The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-17


Gen. Sherman left his command at
Canton and came on with an escort 70
this place The troops moved from
there yesterday, and viii be here in =
day or two.
Some Of the fruits Of the expedition
are the destruction Of three hundred
miles OF railroad, cutting of all means
of transportation this side Of the Tom
bigbee, burning thirty mills, three
destroying twenty-five locomotives, one
hundred cars, the capture Of about Eve
hundred prisoners and between ten
thousand and fifteen thousand negroes,
who are on their way to this place. Be
sides this, about three hundred wagons
and several thousand herses and unnles
were taken The enemy, except =
small cavalry force, was driven from
the State, and al means Of his occupy
ing the country in force cut of
Our troops subsisted on the COUNTRY,
and found large supplies of corn &C,
for stock, and subsistence for the men.
Everything was taken but what was
actually necessary fOr the subsistence
~.
a great deal of property was destroyed
and many houses burned in all the
towns We passed through-some Of
them unnecessarily perhaps, but il is
accounted for by the fact that we did
not enter town, except Canton, from
which we were not fred upon.
From Jackson TO Meridian there is
nothing bot a succession Of pine bar
rens and almost interminable swamps,
across which the Pioneer Corps, under
the direction Of Captain Hickenlooper,
constructed many miles Of corduroy
road before the trains could pass over.
have not time nor space 70 relate
incidents OF the trip, but a report made
to Gen. Polk by a citizen scout whom
he had sent out to ascertain our mum
bers, intentions, destination, &c, should
not be lost lie had probably seen our
wagon train, which required FIVE hours
TO pass q given point, and became
frightened at it, as his official report
viii show IL was that "there were
precisely ono hundred and fifty thou
sand Yanks, aud that they were coming
like damnation that each one had
label on the front Of his hat, on which
Was the inscription, in large letters.
Mobile or hell About this time our
cavalry entered the town, and the gen
eral mounted his horse and sSedaddled
This was related to me by citizens, and
is not a romance
The Republican also publishes some
letters captured by the expedition, from
which we extract the following.
DEsPoSDENcT or THE FEoPLE
"BRooKuAvES, MIsa, Jan. l9.
Dear Brother Henry have been
owing you a letter some time, but have
neglected 70 write Mr. Robbins got
homo yesterday. I went up TO see him
last night He gave such glowing ao-
count Of things at Mobile that it gavs
me the blues. and l have felt very bad
~ all day He says all the Yankees
have 20 do is 70 attack Mobile, and
they will get il that We have no foTti-
fcations there worth anything, and I
am very much afraid that you viii all
be ordered there. ! cannot bear 10
think Of you being a prisoner.
81 do not feel much like going %
/ parties while our country Is ia such q
dreadful situation, and 80 much dis
tress all through the country. In fact,
l believe | have almost despaired OF
ever again living as we did before the
war. am almost ready 10 give up
everything as lost, but l trust it may
/ not DO so
81 hardly ever see n paper. and r do
not know what il going on. Pa received
a letter from brother last week He Is
I doing finely, and thinks if old Abe gets
the million men that he has called for,
that he will not be able to whip Va
then but while there is one that thinks
that, there are hundreds that think we
arc already whipped. I trust the war
will soon end, although see no signs
Of il now Write soon, and may God
bless you
your afectonsse sister,
"LiZzfE A HosEra"