Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-10

gether incredulOus. and nothing convince
them that they were really surprised III
I'll our men commenced destroying thei
trains.
l hear the number of wagons destroye
was estimated at nearly one thousand
They apparently contained all the baggag
OF the rebel army at Atlanta, and also tn
baggage of citizens who have fed at GU
approach. They stretched for nearly iv,
miles. Swiftly our men ran through
rIhlng them of many a treasure. Hun.
dreds upon hundreds of mules were
slaughtered-all in fact, which were moi
in prime condition They were run
through the body, one after another, by
our troopers, whose sabers, that night and
early morning, dripped with more inno-
cent blood than ever stained them before.
The teamsters were collected together. and
many Commissaries and Quartermasters
with the train were also captured. The
wagons, with their contents, were CONSIGNED
TO the torch and utterly DESTROYED. MANY
curious things were hshed out-such as
rich Odd Fellows and Masonic regalias-
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aging contrast, hewever, between the
things they were able to carry, and those
they wanted to carry.
FAYETTEVILLE OCCUPIED.
While the destruction Of the train was
going on, o r forces surrounding Favette-
vile, shortly after day break on Friday the
29th, entered the town, still quietly asleep.
Fayetteville is due south of Atlanta forty
miles, and was thought entirely secure. as
was evident from the collection of trains
there. As our cavalry-men went from
door to door on a tour Of morning inspee-
tion, the manner of the inmates were ludi-
crOus in the extreme. They were utterly
unable TO comprenendthat they were face
to face with the Yankee force. When
they did comprehend, their CONSERVATION
was both painful and funny. The women
assumed the color of ashes-the men turn
ed pale and red by alienation. Several
rebel officers, enjoying themselves with a
from duty, were gobbled and
sent off to swell the gathering cloud of
eaptives. All the commissary stores in
the town were seized and appropriated .bv
our men, who, without sleep or respite, re-
sumed their march at A. NJ, their column
by the addition Of thousand
prisoners, and their spirits buoyant, in spite
Of great fatigue, at their success, rendered
much greater than they had anticipated
by the capture Of the train.
THE RAILROAD TOHAcoN CUT.
By A. M Friday morning, the head of
the column struck the railroad LEADING |
from Atlanta TO Macon at a point fnrtT, 1
three miles south ofthe former point. This
road was the only one leading from Allan |
Ia that remained intact. Severalregiments
went to work with great energy, and IN
P, NJ, six miles had been thoroughly des-
troyed seeHHde0t GrteH There are no |
bridges on this road near the point where
our forces struck it, and beyond the burn
ing of depot building at Fayette Station. |
no other damage was possible. 1-F
THE RETURN. ---..
The business of the raid was over in lust
.wenty-four hours after it pushed east
from the Chattahooehie River. Dufipq
hat space the troops had plqTsq94, ,eeeftrnf7
road and an immense wagon train. Time |
IS life in all such expeditions, and at 2p.M
The column was reformed, and faced west
ward-homeward bound. The return
route lay little TO the south Of that pur-
sued on the outward journey, passing
through Newman, and thence to forCls on |
.he ChattahOOchie river Our column for |
return was formed as follows:
lst Brigade, Colonel Croxton,, in ad-
vance; I'd Brigade, Colonel Torrey, Fol
lowing; then came the pack mules with
the prisoners and their guards, and in the
rear, Colonel Harrison with his four regi-
nents. @ ir 5af-..t a.e szsf.sH
They proceeded towards Newman Sta
lion on the Atlanta& West Point Railroad,
10 miles from Atlanta.
.8..s.s THE ENEMY CLOSES IN. 't
At this point all knowledge Of the move
ments and fate of the main raiding party is
involved in a mystery. The 4th Indiana.
I'd Kentucky and part Of the "a Indiana,
forming the advance guard, found them
selves, shortly after crossing the railroad,
attacked very unexpectedly on flank and
rear by heavy masses of the enemy's cav
airy. They were then cut off from the
main body, and after a fight in which they
were greatly ontnumbered they were COM
PEELED to extricate themselves as best they
could. Major Purdytof the 4th Indiana,
INllAtA bHICC AuH0IGG anu ulLGGH men, ana
by dint Of sticking close to the woods, and
employing negro guides, he. reached the
Chattahootchee on Saturday night. at a
plantation ferry-one Of the few left un-
guarded by the enemy. During the night,
with. the aid OftWo frail dug outs, he crossed
every man and equipments, swimming the
horses, all of which passed over safely, save
one. On Sunday he travelled not less than IS
miles by obscure roads, the enemy hang
ing on his rear 81. day, and near dark car
turing four or live dismOunted men who
were struggling in the rear. Sunday
night the worn out detachment encamped
at Sweetwater, not far from the ground
and scene of operations around Dallas, his
men enjoying the first sleep they had
caught for four nights To-day (MOndav)
at nUUn, he arrived here with three hun
dred and ten men, little over half the
number composing the advance guard
which was attacked. But eighty-three of
the I'd Kentucky came in. The fate of
the main body of raiders is still wrapped
in obscurity, though the last report
springlng up nobody knows where, as
sures US that McCook is at the river. fght-
ing his way back to our lines. Another
one, not so general has him captured,
while third has started him off on long
Southern tour toward Pensaools, or some
other point on the Gulf held by our forces.
Colonel Brownlow, Of the 1st East Ten
nessee, arrived this afternoon with about
thirty-fye stragglers, but as he became
from the main body he of
course can throw no light upon the situa-
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