Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-29
WAR RuLLRTIN.
News from Sherman and Thomas
WAR DBPARIHEHT, WAsHIssToS,O
December ~, Top. II.

OSCGmgGE 81 ~ Il ~
Major General Dix:
The following extracts from Richmond
papers of to day, have been forwarded 70
the Department by Gen. Grant:
"An official dispatch from Gen. Beaure-
gard, dated December 10, and received
yesterday, states that Gen. Hardee reports,
that force of the enemy's infantry, aFtil-
lery and cavalry, has moved from SaVan-
nah toward AltAmaha river. General Har.
dee has made e proper disposition 70 check
them. Its object IL probably 20 destroy
the Savannah. Albany aud Calf Railroad,
its dePOts, &c.
-N0 report has been received from Gen.
Hoods army since the 18th Of November.
"WLLIEGToN, n. O., Dec. 25.-The enc
my's feet, over ifty vessels, including two
monitors and several armed vessels, and
many heavily armed frigates and sloops of
war. made q furious attack on Fort Fisher
about 10 o'clock yesterday, and kept up an
average Ere of thirty shots per minute IN
til night. Our loss is twenty three wound
ed. The attack was renewed ct ten o'clock
this morning, and has been very furious
and continuous. No report Of casualties
to- day. Col. Lamb, who Is commanding
ct the fort, replied 70 the enemy's FIRE slow
ly and deliberately. The enemy, under
cover Of heavy IRE. landed about three
brigades two and . half miles above Fort
Fisher.
"They were engaged running by small
er force. The enemy held the ground at
night.
sEOOHD iDIsPATOH.
WAsaINsFoH, December "a.
"The enemy's iufsntry attacked Fort
Fisher late last night. They Were repuls-
ed With considerable loss.
"There was . heavy rain and wind
throughout the night.
"PfisOners report the Gath corps Of the
Yankee army as being present under
Butler.
"From Wilmington dispatches it will be
seen that the Yankee feet attacked Fort
Fisher about O'Clock P. NJ, on Saturday
and bombarded heavily, renewing the
bombardment at 10 o'clock on Sunday
morning, and continuing through the day,
and that under cover Of the Ere of the feet
the enemy landed an infantry force above
Fort Fisher which attacked this fort on
Sunday night and was repulsed.
'.Fort Fisher is situated on O sand.spit
on the right bank of Cape Fear River, az
its mouth, twenty miles below Wilmington.
The enemy, We presume, reached thgir pO-
sition above the fort, not by passing up the
river, where they would have been obliged
to run the gauntlet of guns both Of Fisher
and OF CaseWell,N Qn the left bank, but by
landing on the beach, east of the mouth Of
Cape Fear River. The enemy having eff
fected Judgment above the fort, is . Sc
Tious matter. 1t will cost double the force
to dislodge him thAtwOuld have prevented
his Ianding."
Dispatches from General Thomas repre-
sent him still in pursuit of Hoods broken
and disOrgauized force.
HEADQUARTERS, PULASKI, TEHH.
To Mgj. Gen. HaiLeek, Chief Of Stat:
have received the following dispatch
from General Wilson:
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, BEYOND
PULASKI, Dec. 25.-There seems to be lit
tie doubt that the rebels have gone TO
cambridge, eight miles above Florence,
passing a flank movement from Stevenson,
Alabama.
Two corps of Stewards aud Lees corps
went to Lexington. Oheatham went TO
Lawrenceburg, striking the old military
road eight miles below LsWTeneeburg.
The people say the rebels are suffering
immensely. Buford's wound IL said 70 be
quite severe.
A Mr.. Coates says a Colonel command
ing the pOntOOu transportation told him he
was going TO Bainbridge, and left here on
Thursday morning.
Cheatham's ammunition transportation,
VI "a SN09SI We6SAoI - ooAANS1EA
here. The mules were put in to help the
pontoons along. Gen. Lee was severely
wounded in the foot in the fight &C Nash
vile ). his corps is now commanded by
Stevenson. The rebels have lost eighteen
Generals in killed, wounded aud captured
since they started north. They acknoWl-
edge sixty-eight pieces of artillery lost.
JosEPH WILSON, Maj. Gen.
A dispatch dated 6 P. n. 25tb, states
that pressing the enemy, HarrisOn's bril-
gade came on the enemy's infantry strongly
posted ia rail breastWOrks, aud SO close
did he push up, that on being compelled to
fall back loss OF one gun was involved
The position, however, was taken in two
minutes afterWard, but the enemy had car
ried the gun OF. The rebel force was eight
brigades, of 500 or 500 each. Gen. Wool.
commanding the 4th Corps, Is In support of
Gen. Wilson, aud both will continue the
pursuit EealOusly.
have heard from Steedlian to-day
he has disembarked his troops from the
cars, ct Limestone Greek. seven miles from
Decatur, and WAS mArchieg on that place
at Z A. II to-day. GEoE0B d. THOMAS,
MHjOr General Commanding.
The department has received no 0dVices
from Savannah, except the dispatches Of
Generals Sherman and Foster, which have
already been published.
Edwin NJ. STANTON.
Secretary of War.