Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-12-22
SECOND BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
w asUfX1.rov Der If 1871

WASHINGTON, Dec l6, 1861.
To Gen. Dix:
Official dispatches from General Candy
have been received to-day. showing the
complete success o. sn expedition sent Nv
him from Vicksburg TO cooperate with
General Sherman's opel atoms, and to cnt
Hoods communications with Mobile
General Candy reports the probable sue.
cess OF another expedition from Baton
Rouge. under Gen Davidson. the details
and objects of which it Is not proper now
to disclose. When last heard from Da.
wilson was reported as having caused quite
panic In Mobile. and to IN. devas,afiny
the country generally. Lieut.. Colonel
Edgecomb. special Aid. was severely
wounded, and fell into the hands of the
enemy. at Fayette. Miss.
Richmond papers OF to-day confirm the
reported capture of Bristol by an expedi-
tion supposed to be under the command OF
Stoneman and Burbiilge, and also the
surprise and capture of the Glade Spring
depot. on the railroad thirteen miles south
of Abingdon, Va.
They also contain Gen. Hoods official
report OF battle OF Franklin. in which he
acknowledges the loss of many gallant Of
fieers and heavy in men. Among them
he enumeraies Major General Cleburne.
Brigadier Gems. b. johnson. Williams.
and Granny. killed; Major General John
Brown, and Brigadier Generals S. Curtis,
Mainigault. Quarles. Cock~rill and Scott
wounded, and Brigadier General Gordon,
prisoner.
They also state that on Wednesday
Gen. Sherman carried Fort MeAllisrcr,
commanding the Ogeehee River. by storm.
and that the capture OF this position put
Sherman IN communication with the Yam
ee fleet. anil inlercepts the reinforcement
o. Savannah
The dispatches Of Gen. Candy, SO far rs
proper for publication, and the extracts
from the Richmond papers. giving Hoods
official report of the battle. and orr sue.
cess in Western Virginia, are su5ioined.
Up to this hour-S:30. p. m.-nothing
has been heard from Nashville since last
night. and nothing from Sherman later
than the Richmond papers report Of the
capture OF Fort McAilSier On "Wednesday.
GENERAL cASBY's EErosT
HEADQUARTERS. New ORLEANS, La
t Deco mher O. 1864.
On the 25th nit. | reported that move. J
menrs cooperative with Sherman's opera
tons wouli be made from Yick>turg and
Baton Rouge Tor the purpose of cutting off
Hoods communications with Mobile
The expedition sent from Wick. burg. and
consisting of about IL, 900 cavalry. and
eight pieces of artillery. umler command |
OF Col. T.. ID. Osband. OF the 81 colorsd
cavalry. returned on the 4ih inst. having
met with complete success. after an admi-
rably executed flank movement on Jack. !
son on the 18th inst. The expedition
started for Big Black on the railroad.
which was reached on the 9th, and after
stubborn resistance destroyed 1t thus
cuts Hoods army of from large quantities
of supplies aud stores accumulated at
jackson, and makes the railroad. which is
his main reliance, unavailable to run for
months to come. A.H .rss.'
Besides this. important. bridges, aud
:restie works, the following property was
destroyed: Thirty miles of
track. jnclpdmg cuIverts. the wagon bridge
over the Big Black. Vaughn. Pi, ket and
Goodman stations. with sill their depots
and buildings, $500 bales of cotton, 20
locomotives. 4 ears, 4 stage coaches. 90
barrels Of salt, and $4,000 worth of
stores at Vaughn's station.
The expedition was considerably har-
rassed on its return by large bodies of the
snemy's forces. but suffered no material
os~, and brought back more recruits than
It's entire loss.
Maj. B. Cook, commanding the 81 COL
bred cavalry, distinguished himself. and
III his regiment generally, by the gallant.
y with which the force guarding the Big 4
Black bridge were driven from their posi- .
ion. Orr men had to charge across the
bridge dismounted, with nothing bat rail 4