Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-19

Corps General Stanley drew ont o. his hpcs on our exs
treme Lett ard marched % position below Pfoctors
Creek The Twentieth Corps General Williams, movfd
bsck 10 the Chattshoochee. This movement was mace
without loes, save few things left In our camps
thoughtsss ofc.rs or men, The night of the 2Sth the
movement continued the Army of the Tennessee draw
ing out and moving rap dlU BY circuit well toward
Shutdown and across Camp Greek, the Army Of tie
Cumberland below Utoy Creek, General schofeld re-
naming in position. r
This was eff c,ed With the loss Of but single n an
In The Army of the Tennessee wounded BY ashe rom
the enemy. The third move brought the Army CT the
Tennessee on the West Point Railroad, above Fair
bor the Army Of the Cumberland about BED Oak, and
General Scht f,ld closed in near d ga and Minis. /
then ordered one days work to be expended In des
troyng the road, and it was done with will. Twelve
and one-ha miles we're destroyed, the ties burned end
the iron rails heated and tortured BY the utmost ir.
genuty of old hands at the work. Several cuts were
fled up with the trunks Of trees, with logs. rock
and earth, intermingled with loaded shells, prepared
with torpsdoes, to explode In case Of attempt to
clear them ou Having personally inspected this work,
and sati fed with its ex.cutipn ordered the whole
army to the next day eastward BY several roads,
General Howard, on the right toward Jonesboro, GEO.
Thomas the CENTRE by Shos Greek Church to Couchs,
on the Decatur and fayettevils road and Gen. Soho
field, on the left, about horows Mills.
slf At yosIsBoRo'. s
Onthe 8lst Of Augutt, The enemy came out Of bis
works at Jonssboro and attacked Gen. Howard In po
sition as described. Gen. Howard was admirably stu
ated TO receive him. and rpuaed the attack thorough
y. The enemy attacked With Lses aud Hardses Corps,
and after contest OF over two hours withdrew, eav.
ing 400 dead tie ground. aud his wounded, Of
which aboat 800 left o. Jonesboro could not have
been much lees than $500. Hearing the sound Of bat
tie at Jonesboro ABB noon, orders were rtneved 10
push the other movements on the lett aud centre, and
about NJ, the reports arrived simultaneously that
General Howard had thoroughly repulsed the enemy ct
Jopesboro'; that General schofeld had reached the
railroad O mile belos Rough snd.Ready, and was
working up the road breaking Il he venf; that Cor
al seniey Of General ThomaS army, had ALSO Got the
road below General Schofsld. and was destroying its
.oskrg S1uh, and that General Baird, Of ;ntfsl Ds-
vie Ceres bad siruek IL sill lower down, within four
miles Of Jonesbore.'
odsrs v.rs at oDos given for all the army 10 turn on
Jonssbcro. General Howard 10 keep tbs enemy bnsf
wbIlet Gtnaral Thomas should move dosu from the
NORTH With General Schofsd on his left ALEC ordered
tho troops they moved down 10 oontnue the thorough
Destruction Of the railroad because We had it then and
did not know but that events might divert our attsn
ton. General Gsfrards cavalry directed to watch
the roadS TO our rear, the north. General fitzpatrick
was sent south down the west bank OF Film, with In
structious 10 attack or threaten the railroad below
Jonesboro. expected the whole army would close
down Jonesboro by noon on the 1st of September.
General Davis corpe having shorter distance to
travel time, and deIloyed, facing SCUM, his
right in connection with General Howard and his left
field we're coming down along the Rough and.Rsady
road and along the railroad breaking IL as they came.
When General Davis joined to neral Howard, Gen.
Bla RS Corps, on General Howards left was thrown in
reserve and Immediately sent well to the right be-
low Jonesboro, to act against ths fsnk, along with
General Klpatrtks cavalry. About 2. N neral
avis was all ready, and assaulted The enemys lines
across open fields carrying hem very handsomely and
taking prisoners the greater part Of vsus BRIGADE
including It's commander, with two four-gun batteries
OF course the next morning the enemy gone, and
mad retreated S5uIh.
TIE FINAL sUcCEss.
Rumors began to arrive through prisoners captured
that Atlanta had been abandoned during the night Of
Ssntember 1; that Hood had blown up bis ammunition
traipr, whicu accounted for the sounds plainly heard
~ ns aud which we're yet ainee; tina! Stewards
ccrns was then reirsatng toward McDoncug and that
the m II in had gone of toward CovngSon /; was then
too late 10 neTposs and prevent their escape, and
satisfied win the substantial success already gain
ed. Accordingly, ordeIetthe work of teslroysg the
rairoad TO cess, and the rJops 10 be held In hand
,ajy for any )vsneut that further information from
Atana might warrant.
General JEFF O. Davis Corps had been left above
Jsnesboro and General Garrsrds Osysry still FUR
ther back aud he latter was ordered to send back to
Atlanta ard ascertain the exact truth ana tho real stu
nj m of fins. Bat the same night, viz:-SepTmber
courier arrived from General Slocum reporting the
fact that the enemy had eyaeuated Atlanta, blown up
trains OF cars au nAu retresteo On tne hcDon-
ough rosd. Gen. Siocun had entered and taken Pos
session on the Q oil September.
The obj CT OF my movement against the railroad was,
therefore, already reached and couclided and as t
was idle 10 PURSUE our enemy in that wooded county
With view TO bis capture, gave orders, on the b,
FOR the army to prepare to move back to"ly to A.
Ianta. o. the 5ih VIC drew back to the vicinity OF
lon sboro', Eve milss " ere We remained day. On
the 7 h We moved to Rough and Ready, SEVEN miles,
snd the next day TO the camps seleoed viz The Army
of the Cumberland grouped round about Alauts, the
Arms of the tennessee about Est Point, and that Of
,te Ohio at Decatur, where the uen now occupy clean
and healthy camps
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