The New York herald., 1864-09-06
!. SHER MAN..
Additional Details Of the Brilliant
Flank Movement by which
Atlanta was Taken.
RAPID MARCHING Of THE UNION TROOPS
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The Attack Upon and Capture
Of Jonesboro.
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Pursuit OF the Retreating
Rebels.
RAPID MARCHING OF THE UNION TROOPS
CUR GAINS AND THE REBEL LOSSES,
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west have resulted IN great success, and "AtIauta is
and fairly wonn AS the troops have, according to
General Shermans Official report gone into camp TO rest
from the fagues OF four months campaign II will be
interesting TO review tho Of the past fortnight
and forth iD detail the by which the grand
| suit hss been achieved The whole programme OF Gene
Sermans action changed about the 18th OF last
month when he ordered the concentration Of certain
airy forces under Gen. Fitzpatrick to rendezvous Sand
I town, preparatory TO raid around Atlanta. II
necessary TO the OF General sherman's plan
that he should be thoroughly acquainted 'with
| tho lay OF the land" before he yentured a
| expedition that would either result in glorious
triumph disastrous defeat As soon as he aaiis-
could with fair cspecs sue he
gave up his heretofore daily custom OF Smelling the
works and his occasional assaults and fankng again
time took the place Of fgntug although the latter
naturally the result OF The former. Tho
l hazardous; but the result is all the glorious II
Hood had ouly known the plan OF operation be might
have made dash upon shermans communications a,
Marietta perhaps have destroyed only the ace but
the corps Of observation, and have or the grand
Army OF the Mississippi from its base OF operations at
| Chattanooga.
PREPARATIONS.
General Fitzpatrick having returned from his raid
the 22d OF last month"; and having rested his command
the movement Of the army against the Mobile Railroad
OF the Ohio fschoned), Cumberland CThonas) and Ten
nessce Ioward), by orders from General Sherman had
previously sent the Chatthochee river all surplus
men, horses wagons aud mccra not absolutely neces
sary the OF the expedition, and collected in
wagops,o which had been attached tho best
then with tho trcops-suticient quantities OF bread,
meat sugar coroe and oihsr supplies to last for dfesn
days, and ammunition enough for the expedition. All
these necessary articles properly parked Utoy
l tha Job o O the nj
The movements carried with the greatest posi-
oe speed; and ye. so silently they conducted as
almost be unknown outside OF the special force actu
ally moving.
THR PRELIMINARY MOVEMENT.
Tho first part of the programme having been duly
ried out, General Kiipstrck,9cs moved to Camp
creek while Major General SchoGed covered the Camp
bellown road and General Socum moved the Twentieth
corps Chaahoochee bridge Tho orders TO MAJOR
General Slocun given through Major General Thomas his
army commander, 10 hold the bridge at all hazards.
PAIGE with his ferry bridge and Kossocs with hs
bridge whon At Turner's ferry, ordered
be in readiness complete their portion OF the work
the proper time should be found necessary 20
tho8e crossing the rivers Major General SANKEY'S
Fourth corps souh OF Proctors creek 10 the
Uoy creek and behind the right centre Of Major General
Howard's Army OF the Tennessee. The object or this
msnoauvre was To cover The Bella ferry General
| Garard's cavalry then fell behind Peschtree creek
ready to act against the enemy should he ssly against
either the Twentieth OF the Fourth corps during be
meEt
THE NEXT MOVEMENT.
All these manouvTes having been carried out 10 due
| .orm General howard Withdrew his army across Utoy
creek moved by the most direct road towards Fair
! burn stopping at Camp creek. General Thomas next
.nasgcd tho Fourth and Fourteenth corpsunder Gene
rails stanley and Jeforson c. Dayis-beow Utoy crock
and General Gsrrards cavalry joined that command, ~
rs 10 act with General Thomas dur1g The remainder
o. the operations General Schoned's Army Of the oao
advanced along with and abreast Of General Howlrd's
Army OF the Tennessee, keeping commnnic ltion with
lar camp Greek, where preparations were made
\ Tor stnl further advance 1t VIII thus be sccn how
General sherman moved his army rather armies
\ with rapdity, and yet kept them al we'll In hand.
rHE THIRD vgMEST.
General How ard With the Army OF the Tennessee, In
conjunction with General schofelds Army of the Ohio,
then msved directly upon the West Point Railroad with
the nionton OF striking the road between Red OaS and
Fairburn, General KipAiricks cavsry loading the ad
vance The valuable wagon trains moved next IN order,
General Thomas Army Of the Cumberland following in
two columns well closed Gen. Garrard's cavalry
brought up resr aud acted under the direct us.rc
Of General Thomas snd TO insure si greater safety
10 that part OF the command and TO keep OF nquisve
iniruders The bridges at Sandtown kept guarded
and protected by detachnents OF cavalry detailed from
the under General Elliott assisted by small force
/ OF artillery.
THE sUrprY TRAIN.
l Az the asiensace Of tho army depended on the
wagon train which accompanied the troops very
necessary that II should bs well projected. Il also
necessary It's should be discovered by the
enemy NJ II might give Thorn mixing OF the nature OF
the ong before General sherman had developed
his plans The Commanding General therefore issued au
order that during the movement, and in fact until the
army returned TO tho river, cvery orort should be
used the taken to expose little n pos
sble the trains OF and wagons. The depots at
viuipss bridge Al Marietta and 81 Alaoona ordered
b be held acaiaa any attack, matter ,ohat Us NATURE
and regular communication vas 10 be Kept up between
those posts and the army fa- possible, BY way Of
Sspdtown General sherman very strict iu hs or.
ders this point. as doubtless veil remembered that
one plans the taking Of v,cksburs had been do
feaed BY surrender Of the depot holly spr ing,
his attack By way Of the Yaxoo thereby dlsas
| trcusly repused.
rHs AksrvAL AT rHs RAiLpoAD TEARING ur rHs
TRACK
Az soon tbs troops 81 the West Poin, Rail
road twohrds Of the force we're at once disposed ,or
encc while the remaining third TO work tear.
log the track, destroying the iron rails burning the
ties and irremedlably running all the railroad material
by the 30th OF the month-four days after start
sherman army had broken up the West Point Railroad
AMI had reached splendid position from which 10 strike
the Macon Railroad the oDiy available lus or railroad
| oommunica ton between Atlanta and the South
| POSITION or rHE UNION AND REBEL ARMIES
1 The position OF the Union troops the s0th of
April was as folows;-Gsnora Howsrds Army Of
the Tennessee, which had the right OF tho line ng
crossed The West Point Railroad nearest 10 Fairbun
| had pushed forward IN an oblue direction, and was
fcrce-tho Army Of tho Ohio, under General schoaed-
passing over the railroad nearer 70 Red Oak the
Hf.lS and tho n thn