New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-18

enemy battles 0f he Monocncy ani the stack on
. Warrington 1nr Niuet'e tn Armv Corps was also
Drought from the Chesapeake where it arriving by
h ea rom Nrw.O M, and re ched Washington 1t
ue k part in the operations for ITS d,fense and
~ the pursuit Of the hafl'd en- my.
, Der Dg tie mouth 'fJuy nl,o, the armv Of M'lor
G.u. Csnby was moved oy sea from Nes.Orean, %
Mobile BY ~ol"iaiinp with tne navy IN the reduction
Of the |. rtiic ,ti,us af lis entra CT
p Fror, August 10 Dsceinb.r no great movements Of
troops by made, ut a larg' f.t was con
tanty emp'ed in supplying the armies before R'eh.
nOBd and Ito troops various ssati 's aiong tie
coast frou. TIE Chosa peabr to New -Oiielhs. .
In the inc enent onth Of December the approach OF
Gen Shern ans army 10 tie ast required large E"et
b. e'uIloved IN readiness TO supp aud Ieht that
lMmy aftrr It's long mnIcu from All MA.
TraDspn.s we're displtched Pennneole with sup
plies to await the arrival Off troops should expected
a. sit,1b compel Gen Saerbah To change Ills course
10 O. g south
The grearr part of the stores intended for his use.
however, were sent direct to rt Roya barb'r, there
10 await his rival ut sone ioint The coast of the
. lCarnllnbs or Georgia.
When bs alpearei in renr of savannah nnd, captur
. ing Fort McA STR hy copD de- ncia communicated
wi the nav SOU drn. t., TRANSPORTS s"nt rouud
o the months OF the Ogeerhec and Savannah rlvers,
and light rauet Steamers, hitrd for rlyer and y ser
lyiCe which had be- tened upon tbr rrt news OF
hi, approach arrived 0 tine io tras"r to the rver
9 indpgs ihe c"t1lno, can y and garrison eq1plge,
qu riermasiei, stones, and forage Gnd pr VisiO
which bad been Oi Necessity sent in scag0lhg vessels,
both sth ard straT and which were II TOO heaSy
iIaught to enter The Ogeechre. PISS through the
oyeu,ng rst made the aTtiLc al obsirucons OF the
ISyannal.
Tie army was quickly rec!thed. reshod aud retted
ITS wagons Il lei With rG 10 3 and forage.
steamers un the savannah TO Beaufort. SOuth Cero.
iuy or Pori yn "a bar, at which pace the vessels
OF henyy dIat c"ud la.d tn ir stores without tue
labor oi trnrs, ,hipDrit.
equipped Il the IT. and the ransorts aEd fleet OF
H. ht draft steamers repin"d 10 t1' h"ror MoifheHd
CITY, where t,ry asaii"d tie arrival of the iriops,
wio after q u Oh 0f 80 miles tiruugh hostile crun.
nv wit nlt nicaiion ith their base I" supplies.
dcpan.ing Sl.y no, the 4 in their wasOns and
tie resources Of tie s. cou iiy for their snbsst
euce we're eertain t. i've condition a. require
m eniIe renewal of ter cothGe and shoes. aud new
supply Of prov. ions.
the l9h January he told me 10 look out i"r him at
Kinsto, and also To be- prepared FOR i'm lower down
tic asst should the Rebsl army II Virginia abandon
iBg L. llmOnd Enlto vi lie troops 10 The CaT"has,
land succoed In peyPntii his plssugc OF the Sanre
! During the MOI IN ,f D~eeub'r. IN exped ton
~ embarked at City Point shd t'rtie5' Monroe.
+ Mich made an unsuccessful attemIt IN opor tion
VITA Tie navy up Fort Fisher al the mouth o Cape
Foar iver. The trWps falling t" s'tarS were e
embTked. and returned 20 Han 2ion Roads. The
Transportation by sea The landing acd Iotuih were
/ buCc ,-inilg porcrm d. go
larger force and successfuly laDd,d bpye Foi Fisher
' y hich picr with the aid oi naval bOmbardment un
: exam pled In severity, they carried by assault
2l The troops of the weDt,.ttiid Amy Corps under
cen. SchoGed. having borne ther lait 10 fhe
Gcpr.n and rsnnrssrr. after tbc bitllo OF Nashville
Z which 10, ace on tie 10 h and t;h 'eeemb and
,ae termination ~ tBr ptsut tho Rebel ara on the
Tennes-er was nOyed b, Vii and rIYrr 20 W"-dngtVn
and Raltrnore Where aui ninny diff utos from The
severity ni tie sFasur, lie ehtIely sEsp"niihg FOR
tine The navigation Of be- Potomac h'J wereewuey1et
81 on zee, N steam and ds,aich'd 7" TO Ifpc i"l
River and 10 Beaufort North taT'Hn 10 nTH", 10 &C.
ope alton aiih ihe yiC r. %! F'u Fisher, upOn IL
= mneton nnd Kins',n Norib CaI"i,ha. ..
