The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-25


AMY never was an better condition.
U. q. HOSA.D, Major General.
shsrman,s Great March rrom sayansah,
ga, 10 fAJeiteLviIe, Nc.
Tho march OF bcuorai slouuanp army from Sassn.
nah 10 Fa ottesyile Wv fun Of iutOres.ing incidents
although no material obs ac'e IN the sdvdsc w In
,erpolsd by the rebels. IRE preparations for the
Nolthward r-rpiig, were completed about The mid
a.. Of fs,--~sv, aud the arp'y began TO by do
chuen,s Two Iss and iTth CORPS had previously
heem sent Beaufort on board Of Transports aud Al
the ond Of Two three days Aissr break cAanphs
grand Amy VI he Ios' weIe nAichnS "on " Rich
ulond" takiug nortleaatsrly direction During Ia.
int .cw days VI tLc march there very little VI
lucldput to break the mono,ony. The Grs, show VI
opposition made ny the enemy, was At the sslle-
haichic river, vherr tody Of rebels had prepared
rough iOItlncutons aud eetsrInined 70 make .t.ud.
10 dia9des sh.s iy.ee ne dnisiln q .,ensi So.vf
hs IA, els vefe dtteD ittm ile ppstiop u son,ld,
sa Ys ALL ~ ,u ,s s,s SV,Srtnsi
r pe Tonga eIenly y. In.igs 4 m % pa
It ~ oIssol,d s.Ash W they burned ne bird .;
.aa as' SSr SSa'Ts TSptsay I an 5I n,c c1"@Sa
Cen. uiies A. smiths uiyision OF tive Seventeenth
TnS ID me stS III sSus 1SI G. a. .ns 70 s
S neS, Sho bad Seen The lat iSi'i,sfy oecupsns
o, The city, had 'h.ae mr.nFements 10 Turn all
tle co,t1p " tht pi~e large Ininbet " Las hii
AMI many Of thsm we're aIu burning when foress
lid e,sy s bonn he fu ming cotton sbSa,
and hhsiy cAnSmE to irmtiou oi houses. In thn
IL fsrst, IN am II w. not the "No thern ySn
dab" whq lid It, but the veitsble ehiyslIy Of hsmp
.s .IS Ha mo Sn- M sH redursa @ TO- 70 s
and large nuinb.L o iuHii eH were tufnei houeeai
Cuumn a eon,i,pd o. so.ly-three cannon, i've thou,
seDd stard oi spai gWn LIse quantity 81 Ahmull-
sent 'he,e rom Ihafles,on or ssie keeping A cou-
s.deTa' nunLer u lh-Vn pIisoneFs, 10 hai Teen
approach, 'ueeeossd In tunnelng under tho pr.ol
sgeIe thay sui1 cOuhnod escaping the no''cr Of thg
& ,s S alien NM sn' bnon, Ss,e , 5em.'sI sl'
l5os lS,ggs .s, 'ee dT{ i99h ne o o. TIs =.
covered mat tho hest part o II had Teen luruel ~
the leben, ,trssw sas the no6 iuionnl PIN M
the routT h"~1 the eIeNos attempted 70 tfef itslal
ancs but SeIe soon driven oh. our i9o Vnp'u.o'
AZ this point tSelty-Lh 90 cannon MD .,' tH.n,
~ Of ammunition, Aino.s ne t4ns ,u' I b. W nm, ,n3
to tLe sovereign stnie of south ta.o ina b. hoI
Gitizoua resident abroad" Foih 'he.As tis
loS nsssS eaea ssos ' '1a apSant S- ucoa
occurred until kip4ticks cayalr> eolur'h lsaeho
sTtun,ang xtiIe 9ei1elri rom thC rest o. tho arm,
Was suddenly At arkei bv iialrp1ona entire iofc oi
Gsnetsl RIratri'T him'si nanowly escrplnr cop
ulIe our TO Gee we're driven back ~ ,SUnp, wi..e
lie Cen,la succeeded In reforming them. In iuin
he eafsrd rpon tho rebels. and the atteg 'o,s
avantI,iiy d,i,rn Oh With losr OF Is kIlird. OIr
los was no. lJit than 20, iucuiing killui, Nounds
sud ,nj.sirg Two minor cavalry eugagcn.euts uc-
cared uhon near fA ettsyills, III vne Oi which our
iirrs captured lye falt tIOn the rebels ON the Cgy
sts- shernsn's arrival at Fayetteville, he ceiteJ
dispaiciios IRON General sch0tled, nom " luiGsion
which nod been sent up the CalH feu river
on tug, ~ charge of Ctu. Ars
softh. ne march from savannah 10 Iyottevuic
VA accomp4lIhed ip forty five days and " wou.i
consumed much liz > but tOI thB liz ~
rains ara the neo.ssy Of CoIduFoyiug" sSsmr-
fLhty-tve cannon vero captured ON the route; MT
ues Of railroad weTc destToJ cd, AbOut hfi'tl
thousand slave hOcked TO our army dunnS tue march
and about twenty hve Thousand animals were eHptuf-
en. The whole disanca tyzyelled by the AIuly i
shout ioaI handtcA aud Any hlgs-aIi average q tea
s4iissA day. Hhs satiEe toss N hled, xoanaoa sal
conunvsd On H@ last Ds9s'