The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-19
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Military Movements i'm the south.

CAIRO, Feb 1--we are in receipt of fur
thcr intelligence concerning the movements
Of Gen. Sherman and General Grant, which
Is of an interesting nature. Official confrma-
ton has been given to the report of fight at
Clinton, Miss, on the 4th inst, town on
the Brandon Railroad, within nine miles of
jackson. On the same day General Sherman
pushed forward and occupied jackson, the
rebels retreating across the River,
General Logan left Huntsville, in Madison
county, Alabama, eighty miles west by south
from Chattanooga, with the Fifteenth Army
Corps, about the 9Th inst, to cooperate with
Sherman. The distance between the two
places is two hundred and seventy-fye miles
in direct line. At the same time Generals
Griersen and Smith, having crossed the coun-
try from Corinth, are moving southwardly
with strong cavalry force. These move
ments are said to be planned for the destruc-
ton of Bishop Polk and the rebel cavalry un-
der Forrest, which has been securing north
ern and central Mississippi The main body
of the army which has wintered at Chatta-
nooga was announced to leave that place some
DAYS since. Unless retarded by unforeseen
contingencies, it was to have been at Tunnel
Hill and Dalton week ago. The rebel army
under Johnston was encamped there at our last
advices. These places are to the southeast
of Chattanooga the former twenty and the
latter twenty-five miles distant, and forty
miles from Kingston, on the Coosa river,
from which it is but ten miles to Rome. The
Coosa is a tributary of the Alabama, which
passing Montgomery, empties at M bile.
The armies of General Sherman and Gen
Logan are but two hundred and seventy mile
apart, therefore-the distance from Jackson
vile to Columbus being one hundred an
thirty-fve miles, and from Columbus
u Huntsville one hundred and forty. TIL
Tombigbee river flows south through Colun
u bus, into the Mobile The Black Warrior, a
. afluent Of the Tombigbee, sends its roots I
/ within forty miles Of Huntsville, mnglin
% with the brooks which flow into the Tenne
le see. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad, ais
10 has branch connecting it with Columbu
- Lebanon, in Alabama, at which a fight
: said to have taken place, is in De Kalb coui
rs ty, fifty miles southwest Of Chattanooga az
W 100 north of Montgomery. Yazoo Cit
y. which was taken by detachment under c.
Coates on the 9Th, is upon the Yazoo rive
=, 40 miles north of jackson. The country
- rich in corn and forage, which can be sent
!. Yicksburg without trouble, it's stated til
~ this point will be held permanently.
ire Without entering upon any speculation
m. it can be seen that, if Johnston remains
raj Tunnel Hill and Dalton, whittier he fell ba
liz from Rome, he is enveloped by a great fla
m. movement, at the same moment that he
/ pushed from the front. As it is repor
ali that he had sent rsinlorcements to the vic
vas ity of jackson, he will not be able to NEE
tie. concerted plan, of the proportions which
,all presented in this intelligence, 50 successfr
red as in the past. 3 ,-ss s 7asa 81
rec General Sherman, who was at Jackson
red the It'll ult., has, we learn by way of Ca
hill advanced to Brandon, twenty miles cas-
Mr.. jackson, on the Yickshnrg, jackson !
rom Brandon Railroad, and ninety miles Fl
s of Marion. The Mobile and Ohio Rail X
the passes through Marion.