, 1865-03-15
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WEDNESDAY. MARCH Is ls,h.
THE MILITARY sITU.rIos


1AE MILITARY SITUATfON.
o1'Snt Us tne "hilaIy situation each day
aTPeafs, Tue morrow improves 1t. The fall
OF nlanenFl''e, Columbia and Charleston, al
~mcst "itnout resistance as the result OF
'euel'nnr1 movement INTO South Carolina
'oent gnu ooNu ano our hearts up. ~ on
c'nl o4spaten oi:ect from Sherman we now
learn That he has left The poor, little, proud,
a5astoc1stc and humblcd State OF south Car
olina "a saddcr, If not Eiser,' common
wealth. He briefly reports we are AL well
and have done finely" Ihis means TINT
Sherman has 1akcd over inc STATE Of South
Carolina as win nne.soola comb, that her
railroads, 1c,estapns' eon1eoe'ase property,
doundrsts ana sou1ces u supply 1or Inc rebel
Lien, ano especta'l5 acf slave population, arc
things o. the paSt' 1he oehbeFaaon o. sher-
mans movements, ana 1ne brlci terms IN
which he announces their result, sufficiently
estabhah That his work has been thoroughly
done. Laurel Hill, the point at which his
dispatch OF the 6th instant Is dated, is on the
direct route from Columoia, y u. ria ChefaW
TO tayet1csaue' n w. anu "''nm aooat mir
y mues ol 1he lattef Io1nt. NJ "ntcn oaef-
mans victorious lesions nave, without doubt,
ere this formed 1unct1on Hltn tnelf Old COM
panions md The new retnto1cements under
Scho1eld.
Mean"Aaie, Bragg arlsen Dy necessary 10
strike blow OF some Kind before the three
<,mles In North Cavoliua-at Laurel ELL un-
der Sherman, ut Wilmington under Schofleld,
and at Newbern under Co7-should bewithtn
cooperating distance, struck the smallest Of
vyudaf f1nY- the Rfh With
siderable determination, and probably with
all his available force. The battle lasted
through the stA, 9th and losh, and during
part OF the time seems to have been fought
With severity. On the sth, the rebels by the
violence OF their onset gained some success.
Tie report Of Bragg, throush Lee, to BrecEtn-
ridge, heretofore published, states that he at
tackled cur forces four miles in front ofkinston,
and Grove us from our position, that NC dis
putcd the ground ohstha.cl5 aud took mp
NC" 4jne 'nree ILLUS 1fooo tne urst, una tha1
they captnfco tnree guns ana !'ooo prisoners,
Nc icasng oeao ano ~ououeu ~ LIE ae4o-
The T.oei6 were unoef au' anu AoSe. 1als
statement Of Inc oaet9e Oh Inc ON asfees
mnutely Win our own report, WINCH stases
that on That DAY VIC were attackeo une4-
pectcd'c," losing "a large part OF t"o fcgl-
1nents' VINO were nanheo " superior num-
bcrs." We also lost Two hoWitzers and
Napoleon gun" ana captured about ssO
prisoners. .
AT present We nave no rebel accounts OF the
fighting on the 9Th and 10Th, bat onr own
dispatches sho" 1t TO have been on the part
OF tue rebels OF The most furious md unsue-
cts6iul cha1acter- Three distinct charges on
ttrF n fha Nr11 rS%
more on tue night Of the 9th and morning
Of the 10th we're made in the hope to defeat
Cox before Couch, with reinfo,cements, came
up, Our latcst dispatch from Scholeld states
that on the night Of the 10th Bragg was
1air1I beaten and rct1eated across the Ncuse,
Prior TO this last engagement we had sus-
1ained loss Of almost Two thousand In killed
and wounded end had captured about two
thousand prisoners. As our troops
f.ucLt behind intrcnchmcnts, this loss.
Tic duration Of the battle, and the details Of
tue engagement, chow that 1t IVES IN impctu-
Gus, obstinate and probably expensive effort
Of the rebels to strike u blow that would re-
trieve their sinking fortunes. As the R;ch-
nlard papers publish nothing after the S,h.
and SO the rebel forces were the assailants, it
Is probable that their losses were heavy md
their defeat discousaging. As but sna1l
p1-t Of our 1orces-apparently but three d.
ylsiors-werc engaged, the failure still fur.
tler demonstrates the weakness Of the rebel
force in North Carolina. The consolidated
force under Sherman will derive new assur.
ancc from the 4act TINT d few of theii
comrades have already whipped Gen
o,nss ~ ..l'e uass uA11'c'
o..,- ~. s",.s y 49,
1eocls' ou1 o"eSnes' ~ tne .apiai'' =
Aas n.o'e.oente' WING .oes "uo We sup
posed nnn s'unoet1ns IN cona1aanu .! .ns
army ol tne Ja"es. ne nao a1feaoS Sooalee
up 7ot1y onlcers, t'oo' prisoners. ana e'ga
cannon IN tne faues OF Inc aneaanaoan
WINE We suppose M" sn1s at ta2r1ottos
sue nc mas st1oek 1ne James h'sef canal AM
oesstoyeo IL ior apparently some tolr.s "4es
rendering all nope OF repairing tnis chie
source ol Supply 70 nuenmono' during th
eoaunnanee o. Tue feoe'4loa' aoso4ateJ I'm
possible" "hue gole - s'eken'ns nndeF tai
ne"s' pfe1nonl1e'y oi tne esacoanon o. io'
teoel eap.a1' lpe oese'1ers VINO " nuna1eo'
ae 1ea'mg 1s "'"s feppft' s9mf
1nat ohef1oan mas captured LSnchpaes
ano otners 11'a. ne mas crossed 1ae James
1l'ef oetmeen AJncnpnse ana A,cnmona ano
occupied nnrAes'ine' Fhlsh IS Inc junction
OF Inc hlchnona ana DanSane with Inc
5oOlusaQe' or TeLef6OufG ana Lyncaoufe