The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-15
|t3eneral Sherman Again ON the
War Path.
|He Declares Georgia and South
Carolina at His Mercy.

Hhe Rebels at Richmond Startled u
Ghernan's First Msvsment,
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roR,REs Hosaos, Nov. Is, 1904
-shmopd papers OF Friday, Nov. n, urge upon tbeiv
esdss nessssy Of being prepared for startling
nom Gesera, Sherman ana appears evident. from tho
ss Of tpo editorials Of tho same date thai they sss
aasaAy possession Of intelligence from this source
vA,cb sbey are withholding from tho public.
their Trans- H1assissippl Forces %
Moed's AsstsGanCs. so.
GAINES LANDING, Nov. Z, 1884.
n tie rebels again attempting tbe river al
t>s place 10 Hoods assistance General Reynolds Nine
osath Corps has brigade here, and AenlaDd's cavalry
1igads b noIpentssiiy expected from vicksburg.
y supposed that she rebels have force the MIC
sAsippi side operating with tben- The movement
ewmdabe one, and undertaken BY Texas portion
y ths vebes 1he army SAID 70 DO under Hagruses
M 70 not believed that any crossing car he elected
C.,so. nov. ID, 1884,
Sevcra attempts 10 7exss cattle the Msais
appI river for HOODS army frustrated by the
Unbcats. About three thousand cattle, strongly
UasaeA, had creased the Black river Colonel FaIrar
emmsndng ~ vtdsla started pursue n them, bui
- saamg hearing OF his naovemsst moved the oatsls
1ysDd thc river. Farrar. however, dashed and
n~oss rode down the rosrds and csptored third q
~ sssss and dispersed tho remainder, tOok several
egous, na'ss and horsss, and also captured Brustsr
oSsratConDcr.
The WashsaGeon TelsgV am.
WANzrSoros, Nov. ~, 1904.
Apart from the rebel announcement that Bood b
prchng Chattanooga, the last AsaheniIo Intelligence
kveived hsns that he had passed The pesnessee,
~ gone far beyond the ocosa; and, he has
1ns other army in his front AZ AL events be win meet
vaAa SUFFICIENT force prevent blm from nsk,ss In
1sious progress.
70 dispatches have been from General ebsr
IN srssvsra days past, for sbs ressca, supposed
~ he n beyond sbs means Of immediate communal
ssssa vAh Warrington. That part Of the country IN
0hch he operating win afford bin ample s1bss-
nsus supplies without the trouble Of transportation.
nysAls time 10 may b FAR beyond polais whess sns
Ssmy In formidable numbers can DO bim harm.
Ah nos knswn how lcny forces may continue 70
pssopy Atlanta. This wl depend Upon ciYcum stsCoes
seon 70 BE- developed.
Whatever may Do sherman's programme. gentlemen,
90 arc good jsdges Of military matters, anticipate
hsaagns results 70 the enemy.
sherman's Now Model CsMpsius.
tbs faD Of $50 the rebel General BsaoseGard plan
ssd We campagA OF the OF and Ken
Uschy, which General Bragg attempted 10 execsts Two
pears laser the presast fail, 1854, he has planned
pscond invasion OF the sstes and has been ntrus
- with The sxssuton OF ~ was under very d,nersss
se.ersou Or the movements OF the campaign Of lso2
Rbsn shs army under Bragg ouipunbersd thai OF
oepsrai Buell.. To-day sherman has twice The Plumbers
mai BeauregAd commapds Then General Bragg Dasked
osner Buell. and forced him upon his base Of sup
nss Beauregnrd has 1anked Sherman, but has yet
ssrccd him 10 retire. Bragg sud Beull we're well match
- They alike IN dsposi',on-coe calculating sod
sagscsous Bssurcgard and Sherman opposing s1ats
esw the present campaign, not unlike 10 chaSac.
Der. Both quick, nervous, energetic snd original.
~ tho counterpsrts OF Buell. and Bragg "
uAas nature those two warriors illustrating
ssnpaen the very opposite OF that Of lseo they ere
about 70 give . campaign without parallel eber-
ie going 70 indulge himself 10 his favorits "hobSy "
nd furnish "an example for future stYategists" We
s,vs seIowssconpanisd BY map showing the Geld Of
nuseipated operaonsa brief sketch Of the movemsnts
o. both mp the latest dates showing The prepa
Bsioas made for the exciting campaign, which, Il
appears from the Riehmopd dispatches, has slready
bssn nauguraied.
PLAN ov THE cAMrAiaN AGAINST coLpMeus.
General Sherman occupied Atlanta In force septen.
Der T. He hardly well located In The ''Gass Oty"
before he began 70 plan his fall campaign. was gene
rally understood that his intention WAS 70 move against
p0snbus, Ca, aod open the chat,ahooohes river from
ssas poist the ouk a MEXICO fbe occupation o this
ssy and possession Of this rivcr would practically
M
ne eastern part Of the coufedeacy. BY the river hs
usuh draw hts supplies from the Gulf and thus estab.
NIB base from which TO operate against Mobile or
Macon The distance Of Atlanta from sbs supply depcts
~ he army prccudsd the IDEA Of depending upon
hase, and, with view 70 further movements Into the
INTERIOR new base OF operations became Indispensable
moons novKnEaTs PRELIMINARY 10 MS GRAND
INVASION.
WREN Gesern Hood, about ssptemtss "a, srdaesly
srsnaerred his army BY . Task novenes, from Love.
ieys station, the Macon Railroad 70 near Newpau on
Ne West roms road, twas supposed thai Hood bad d
Snst The purpose Of sherman and preparing 70 op
ysss the execution OF The plan. HIS nrsI movsmsc,
pascted therefore bat Nte attention Tho ipsaut,ous
language Of JET Davis ~ Naosn nrsi led the oountrv n
suppose ths. ,ns movement was preliminary 10 soms
ming more extensive, and General shsrmsn suspe,ou,
sho we're apparently aroused by II, for We ma him
aSau, this ums sending his spare forces 70 the rsar
pndes General Thomas, and dniboting strong se,sch
psens, under Newton, oorse and schoaed, ~ different
points immediately In tho Of Atlanta. He also or
ssred frequent rsconpo,sspOes Of The enemy 10 his posi-
non Newman. General GAnArds cavalry reported
m September II, further movements Of Rood toward,
- Cbn,tabcecbes. On october Generals Fuller and
naoson made Reconnaissance towards Newman and die
severed ths, sbs enemy bsd CROSSED the Cb.,sbchss
vcs on september 20 and 30 and bsd concentrated d
Ne vieis,y Of Powder Springs Ca. On toe I'd of Cote
Der General Sherman, with the bulk Of HE syssy evea
N pursuit, ing hs stsnton TO destroy Hood befers
resssniDs hs movement against Cclumbus
seod had the START fairly and srvoh The railroad aosth
n EsnssHv Mountain Ooieber a. On The san ocoaral