Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-12-23
WHOLE NO. 3O36.

army lhteT tnhn tne puOisneu us
patches transmitted by Gen. Foster and Ad-
miral Dahlgren.
(Signed) Il. NJ. STANTON, Sec'y Of War.
WAsHINoroN, Dec. l6-S.l5 p. M.
TO MAJ. Gen. Dir
Official dispatches from Gen. Canhy have
been recei ed to- day, showing the complete
success Of an expedition sent by him from
Vicksburg to cooperate with Gen. Sherman's
} operations and cut Hoods communication
with Mobile. Gen. Cabby also reports the
moving Of another expedition from Baton
Rouge under command Of Gen. Davidson, the
details and object of which 1t is not proper
nov to disclose. When last heard from Da-
wilson was reported as having caused a panic
in Mobile and devastating the country gener-
ally. Lieut.. Col. Earl commanding special
party was severely wounded and fell into the
hands Of the enemy at FayeIte, Miss.
The Richmond papers Of to-day confirm
lhe reported capture Of Bristol by an expedi-
tion supposed 10 be under she command Of
Gems. Stoneman and Burbridge, also the sur
prise and capture Of the Glade Springs depot
on the railroad l3 miles south OF Arlington.
The dispatches Of Gen. Candy, so far as
proper for publication, and the extracts from
the Richmond papers giving Hoods official
cess in Southern Virginia and in Georgia, are
subjoined
NeV Orleans. Dec. 9.--On the 25th ult.. |
reported that movements cooperative with
Gen Sherman's operations would be made
from Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, for the
purpose Of cutting Hoods communications
with Mobile. The expedition sent from
Vieksburg, and consisting of about 2000 cav
airy and eight pieces Of artillery, commanded
by Y. ID. Osuaud, Sd colonel cavalry. return
ed on the 4th. having met with complete
success. After au admirably executed flank
movement on Jackson, on the 24th the expe.
diiion started for the Big Black bridge on the
Mississippi Central railroad, which was reach
ed On the 9th, and after a stubborn resist
ance captured and destroyed. This cuts
Hoods army off from the large quantities Of
; supplies and stores accumulated at Jackson,
. Miss f, and makes that on which was his main
ielisnce unavailable to him for months to
come Besides this important bridge and
uestle work, the following property was COM
pletely destroyed Thirty miles of track, in
cluding culverts, wagon bridge over the Big
Black, Vaughn, Pickett aud Goodman sta
tons. railroad depots and buildings, 1900
bales OF cotton, two locomotives, four cars,
four stage coaches, twenty barrels of salt,
! Sl6600 worth Of stores ct Vaughn station.
The expedition was considerably harassed
on its return by large bodies Of the enemy's
troops, but suffered no material losses, and
brought back more recruits than the entire
! loss in effective men. a
]. b. Cook, commanding the Sd colonel
/, cavalry, distinguished himself and his regi-
ment greatly by the gallantry with which the
force guarding the Big Black bridge were
driven off from behind their strong stockades
on the opposite side Of the river. Our men
had to charge across the bridge dismounted,
with nothing but the railroad ties for a path,
and in the face of sharp FIRE. have an
nounced Maj. Cook in general orders rs pro-
NOTED to the vacant lieutenant colonelcy OF
the regiment, subject to the approval of the
President.
f. r. S. CANBY, Maj. Gen. Com.
CITY Point, Va, Dec. l6. The Richmond
Dispatch of to-day, after fully confirming the
previous reports Of the capture of Bristol,
; states that " the enemy then advanced up the
railroad toward Abingdon, which, we pre-
sumo, fell into their hands, though we have
no information of the fact. The next we hear
of them they had, at nine o'clock yesterday
morning, poured down on Glades Spring. a
. depot on the railroad 3 miles this eide of
Abingdon, taking every one there by surprise,
and capturing all the railroad employees ex-
cept one who managed to escape to tell the
tale. At last accounts the enemy we're push
ing up the railroad in the direction of Marion,
which is 27 miles this side of Abingdon
This is a raid in Breckenridge's rear. The
raiders, leaving his forces somewhere in the
neighborhood OF X knoxville, came up the north
side of the = olston riN er and crossed over to
; Bristol. IL is probtble the raiders separated,
one party proceeding to Bristol and the other
to Abingd IN. If unchecked it is likely they
will come up to the railroad even as far as Sa-
lem, and thence escape to Kanawha by the
: route followed by Hunter last summer. 1t
is unknown who is in command of this expe-
dition, but it looks very much like some of
stonemans galloping work. None of the
dispatches received say an, thing about Salt
: Vile If 1t is important il bas doubtless been
visited by the enemy; il, however, there we're
any troops there the Yankees were apt to
fight shy Of il and coufne their operations to
the railroad"
The same paper says "Gen. Hoods Of
fetal report Of the battle Of franklin has at
last been received II will be seen that our
reported extraordinary loss of general officers
is but too true. The following is Hoods re-
port
Headquarters Of The Arn'V of 7e'messee,l
miits from Aashviiie. Dec. s, 1864.
va Mobile, Dec. o.
To Hon j. A. Seldom
About 3 p. M. Nov. 80 we attacked the
enemy at franklin and drove them from their
centre lines Of temporary works into the in
ner lines, which they evacuated during the
night, leaving their dead and wounded IN our
possession, and retired to Nashville, closely
followed by our cavalry.
We captured several stands of colors aud
about 1000 prisoners. Our troops fought
with great gallantry. We baye to lament the
loss OF many gallant officers and brave men.
Maj. Gen. Ceborne, Bag. Gems. John Will
liams, Adams, Gei.,, Srahl and Cranbury
we're killed. Maj Gen John Brown and
Brig. Geus. 5. Carter, Manisnault, Quarles,
Cockere!l and Scott were wounoed. Brig.
Gen. Gordon was captured.
]. b. HooD, General.
A subsequent telegram from Gen. Hood
says that our loss in officers was exceedingly
arge in proportion to the loss Of men.
The Dispatch also says: Official intelli.
gence was received yesterday from Georgia
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