H. anticpaii'a # he a rlvai Oi Gen. itOm''s army
nj savannah | ad ordered 10 Svlnnlh - portion OF
ibc Militry Rlihoad ConSiituon tofrs. Two
, pi, isious II The curls as org'n z' with ,ns AMI
MI
Daltiaoie by ratto At B 'iiip = they we're rei.
y forced and enlaikod on ocean s.eaIDeFs aud We're
= lpomptly OF The TFhc, ~. Us
As lie army m, we'd. iowever without depending
2 upon raIlroM communication. destroying instead oi
> rep iriug railroads in its marc tae C9nslruct"n
q C.rI. was trnusfrrred Wilmington and BE elli'I
mr, nagoa anu ma ~ iraSaS oy at Gd.Sarour
. were repaired and stocked with g.nes ana cars.
81 teitoCT e. pinicd or SCI from the Mott.
. T." iaadrcd miles o. railroad were thus rcPiirrd
and uuder the proir Of the OF ens
!, scLoirId nnd Ie,ryi snd when. rfter the bauc
= OF Bentonyilie. be Tielt wing Of Ger ShcrmnIs
on 4 a9d Marc rugged fion their sfrugres wh tho
r iekets and swsmps, and hackened b, the smoke Of
the burning forests Of CHlol no tey met these railroad
trains f,nn tie All uii' oad'd with three DAYS ru
lions Tor { cir immediate want'. mot Gen. sherman
at Morehcad City The 25i iarch, When he advised
ne thet he desired 10 moy"ag In on the i0.h April
This srmy. If nearly 10000 men. needed To he en-
trey recdd and reshod tho 'rops were o b. I'D while
resting. for a. soon rs IN" army erased us
march it erased ~ supp 1t elf by forseng and de-
pended upon tie supplies iron the asst Nevortheiess.
on the It'll Il April WIS a'le TO inform Gen. Sherman
that the ecessary supp les were IN us camp.
Every soldier had receive compte oulit of cloth
ing aud had been newly shod The wsgors we're
. uaed with raors and forage. and each - tie JVJO
wagons. whose e1nyas covers h1d nach torn on tho
= mr.oh IRON Chattanooga was surpHd with new
cover The army moved on tie appointed d y against
the omy nierpOsug between IL and the Army OF The
Potomac then holding the principal Rebel army fast
= lehind The lines oi Ri, I'm ond
iaqhoat OF this Drperrmcnt under the command
Of Capt Ainsworth. bad reached FAYETTEVILLE By the
ane Pear River ihe 10Th of Mich and first bore
greeting 10 the Army 81 the West from their comrades
HON they haG clt the nks o th" Tennessee and
Who Ioire with Others of the Army OF the Potomac
9 were then forcing communicated with them non
the new base which they sought on the Atlantic cons
n The demands upon the Department OF this time com
peled it to take into iis service ntt oiy re neet wsn
IL had gradually acquired by purchase but nearly every
new steam vessel that bad been built In tho United
: States to nav gate be ocean.
hect Of pweiih pr3peners ySSses OF M 20 % 'l.y
Der day with A speed of 30 10 knots had been ere
aed rng the war and nearly the whole of them were
ss this tine in the service oil the DcpaitMneh,. M
forage "d subsistence and compel ed to chehor the
eTp5ci coast Of Corolns, where they rode out the
o large quantity OF railroad engines and cars were
shipped 20 Beauf harbo for the railroads in North
IS Caronn. most Of which WERE on the tein'na'on OF
! hoetiities seat 10 the Jan % River to be sold
To aid in the rapid supply Of Gen. sherman. Whle az
and relieve the railroad and slso TO en-
able the Department Ia supply him a. Winton bi tho
n shallow waters of North Carolina, in his Northern
marcn a large number of cau0b"a:s and btrges was
IL sent 10 Newborn. Some o. item were used IN the
Trent River carr, ing supplies 70 hinSton bridge out
greater part u them released tiom ser' ice by
tho Surrender Of the Rebel arnis aud have been re-
, turned 20 the Chesapeake and to their owners or c'a
| In pl tho active movements by SEQ dprng the fiscal
" year emoloyin O feet IN which nearly MI the sea.
d going steamers Of the country have been employed but
vessels have been lost While III the service Of this
3 Department
u! The North America chartered sidewheel steamer
Of The first CLASS perfectly new. went eown IN gale Oh
e Cane ateras the General Lyon was burned. and the
e. Aimiral Du pont was run no0n at SEA.
At,ar th nnIcr nf the Rebel alrics OrderN