Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-08-11

arsenal and depot, at least preventing any r.info,o
ment being sent from that quarter to Lee while Sin
gls was to move from Memphis toward Ohattanooaa
covering Sherman's communications and nrsvart;5',
any dangerous interruption of his supplies Nor,hn 10"
through Tennessee and Kentucky the raiiwava To,.
guarded by large bodies of Western militia called OF
iCr hundred days service. The forces emDoyed in
these operations numbered fully two hundred and f
thousand men, of whom one ralf were urder Shsrr22
immediate command.
at The beginning of May, Grant proposed to breaL
up at Cupeper, where he lay few miles north of Lee
rapidly by his left east and sou h 10 the ;n;e,
of the Fredericksburg and Richmond and Virpoia q "a
trail railways, thus getting between Lee aud Rich
mood and threatening that city from the nortbWsst
while Sige was TO advance down the Shenaudoah ond
with the cooperation of Crooks and Averl, des,ro
Lees communication with Western Virginia and Fen
nessee, capture Lyuchburg and the supplies gather
there, aud to break up the railway lines west Of Rlh
mond simultaneously Butler and Smith were to ascend
the James river destroy the Petersburg "a way Capture
that CITY, break up the Danvlle and RIchmord ne ard
lnsoae ana threaten the Confederate clpsl from he
South. "Ihe best laid schemes OF mice ana m, n oano
oft agile" In the West Sherman, by dint of numberS
made respectable progress Johnston compelled hin,
however, to pay dearly for every mile of advance gL
ing him wherever the ground Was favourable h I'm,
immense loses him at triang cost dexterousiy evd
log all his thanking movements thrasbtg him hand
somely at Rasaca and Dallas and faaly bringing him
to siandstil north of Marietta where the two armes
confront each other, Johnston Offering battle aud
Sherman seeking to avoid it.
The operating expeditions in this quarter have o
miscarried La the Trans Mississippi district Bark.
and Smith defeated with enormous loss 10 M
guns and materials thirteen Thousand pris jners twee
tyseven armed and transport steamers fiy SIX guns
aud over two thousand wagons were among the trop1
les OF the victories IN this campaign. TIE pracuc,l
results were tine recovery by the Contederaes OF the
whole OF the States of Texas Arkansas and LolisiID9
except New Orleans, Little Rock, aud few +agIlor,
ports.
The expedition which went out from Vicks5urg wa
repused ard driven back that which issued from
Memphis decis!veiy defeated, with the loss OF more
tnan half lis numbers, aud nearly all ts arms artillery
and material. WITH the exception VI few utm i
psts The Contederates have recovered the whole u
Mississippi and tie river OF that name is IS bi.ch
I'D, d communication is established more bswrel
the seciors Of The UOntederacy aa1 SAP.
plis Ieey pass from one side 10 lhe other ho.gaG
n4d made successful RAID mo Kentucky, a0d FJ&C
is ng 10 fI CO against Tie Federal dcpo aud
OF communication III Tennessee, while Wheeler t.
factoaly stopping transportation between Sherman G4
DIS base OF supples and gcand depot at Chattanooga
Il the Hast the c4muain has been buG little more
successful SIge was defeated, ard Hultlr lis SUI
than tearing up few miles Of railway ard rava-
ging the cou TRY through WHICH they passed.
Bauer and NTH defeated with leavy l)s and
compelled to entrenCh themselves ut B,ruHd4 Hdadttd
under cover OF the fire ct the gnnboals. Sheridan
raid first 10 destroy the railway communications
OF Richmond, and AVeril failed completely, Chlctug
little beyond the dlnnu ion Of his tolc3 ore a.
aud the exhaustion OF the Temalnder.