The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-11-26
|SHERMAN'S MARCH.
The Rebels Outwitted.
Macon, Georgia, the First Point.
En- Route for the Atlantic Coast.
Rebel Press Oh the Situation.

En- Route for the Atlantic Coast.
Rebel Press Oh the Situation.
We have, both through Union and Rebel
sources, some very interesting particulars of
Sherman new aud great campaign through
Georgia in region that has hitherto re-
manned untouched by the Union armies.-
Macon is the first great point where Sherman
is expected to strike On the 18th inst. an
expedition composed of the Fourteenth.
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Tween
tieth Army Corps. and Fitzpatrick Cavalry,
left Atlanta and proceeded in that direction.
This force comprises about $4,000 men. in
GLIDING 5000 picked cavalry. Thirty days
ratIons for man and beast were taken and
the Expedition is finely equipped in every
pratlcular. Gen. Sherman scout system is
so complete as to render failure almost an
impossiblity, and ere this Macon is in
our hands, and our army moving on to
new aud more glorious victories. The Rich
mond papers of the 18th inst. are terribly
exercised at the situation of the Confed-
eracy, which the Sentinel says is ''intercst-
ing" They describe his movements as
''diliicult TO understand" and give several
| places as his destination.
A correspondent of the New York Times
writes on Sunday:
The country through which he (Sherman)
goes is abundantly supplied with meats and
bread, and is sandy country, traverscd by
but few streams. If it rains week on II
stretch, it dries up or soaks down into the
| clay in a few hours. After arriving at Ma
con, he will probably go to Milledgevilc,
where he will divide his army, sending a
part of it to Savannah, and a part to Angus
ta He will fortity the latter place. and after
receiving supplies up the Savannah river, he
will be able to move on Columbia or Charles
ton. The programme, if carried out sue
cessfully. completely demolshes the railroad
| system of Georgia. The Western and At
lantic, running from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
most totally destroyed. 1t will take year
to rebuild it, with no Inconvenience in OBJ
tanning iron. The Georgia Railroad, Ia
State institution. as is also the Western and
Atlantic and to which the Confederacy is
indebted many millions of dollars. running
from Atlanta to Augusta, III miles, is de-
stroyed from Atlanta to Covington, II miles.
The occupation Of Augusta will add to its
destruction. The Macon and Western Rail
road, running from Atlanta to Macon, 1903
miles, is entirely destroyed. The Georgia
Central Railroad, running from Macon to
Savannah, is iol miles, and this will no
doubt receive Sherman s attention in a few
days. From Augusta to Charleston is 1871
miles. From Augusta to Columbia. S. c..
it is al by rail. Mostly all the manutacto-
ries for shot, she'll. fixed ammunition and
cannon are at Macon, Augusta and Column
bia. Half the D wider the Rebels use is
made near AUGUSTA.
A correspondent writing from Nashville
on the 10Th inst. gives the following details
of the starting of the expedition:
The expedition commenced its march on
the evening of the 18th inst. with division
of Kilpatrick's cavalry. under General Me.
Cook. and the Twentieth CORPS. General
Slocum. in advance. This advance was to
ana to be followed by the f"nrtecnh Corps,
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