The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-12-31
Army Correspondence.
NEAR SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec, II, Isl

!
VIII ,sea.. ,s,ssts--ress eff thc-ca.assiun- ~
fast rs can finish it. | take notes as We
march alouseand then have to write them out
when we get to stopping place.
| You lnay publish the whole or such parts
as ,you.nlay see fit. =
! = We arrived before this city the 18th inst
and will probably be here for some time. We
will have another Atlanta before US. Our for
lces captured TT Nc Allister yesterday after a
rs ninnts dash. Ns,.,.
Nor. lOM.-Several more of our men were
captured to-day. Quite a large band of guer
rilas kept lowering around the sicinityzoi
I Kingston for the purpose of picking up our
/ toragersa ard straggleps. z Thus far allwe have
snpposedito be L He'd. All these los.
| scs are more or less the result OF want OF
-ee.'el discipline among THE troops There !.
nothing more demoralizing to an army than
loose system OF. toraging. For tire sake OF
! plumber, men will venture ont, in small squads
or alone, miles from camp and thus expose
! themselves to all the dangers of an intensely
! hostile community. 1t is notorious, thai
nearly all the captures made by the guerrllas
! from our division, have, thus far. been sus
| tanned BY regiments and detachments Least
{ tenacious about good discipline
! Nor llM.-This morning the 10Th H..
anG part Of the DIST Wis. Rers.. werc sent
out with a train Of 10 wagons on a foraging
, expedition. We moved out on the Dalla,
| road in Il soUtheasterly direction about =
miles from Kingston. We took the same road
/ taken by.a similar detachment Yesterday, and
/ who We're attacked by the guerrillas, one and
| a half miles beyond Dallas, and lost f1ur OF
! their wagons and six men. In passing thc
/ place where they were attacked we saw The
! captured wagons still hv the roadside Tho
! rgLe!s cut the mules from tie wagons and
! tnrH CI"iIr-u JHv sI'y'--- - r -,
/ two 10 each wagon, and, then, put out will
/ ,he mules. Ia going oat Snd Returning ",
J passed thr- ugh the former toxa Of BalIns Il
! was p,tiah,e ight Every Lo,,s,, had t -
! burned to the ground, and the streets were
strcwed with the fragments or broken flrni
( ,ur,. crOckery, &c. Nothing remained t..
> TOW. e NAKED ch.mucys, or crumUliug wal,
whi-, stood around a. monuments Df t't
Jreacaery 90 her people.
4 Sc approached the ruins Of the town
,le place s~armel with blzzords, wLiaI
I would i.a mp bcioc. Us. as we moved f.1u
street 10 street. aEd. in solemn gui,tue,s. hove.
! around 0.-rvur Aea Is a; wAiie, and then ali-ht
again behind Us on the naked walls or chin.
ney tops. They did not seem 70 be feeding OH
anything ha' sinI'g sitting around gazing up
. on ir..r..-..
n..'..,. 81. l.,..;,.:.. ,.-..,. MOI. MI
bette, iA.a 81 md good reason 10 anticipate
Use wer a,. mu.r-.ed by tue rebel ca.a.r.
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'.''7 Va 'i'' ''7' al, $40" 90 ''@,7 We '.
NAMED h"l@ 10 fuard Inc P-'.- WHO '..t gar
"'T" a.'"@ loaded with H.ei -''tI .-'i .A
property here as We "iH not a..4 i'r ,he CON
''ml'"5.i can fI@n ur"" "hlra "' ..' nos
'.".i'i- Ihr .".l Trans "n 't-'- i,'i.T'i'', if'
long .a.. To- come. 'ei' mere '"' ,.''..'- ''-'
hp'"' cock lA'r D.. l-. IAe'' "'''
thirteen IT-i2hi anu Two passenger Trans
he i.r".r "eE" -'At.l ~... -'.. '.''e;i
property ""H n,-t'.s, cA-sAy rom -n'4.,"
aud iho latter with SICK ana "oanien soI1ler'
WHO were ann, Tor Actd service
! Most 90. tte negroes ""'s females ana ga-.
4 dreh. aa' ir" !nen Wcrt WIN TIE" "ef'
/ a1eI or Otherwise ciSI"diihed i"E army use
/ " hat viii 'ee"m. "l ue-e n''rsi'.e 'e."2'
/ b hard 10 tell. Many 81 the women ar. ".
/ most naked NIihnothing 10 shelter ih"m- 'i'e e
/ during the night They Ice around ins de-
J pots HAe 20 man! ca'lit' utterly lneaPA'.t -
iaklnE care "i themselves. h'y h""" h'iii
! Ing ~ PFuSln'hS ZOE l'ieiI ""''S. "i'' "'''i
/ s'aT'e III the midst oil plenty dlH h"' some
/ one provide Susienance Tor ;Aem.
he entire railroad rom Chai''n''s' u
4 3tlHt" J. 10 -. destroyed MS q. iH. i'u-
! oi the Town oil hih2>''h ana u" 'He s''t'i
! meni hospitals IN IT. FiclMjy "HN 'IFhc"
) aud alter the trains Ead levi '1-2 T. IL. tie &c
/ pot and Il. IL buildings were ai'1 DESTROYED
! lhiH afternoon We Hi4f'Ael - 'Af'e,'S i'"'
/ IL mites. We gri INTO camp az about
. ct"cN' just OUTSIDE OF me Town,
! me government mao large utI'' 81 SUI
ri!eS mere Murh more man was ne''.'AFt
/ 10 provision 'he army WIN 'hree uat r'u"hS'
I Orders were Therefore, sent r"utd 10 e''cn
/ regiment 10 send men ~ Tue depot ahG take
/ what they wanted. hundreds OF boxes OF
/ bread and vast quantities OF pork bcaAs,
/ rcc, sugar. Nc.. were carried Oh 70 Tue d'!ieF'
| ent camps. The men filed their haFcrsao :
! 10 ovcrtipwins; Yet It was evident that the
supply was two great to be carried 10y H.,
( men. The officers supplied thems"i'es, and
still tons II bread and iaeat remained. Al
| our wagons had previously been loaded and
sent forward. This excess will therefore have
/ 10 be burned.
All along the roadside this afternoon the
houses and fences were set on fire by the
: passing troops. Ruin and devastation will
/ doubtless mark the route Of our previous
magchcs. Gen. Sherman IS verifying his
| threat to Gen Hood, while we were AT Gales
Vile, Ala, That If he (EIood) would not dis
/ per-e his army or fight, he Sherman would
make it hell on earth to thcipeople of Geor-
gia, from there to Savannah" If the same
policy Is to govern our conduct during the
ensuing campaign, that has been inaugural