is he doing!''
As it Is now no longer secret, I will tell you:
Poo5 Hood Or poor Beapregard. Or poor
euchcred, in the first place, and now Sherman
il making march.
When Gen. Sherman transmitted the dis
patch to Secretary Stanton, in which he stat
cd his troops required rest, he told the truth
but be did not mean to give them o taste of
1t Ut Atlanta. Sherman does not believe in
While pursuing Hood, didn't he telegraph
Stanton to the effect, that his army was in
motion, adding that 1t was better for the men
than lying In camp? Had Beanresard's g army
confronted Sherman. instead Of making bis
the 'trcst'' which the latter had promised to
Lis victorious army, would have ceased to ex-
ist before this. Long before the tnll Of At
1anta, Gen. Sherman remarked many times,
that the Gate City was not the objective point.
never learned that he named any particular
place in the Southern Confederacy as his OBJ
1ect,yc point, but the impression became rife,
early in July last, that it WAS not Atlanta.
Immediately after the fall Of Atlanta, and
while Hoods army, in state Of semi~demor-
alixation, lowered around our frt'nt, was III
formed upon good authority, that there would
be . winter campaign. And, really, hid not
the barriers been removed, By the withdraw
al Of the lebcl army IF Tennessee, General
Sherman would hare made an attempt, at
least, to lave forced himself Across the Cot
ton States. This WAS The programme. This
is the programme-and more than sixty
thousand national troops are already march,
fptr thr,lufrI, f1r1rrrin
Gen. Sherman, you will rccollcct, pursued
the columns of Bcauresard quite up to the
Alabama State line, The latter, with all
possible speed, at this juncture, hurried his
sorclJ pressed troops vest, as II the prince Of
exi! spirits were In Lis reaE with sharp stick.
t'Ioutant-" Almost simultaneously, General
Sherman urged his army east with, Of course,
eo1ne grand p, oject in view, and in eight days
subsequently had his army upon the railroad
between Kingston and Rome, with headquar-
ters st the former place, situated upon the
Tennessee and Chat tahooche rivers. This
was t1rstxate for Sherman, but mighty bad
for ''Parley.
Here, at Kingston, preparations were i'm
mediately made for The coming campaign.
The first information received concerning
fused me. ! learned one day that orders had
been issued to the 20th corps, which had been
left at Atlanta, to cease work upon the forti-
flcations. Tho lady who has the permit for
ehipphs all suffers goods required in the
a1rn3s6as advised that her stores must be re-
be cvacuated and destroyed. Upon the same
day ! learned {Hliat was 3act} that orders
had been issued to the Chief Commissa1y of
the al1ny to send to Atlanta with all possible
haste thirty days' rations for sixty thousand
men. These Items Of information pat me IN
qrandaEv. The idea ef sending two mil
, lions Of ra11ons to city that was to be de-
stroyed, nonplusscd me- and I Immediately
sought to solve the eniginaticsl reports, and
found that their character was not 20 nntipo-
dal rs thcy seemed. I nscertnincd, what
; have kept quiet until the 1'cat jumped" and
nov propose 10 tell ron, that the expedition,
composed OF the 14th, 18th, 10th. 18th and
2oth corps, aud hilpatrick's cavalry, Is on its
way.
The expedition commenced its march upon
The evening Of the 18th inst, with division
Of Kilpntrick's cavalry, .rdcr Gen. McCoo!zz,
AID the Goth Corps, Gen Slocum, in advance.
Ibis advance WAS to proctcd slowly in the d.
18th Corps, Gen. 5cn. c. DAVIS. The Army Of
tie Tennessee, Gen. Howard composed of the
18Th Corps, Cen. Logan, 10th, Gen. Smith, ind
18th, Gen. Frank Blair, lcfl Kingston three
days before for Atlanta, tearing up the rail-
rod Us 1t went along. On the nth the Eto-
wah bridge was destroyed, and from thence to
the Chaitahoochee tie work Of destruction
was complete. Almost the entire railroad
track w::s removed, and the rails twisted up
and wife injured all the important store
houses urd dcpots were burned, and the cul-
verts md masonry blown up. The lmmenec
burned, and the foundations blown up.
Every thing was in readiness at Atlanta to
make good the destruction of that town upon
the arrival Of the Army Of the Tennessee,
and, In all probability, the Gate City, so long
+ the fountain head Of The South for the pro.
duction Of munitions Of war, Vas sent reel
ing to ruin On the 14th inst The torch was
to be applied to NIL public buildings, manu,
factories, and store-houscs, and everything
| liable 10 he transferred to rebel use. which
would not burn, Tas to he blown up, includ
| ing the railroad buildings md other railway
Accomplishments IN the center Of the city.
| The Army Of the Tennessee WAS then to re-
sumo its march, and will, no doubt, make .
| junction With the advance in q few days
While this work Of destruction was being per
| formed. q detachment Of men operated ID like
| manner toward Chattanooga, and will, ut
| doubt, burn the bridge over the oostanau1e at
Resnca, and fali baek nnd n iortay neaf oFh tn
{! Dalton. lido not know the entire programme
10 be carried out by Gen. Sherman, neither dc
! ] know positively bis destination. The lattel
; may depend somewhat on circumstances
After touching at Macon, think ne ~nl sc
| northeast. Andersonvilie is only short dis
tancc south of Macon; but, If the rebels sue
cccd in removing our prisoners from tha1
point, as they probably vii, visit In thai
direction would be Of no earthly account.
As 10 the strength Of shcrtnan's army, It L
not, contTaband now to state that be has
$1,000 yeterens with him., 900 Of whom
Fitzpatrick.
sherman has thirty days .rations for mau
md beast. 1le goes finely equipped In every
particular, His scout system and courier linz
is SO complete as to guard against the posi-
bility even Of failnre. The country through
which he goes is 'abundantly supplied with
meats and bread, and is d sandy country,
traversed by but few streams. Fit rains 8
week on 8 etrctcb, it dries up or soaks down
into the clay in Q few hours. After arriving
at Macon, be will probably go to AIilledge
; vile, Where he will divide Lis army, sending
to Augusta, he will fortify tho latter place
and after reeSi,ing supplies up the sayennah
or Charleston. The programme, if carried
ont successfully, completely demollslcs The