, 1864-07-10
FROM SHERMAN'S ARMY,
The Rcpu1se Of tho Q7th-Topography
OF Tho Nttu1t1on-The Flank MoYe-
ment-Tho heath OF Cot. Chandler
4Seash Of Lieut. Knowles OF the 05sh


ment-Tho Aeath OF Cot- Chandler
Sseash OF Lieut.. KnoWles% Of the 05sh
-: from ouE Special Correspondent
IN Tu FIELD, Auxs FsoA; MAn1ErrA, Ga,
June %. 1854. +
Important movements arc now on foot, aud
the programme to be followed Is now nearly
perfected, which will materially alser the
complexion OF affairs, aud force Johnston to
fight us On An open Geld, at the same time
causing Marietta to fnl1 Of It's own weight
The demonstration made on Monday by JeE
G. Davis and Newton, against the position at
present occupied by the rebels Was quite
ffuitless, and, at the same time extremely
costly. It hns, In the opinion bf your cor
respondent eatistled our commanding gener4
ais that 1t would be too costly m operation
to attempt the capture Of the Keneaaw Noun
tains and aeighhoting hills by assault; and
did We succeed In capturing them the result
would at best be barren victory, one which
tn reality would prove Tar more satisfactory
to the rebels than to us. The rebels have
q position 90 strongly fortified By na;
ture that It takea very:' little en-
gineeEiug :: skin z to :, strengthen 1t, and
rebcl cause, It takes comparatively few men @
to guard 1t a few words on the topography
Of their poeition-theIs right extendfns snms
si1 miles directly south from KencsaW
Mountain, along = rage. of'hills,. which a.d
s1;a 9snse1y. = wooded and geoe.ully quite steep:
1he a!a aeit q ne line runs ID sontheasterly
olTgcuon trnther more east than south, then
making the Kenesaw Mountain the apex of
the angular position Of their lines. Within
this apex, aud Immediately behind the Keue.
snW Mountaln, Is the city OF Marietta, the
county seat OF Cobb county. Our lines OF
works run almost exactly parallel with thosd
distance than 800 yards.
Our right-the2 ID corps, OF which Cox's d..
vision reaches to the right in order to pro{
tect onr 1anks, ts About eight miles from thd
Chattahoochee River. The country In this
nelghoorhood fs much better than that around
large and we1l Improved farms, and the
houses and surroundings indicatefthat preyf-
GUS to the breaking ont Of the war ther pro-
prietors were Inen OF wealth and education;
There are no cotton plants to be seen any.
where In this part Of the State, but instead
TaTipg crops OF golden gzato, almost ready
for the sickle. These crops Will neyer be
-reaped By the planters, for they have Gil ig
nornlniously ekedaddled In pursuit OF that
last ditch, which will yet turn out to be tha
Gulf Of Mexico. The pike roads throughout
the country are In dry weather excellent
your correspondent having to-day ridden
over them some ten or fifteen niles-and
should the weather prove any waY favorable,
'an army could be marched over them with
out any difficulty. ;.
In relation to the movement referred to,
your correspondent has received no oHeia1
particulars, but from the "cut Of her jib,",
to use nautical phrasc, he La satisfied 1t will
be developed In this wise: Two, If not
three corps, IN all probably the l4th, 18th aud
20tb, will under the cover Of darkness, be
moved to the right Of schoheld's corps; tho
a3d MD McPhrrson and Schofleld viii de-
ploI their respective commands, In q strong
and conceal, Us isr as possible, the move
mcnts from the enemy. This would then
mase our extreme right rest on the river, for
which q pontoon train and corps OF plo:
ncers started yesterday. This will at onca
compel Johnston to eYacuate bis position on
Atlanta, IRON which We would then be not
more than ten miles distant As natural
consequence, Marietta must fall Of it's own
weight, and ne then make that city our base
ofsupplies. But your readers may ask, does
not Sherman endanger his communications
merely q repetition OF the strategy practiced
at the time the advance Was made on Dallas,
IN order to flank Johnston's position at the
A11atoopa Pass, or Grants sttategy IL 1eavlng
IN open path to Lee to advance On Washing.
|. ton. Johnston wo71d never undertake such a
tho T,at tE,, he - T. He5 J. 1 aian1t" @s aSo.n y,
;nch ~ NV se adrance n ora.r ~ 4-ntaet I''
a ~ " aoss,hSa ~ 4i'a tneta+ ~ Psst1 Pst1 ~ "
Macon and Milledgevillc, to which cities the
Eo., .asaw woiAHa. av 10 =. a'.anua. nAss
nesn aeuoa - T. aavtnsf o9 teatuae ~
a .nHretn., fnt.atn, nna tna. - La!s, u VIII e.
Pft1 t. nouhesSn .,on nak1ng uss VI ssiaes
" oi'Ie ~ = nicu t1n & ~ n sastet1 u,lectlol
| of sone twelve miles. These hills are, &c
scoIts a;aoS ana asseess sas, s1ronesy latseneaea
anu iol.taeo-n p ~ Ing VOTES naslnS oeel
ti mauI " .us nStoes. "nom anei1 masters III
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