Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-29
WAR NEWS.
CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH-HARDEE'S :
ARMY MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON. Dee. -. 1S64-S y.

To Naj.-Gen. Dir, Me,c- York: A dispatch
has been received this evening by the Pres
idcnt from Gen Sherman. 1t is dated at
savannah on Thursday, the 22d inst, and
announces his occupation Of the City of
Savannah, and the capture of $50 guns,
plenty of ammunition, and about 25000
bales of cotton. No other particulars are
given.
An official dispatch from Gen Foster to
Gen Grant, dated on the 22d inst, at p.
m. states that the City Of Savannah was
occupied by Gen. Sherman on the morning
of the Dist, and that on the preceding af-
tcrnoon and night, Hardee escaped with
the main body of his infantry and light
artillery, blowing up the iron-clads and the
Navy Yard.
He cnumerates as captured 500 prisoners,
$50 guns, l3 locomotives i'll good order
100 cars, a large lot Of ammunition and
materials Of war, three steamers and 49,
GOO bales Of cotton. No mention is made
of the present position of Hardee's force,
which had been estimated at about 10, 900.
The dispatches of Gen. Sherman and
Gen. Foster are as follows.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Thursday, Dec y, 1864.
''His ErceVe,cy, President LINCOLN:
Il beg to present you as Christmas
gift the City of Savannah with one hun
dred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of
ammunition, and also about -, 600 bales Of
cotton.
Nv. T. SHERMAN, Maj Gen"
'.SrEANrER GOLDEN GATE.
SAVANNAH RIVER. Dee 22-7 p. N.
To LieW-Gen Grant and Nqj.- GEN. H.
". HaHeck: | have the honor to report
that have Just returned from Gen. Sher-
mans headquarters in Savannah
send Maj. Gray, Of my staff, as bear
er of dispatches from Gen. Sherman to
YOU, and also a message to the Prcsi-
dent
"Thc City of Savannah was occupied on
the morning of the 2lst Gen Hardce,
anticipating. the contemplated assault, cs-
capped, with the main body of his infantry
and light artillery, on the morning of the
GOTH by crossing the river to Union Cause
way, opposite the city. The Rebel iron
clads were blown up, and the Navy-Yard
was burned. All the rest of the city is
intact, and contains twenty thousand citi-
zens, quiet and well-disposed
"Thc captures include eight hundred
pllSpllcISj Ollt Hui'Nlcd anu MY guns, lilll-
teen locomotives in good order, one hun
dred and ninety cars, large supply of am
munition and materials of war, three steam
crs, and thirty-three thousand bales of cot
ton safely stored in warehouses;
All these valuable fruits of an almost
bloodless victory, have been, like Atlanta,
fairly won.
-" | opened communication with the city
with my steamers to-day, taking up what
torpedoes we could see, and passing safely
over others Arrangements are made to
clear the channel of all Instructions
Yours, &c, }. G. FOSTER, Mi. Gen"
The Richmond papers of yesterday state
that on the 23d, twcnty-six vessels of the
Wilmington expedition had reappoarcd.
The dispatch Of Gen Bragg as published
in the Richmond papers is as follows:
WILMINGTON, Dee %.
"Twcnty-six vessels of the Federal fleet
rcappcared this morning There has been
no change since last Dispatch"
This is the latest intelligence received
from that expedition.
EDWARD NJ STANTON,
Secretary of War