Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-26
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vague and indefinite. and yet !, i not intrnsical
" Improbable. IL j. said that the military au-
lhorities in Richmond have been aware OF all Of
Sherman's movements from the time be left At
lanta. and were confident. from the first. OF their
ability 10 Illustrate his Intentions Their theory
Is. that shesmans present expedtion y the resnlt
Of the desperation Of his position, and was the
only thing that be could do He has with him,
IL II said in the four corps of SlOcum, JEFF Da /
WIS., Blair aud 0sterhaus, including his artillery
and kilpattick's cavalry. not quite 40 900 men 1
But il must be remembered that these men are /
all veteran soldiers. accustomed TO campaigning !
knowing how 10 husband their strength that they /,
provided with every appliance that they need, !
and that they are quito as efficient as 5000 or
binary troops
UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED Mt GENERAL
SHERMAN.
The rebel report, however, states that General
Sherman me, with obstacles that he did not fore
see, which retarded his progress and disarranged
his plans that heavy rains flooded the roads and
rendered them impossible that considerable
detachment from his army had been routed al
some distance from the main body that por
ton OF bis road, across a swampy country. built
on trestle- work. burned before he reached n;
and that. owing 10 the DELAYS thus Occasioned,
all OF the provisions be took with him have been
consumed. IL Is stated further. that General
Sherman was lily provided with provisions when
he set out that he depended upon the country
for supplies and that the inhabitants OF the lat
ter drove of their stock and removed great
portion Of their -four. grain aud provisions, aud
burned the remainder before the advance of The
army.
AsrIrArHY OF THE SLAVES TO TnE YANEEEs
IL - said furthermore, that the slaves mani
Tested no desire whatever TO remain and join
Sherman's armv, but rather were anxious 10 gee
out of the way before "the Yankees" came
along. and that they were all removed out of
the track of the army. Ii seemed 20 be under
stood among the people that the mission of Sher
mans army was TO burn and destroy everything
in the line OF their march, and 10 leave the cOun
try desolate. as Sheridan had done in Virginia
and that the people were determined that Sher
mans army should find nothing to subsist upon
These reports, repeat, come to me in ques
,onable shape, and they may have their origin
in what the people intend To do. snd Not in what
they have done.
REPoRTEp JUNCTION OF HOOD WITH BRKcKiS-
RIDGE
IL il reported further. however, that Hood
army has formed junction with Breckinridge' \
| forces In East Tennessee. and that the combined
army. nov equal To Sherman's in numerical
strength, will throw itself across the track OF the
latter, and intercept his further progress This
rumor is improbable; bot il is not more improba
! BILE than the rumor which was recently believed
| in Wall street. that Early and Longstreet had
been dispatched from Virginia TO intercept Shcr
mans advance on Savannah
| sHEENsN's TREsENT MOVEMENT oEDERD FROM
WASHINGTON.
There are persons here whose opportunities are
good tor obtaining news from the South, who
say that this whole movement of Shermans will
/ turn out To be ridiculous clap-trap affair, which
will amolnl TO nothing in the end. and that Sher-
| mans movement is one not designed by himself
| but undertaken in accordance with oxders from
General Grant According TO this authority We
have not ye, heard the last of the Atlanta cam
| psign Sherman IL il said. executed his part al
the grand campaign of 1864 by the capture OF
| Atlanta lie understood distinctly that, when
this should be done. the administration would
provide means for keeping open his communca-
tons, and would provide garrison for Atlanta
| without weak ening his army He was then with
| the latter, to push forward At once for Macon
he never expected TO be detained, a. be has been,
for more than two months at Atlanta. That de
| lay, it j. said. which wholly owing TO the
singular policy of the administration, has proved
fatal to the campaign in Georga. lie has de-
prived US. ~ill soon be SEEN of all the fruits
OF Gen. Shermans brilliant campaign. 1, afford
ed the confederate authorities ali the time that
they needed TO devise and carry into execution
| certain measures which compelled the evacuation
OF Atlanta Oh the lth aud 18th inst.
FAILURE or THE ADMINISTRATIONS TO SUPPORT
SHERMAN.
II the administration had fulfilled its promise
to General Sherman-if they had sent force 20
keep open his communications and il they had
provisioned Atlanta for. hm-General Sherman
would have pushed on and captured Macon
weeks ago. Why this was not done will be
known in due time. II is enough to state here
that it was not done. and that the neglect to do
il broke up all Of Sherman's plans.
GES. sHKRNAs's PRESENT MOVEMENT INrESpLD 70
COVER Up rHE BLuSpERs or rar spNlSIsrRA
rIoS.
When the necessity for the abandonment OF
Atlanta could no longer be concealed. insiruc
tons we're sent 10 Gen Sherman, in pursuance
OF which he Is now acting Ii il a desperate ex
pedient. The air OF mystery which has beer
thrown around il Il intended 10 divert public Al
,ention from the hgmilia,iUg fact that. owing Il
the laundering incapacity OF the administration
Sherman's campaign in the West has proved Il
be great failure a. Grants campaign in Nir
ginia According TO the authority 10 which
am now abiding. there can bee little doubt that
few days more will bring the aews that hi
present project has been abandoned as who'll,
impraciicable
A
IL the readers OF the World will examine .
good map il will be seen how easy il would b.
Tor the Con!elerates 90 prevent General Sherman
; from even reaching Lynehburg, IL that be hi.
? ultimate destination General Breckenridge. !
? will be seen. il now IN full possession OF Ia
, whole OF Eastern Tennessee snd Southwestern
, Virginia. the remnant Of the Union forces hsv
, ing lied To Knoxville This nav seem small
matter, but il i one really Of great importance
} aud IL Illustrates tie profound str,tegy whicl
marks every movement directed by General Lee
There i dIrec; railroad communication between
the territory alluded ~ and Richmond. and Cd,
4 railrosd facilities sre ample Ii il is necessary
/ General Brsckinridee can be reinforced frou
RiebmOpd. and thai very quickly, 10 any exieu
that may be desired Ii i idle TO saw that Gen
ersl Lee has no troops 10 spare. lie has X,
has been reinforced during the last two month
by the filling up Of oil RS oil regiments 70 thei
full original strength and this too bv the YER
be-t fghiips material in the South. lkno~ thi
10 be positive fact and. therefore IL il i
thought desirable To seed considerable force from
Richmond TO Eastern Tennessee. or 10 Lvchburg
: IL can b. done.
DENOMINATION oF THE iNfEAcrICABfLirr on SJs
JuGArfsG rue sorrH
What nov Il NAV be asked. has become O
. al the fine results which We were promise,
would How from the capture Of Atlantaf Th
country ~as assured tina, the capture Of Atlanta
~. a blou from the efarfs If xhirh the Sontl