New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-23

your command or III, kindr.,, you have done uL
aa' GsaesAi' ''sy te'Pee,laly
A. 4. BusssDy, SisJ. Gen. Commanding
Accordingly having recn the forces Of Gen. Burn.
side more out 81 Knoxville in pursuit of LoDgstrcrt
and Gen. Changers move in, put Ia motion my own
command 10 return.
Gen. Howard was ordered to move. via Davis, Ford
snd Sweetwatsr 10 Athens. with o guard formed at
Charleston, TO hold and repair tho bridge which tie
enemy had taken sffer our passage mp. ten. JeM 4.
Davis moved TO Columbus the Hiswassea via Madi-
sonyie and the two divisions OF the 18th Corps moved
10 1elire Plains TO movement OF cavalry across
she mountain into eOrgia 10 OTeriakc wagon trnla
which had lodged IN on our way NJ. and lad escaped
by way OF Murphy. subsequently, on report from
Gen Howard that the enemy stu hsld Charlenon.
directed zen. Rwngr division 10 Athens, and went In
person 10 Tclire with Gen. Morgan L. Smiths d, is0n
y the 9Th all our troops In position and held
the rich country between tho Little Tennessee and the
HiawaSsce The cavalry nader Col. Long passed the
mountains ut Terc and proceeded about II miles be-
yond Murphy. when Col. Long deeming his pursuit
further Of the wagon train useless he returned the
Eth Ia Icre.
Then ordered him and the division OF Gen L. Smith
to move to Charleston TO which point had previously
ordered the corps Of Con. Howard.
On the 18th OF December all OF my command on The
held lay along tbs Hsvassee. Having communicated
10 deu Grant tho actual state Of affairs received or
GERS to leave on the line Of the awnSscc n the cavalry
and come 10 Chattanooga With this balance of my com
maud. l ieft the brigade Of cavalry commanded by
Io. Long. reinforced By the 5h Ohio cavalry Lieut.
Co Heath. the ony cavalry properly belonging Ia ths
i'h hlDy corps, NJ thnrirsou, ana with this remainder
moved by cosy marches by Cleveland and TyInus depot
INTO Chattanooga when received in person from Gen
Gran orders TO transfer back to the appropriate
monds the corp, OF Con Howard aud division COM
manded by Gen. JEFF C. Davis and 10 conduct the 10Th
army corps to its new field Of operations.
~ VIII thus appear that we have been constantly in
motion since our departure nom the Big Black until
the Present moment. have been unable 10 feceiyo
rom subordinate commanders the usual fAl detailed
reports GEd have therefore been compelled ~ make up
TINS report FROM my own personal lemory but US soon
possible subordinate reports VII be received and duly
in reviewing Tho facts must do Justice TO my com.
mnnG Tor The patience. cheerulnesa and courage which
oiGers aud men have displayed throughout Ia battle
Oh i.e march and ia camp. For long periods without
regular rntions or supplies 81 any Kind, they have
marc,ed through mud and over rocks sometimes bare
iooted. without murmur. without moments rest
Ater march OF over 40 miles without stop for three
nights We crossed the Tennessee Fought
part OF the battle OF Chattanooga pursued the enemy
out OF Tennessee and then turned more than 100 miles
north ana compelled Longsreet 10 raise the siege u
hnoA'lhe' which gave SO much anxiety 10 the whole
country. .... ~. II
II hard to realize tho inportapcs Of these events