Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-01

II From Gen. Sherman.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. ga reliable inform
ant, leaving the front on Friday morning
reports our army then five miles from Tun
mel Hill and two miles from Dalton, tina
they had discovered the enemy In force a
Dalton, had full rations and would attacl
Dalton when deemed advisable. e
On the contrary, intelligence received by
military men, Of the same date, says: OuI
army having accomplished the object oi
their reconnaissance toward Dalton, has re-
turned to Chattanooga.
The latter opinion Is mainly entertained
by military authorities here. The silence
Of the Associated Press correspondents in
front for the past three days, indicates that
| they have been prohibited sending news for
the present.
'i- si9G7 LATER.
MEMpHIs, Feb. 28.-The reports Of strag-
glers that Gen. Smiths expedition was cut
up, proves false. That General arrived here
at II o'clock last night.
From the officers diary, kept during the
progress of the expedition, condense the
following particulars in addition to those
already furnished:
On the 10th the expedition reached Okla
Iona, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, sew
hundred and thirty southeast of Memphis.
Here we heard that Sherman had captured
Meridian and was advancing east. !, u, !.
On the 10Th we marched to Egypt Sta.
tion, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, where
we captured and destroyed vast quantity
OF Confederate corn. One column went
through Aberdeen, the other west of the
railroad concentrating at Prairie Station.-
The Aberdeen column, under Gen. Grier-
son, had considerable skirmishing near that
place; destroyed over one hundred thousand
bushels Confederate corn at Prairie Station,
and also a large quantity of Confederate
cotton.
On the 2Oth broke camp. Forrest is re-
ported in force at West Point. IL AM
The advance skirmished heavily with the
enemy. 3 T. M.-Halted within mile of
West Point; lost one Lieutenant, killed, and
five men wounded In the skirmish; killed
one rebel Captain and wounded rebel Ma
jor and one private.
On the 2lst, found Forrest, Lee, Chalmers
and Reddy were combined against us. They
tried to cut our command In two, but with
out success. Very heavy fighting occurred
both in the rear and advance.
The Second Iowa had number killed and
wounded in a gallant charge, with from
two thousand to three thousand rebels on
each flank. All the heavy force in our rear
were constantly charging on us. We here
lost three pieces OF cannon, (4-poundcr steel
guns,) which were spiked before captured.
All the ammunition was saved. Smith now
fell back slowly. Our troops ambuscaded
the rebels rs they advanced. The rebel loss
Is quite heavy. Smith burned every trestle
on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, and destroy
ed miles of the track and a large amount of
corn as they fell back. I.at
On the 22d we broke camp at a. m. after
resting only two hours. Severe fighting in
the rear all day. Rebels lost heavily. They
were in ambuscade at every available point.
Vollcy after volley poured into them at
short range as they advanced-but having
SO much the largest force, they continued
pressing our rear heavily, the rebels NOV
ing each flank with the evident design of
reaching the Tallahatchee in advance Of us,
forming q junction, prevent our crossing,
and capture the whole command. But by
forced marching southwe passed both flank
ing columns and arrived safely at New AL
bany.
23d.-Rear guard skirmishing all day.
Mth.-Skirmishing continues.
We arrived at Memphis at eleven p. NJ,
on the 25th. Most of the expedition, how
ever, stopped at Colliersville. The follow
ing are the estimated results of the expedi-
tiOn: They destroyed over million bush
els of corn, tore up and destroyed miles of
track of the N. & o. r. R., burned many
bridges, tressels, captured and brought in
over fifteen hundred mules and horses,
about two thousand negroes, and over three
hundred rebel prisoners, who are now in
prison. -s4ur. 4ia li :.
1t is impossible to give our loss, but it is
much less than the enemy's. The expedition
was successful at every point and in every
particular except an important one making
junction with Sherman, which is attributed
mainly to the slow movements of the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania cavalry regiments,
causing delay of one week in starting the
expedition. The retreat was not at any time
a rout, although there was some skedadling.
The Presidents amnesty, proclamation,
on Gen. Grants order, is being extensively
circulated throughout the country.