Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-05-04
By Telegraph.
EP0RTED FOR THE DAILY EMPIRE
LATEST ME Ws. }.
FORENOON REPORT.

The following is condensed history Of tho
trip: ~ ~ "a ~ % z =
General Wilson left Chickasaw on the 22d
Of March. II is not proper to give any state.
ment Of tho number of his force.
Ebenezer Church, near PlantofsviIle, Ala
oamh, was taken, after short engagement
with Forests cavalry Three hundred pris.
oners were captured, and three guna
| Forests forces we're driven 10 the west of
the Cahawbo river and separated A column
was sent to Tuscaloosa, which captured aud
destroyed much Government property.
Selma twenty.four miles from the base,
was captured on the I'd of April, with 2,700
prisoners, thirty two guns In position, and
seventy-6yo in the arsenal. We destroyed
three rolling mills with. fixtures, very large
nail foundery, an Rrsenal--the second in i'm
porIance in the Confederaey- --powder works,
magazines, and o large number of cars.
! We remained Of Selma eight days The
Alabama river was bridged $50 ieei, the op.
Grafton occupying five days, from tho fifth TO
the teuth. The next place attacked was Mont.
gomery, fifty miles distant, destroying al the
bridges on the Alabama and Tennessee rivers
The railroad to Columbia was destroyed.
The enemy destroyed 10000 bales Of cot
ton .ef
Montgomery surrendered without assault.
Five guns fell into our hands .I4 g
We destroyed two rolling mills and foun.
dries, two magazines sixtythree cara one
locomotive five sleamboats were captured
on tho river near Wetumpaka
| The rebels burned the 10000 bales Of cot,
ton before evacuating.
| Columbus, Georgia, eighty.fve miles dis.
tant, was taken by assault by General Upton,
after dark on tho 10Th
| Twelve hundred prsonors we're captured
| fifty three gnnH throo lareg cotton factories
100, 600 bales Of cotton, and immense quaint.
ties OF ordnance, quartermaster and commits
sary stores n large arsenal q pistol factory;
a ro ling mill and foundry over ore hun.
dred cars depois machine shops, &c, we're
captured and destroyed, m M.
| A gunboat mounting six seven inch rifled
guns, now called the jackson, but the name
of which has been recently changed, was
captured here
A detour to West Point, was made by La.
oranges Brigade, who attacked the works
and carried them by storm, capturing the gar.
rison, three hundred and fifty in number and
four gums and killing the rebel General Tyor,
who was in command, l1.r'i Nfal.r t..''
Fifteen locomotives wers destroyed Two
hundred cara two bridges, and two factories
in tho vicinity
We destroyed large quantities OF Quarter
master and Commissary stores at Griffin, and
the hail hoad bridges on tho Selma and
Montgomery Isal Rosd .H
W '"P'"''o a,o"B lhv loau hVo ueheraa'
nacon was laken without Opposition II
has not been necessary as yet 10 destroy any
property. 'i1 ls.-
va 1SpSu'uu po,,l "eno'Ms nowen LOUD "hs.
Is W Jtri ~ .o''iety oueel Inspector OF
lMsrau ~ orE m, wy, Nopet~nn, motehr ana
nuO"I nu unP,u'es are ioA guns IN posi-
.'o", ,n :" re'u A,'u W hssnut, h"u Huo guns
"r n.Jn"nos "p 0n"., s, ~,'n In,noHse n U amount
VI o'""n"so' SuSitor,nhste. ana Onmmisshry
s1 ,o,q', a"u 'o'''" ""' '"aen'neryi hl'' 'Soad
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hkLkAsE or FEDERAL PRIsoSRRa
The Oberald'a Jacksonville, Confederate
says, about 1000 Of tho Union soldiers for.
| merly imprisoned at Andersonvilc Georgia,
on the morning OF the 2Sth nit, TRANSPORTED
| by the rebels down the Florida Central Rail
Road to within ton miles Of Jacksonville,
where they we're unconditionnily released
and left to mako their way into tho Union
| lines, which several hundred OF them releas,
ed before night. All presented n pitiful ap.
pearance and mnay were barely able TO walk.
but their Joy was great on finding themselves
once again under the protection OF the Old
Flag.
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