The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-09
LETTER FROM SAVANNAH.
corFsspondeEce Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
SAVANNAH, Jan. %, 1865.

LETTER FROM SAVANNAH.
CorFsspondenee Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
SAVANNAH, Jan. %, 1866.
THR XIV caNPuex.
The whole Of Shermsn's army has
now moved north from. Savannah; and
concentrated at PocotalIgo, above Beau
fort and ct Sisters Ferry, up the Sa
vannah River, on the Carolina side.
preparatory 70 opening tbs new cam
paigD. General howard's column il at
Pocotaligo and beyond, and. General
Siocam's at Sisters Ferry. The wealth.
er has been bright, though cool, for the
last few days, and tie work Of proyid.
ing ior The new march has been pushed
forward day aud night Nearly All the
steamships arriving here have mean do
tanned and employed in carving the
a1atSrlsI OF the army from Savannah N
Beaufort, and the lighter vessels run TO
sisters Ferry. The entire force At
Beaufort, together with lis transports.
Ion' was conveyed thither by water
Inc column on the left marched (sonne
OF II With great difficulty during the
recent rains) overland, or perhaps il
would be more felicitous 10 say, over.
water since between swsmps, iplets
ana SWOLLEN river, their route was
unsafe for anything less squatic than
an amphlblous organization There
was moment, heard, in the early
stages OF the movement, when one of
the advance divisions eEoAmped in q
dry region at night, and a1oke The next
morning TO find themselves on an
island surrounded by food of dan
gerous depth in many places THIS va
liety OF ''dampness" is OF short dura.
ton, and The division soon found It's
island enlarged to a peninsula, and
perhaps by this time 10 q respectable
tract of main land, if there exists any
nam land in the region of South Car.
oina.
Tomorrow morning, Monday, Janu-
airy 81 (Almanso makers should note
the date oherman's army moves from
Its present position with the most Of
fensive designs. The enemy's pickets
are directly in our front, and it is
thought the main body is not far away,
as our hags OF truce are received q mile
or two outside our own pickets by some
OF the staff of General McLaws, whose
division left Lees army in December.
it would be an impertinence for 8
correspondent 10 assume to know the
extent OF General Sherman's designs
upon the territory still under rebel con
troll In looking at the map the eye
falls, Of itself, on Charleston and Au-
gusta, and upon the once insignificant
railway junction at Branchville And
yet as the nature and scope Of Sher-
mans preparations do not preclude a
long RAID through South Carolina and
North Carolina, it is just as possible
that he may leave Augusta and Charles
ton TO the right and left on this coming
tour, precisely as he left Augusta and
Macon on the last. am inclined to
think such is his design. II the enemy
fortiEes Branehville, Sherman may cut
the railroad on both sides, and flank
the garrison. Or he may force them to
attack him by moving directly against
Augusta or Charleston. Unless Lee
has sent more than half his army TO
south Carolina, Sherman's march must
prove irresistible. If the enemy retreat
from BranchVille, Augusta and Charles
ton are both cut off from communica-
ton with Richmond. Their attempt to
hold either of the three important
points involves the loss of the other
two. In addition 10 this, it is barely
possible that they have an army large
enough TO stand in our way, even on
the defensive
Sherman said, not long since, that he
would not give (the currency he speaks
of smaeks Of the mani three hundred
lives for Wilmington. His idea seems
10 be to throw his army into the very
vitals of the Confederacy, and to keep
it there like corroding potion until
rebel life is extinct Make the people
sick of the war, and the cities not only
fall of themselves, but covertly prepare
before falling, the measures for secu-
ring an easy and conciliatory policy
from our commanders. Georgia has
been 50 thoroughly t0l0sled, that she is
ready to reorgsnize, and | understand,
that should the army go to North Car
DINA, the Quartermasters are ordered
TO pay their way the moment the Dor.
der is CROSSED. They are not instructed
to trouble themselves particularly
about South Carolina The Palmetto
State scorns our greenbacks, and we
have no desire to be obtrusive. If the
sang ASA of the "barbarians" is due to
their native articles of diet, cur sol
diers will, after the present campaign,
have blue blood to match their azure
abdOmens, and the problem will be
solved without expense to Uncle Sam
This tour through South Carolina, |
fancy, will quite discourage Southern
insurance companies, who, of late, have
been sufficiently tried st vainly en-
deavorinR 70 make money by charging
for policies IS many thousand dollars
as made the limit of their risks before
the war. Possibly. however, they will
labor to save themselves, as the Home
Company Of Saysnnah is doing--that
is, turning from 8 Confederate Insu
rance Company, into United States
National Bank--if it can
The army is much stronger than
when it left Atlanta. The troops that
have joined it since Savannah was
reached. would make very handsome
division Since began this letter the
steamship Fulton has arrived with
about one thousand officers and men,
IN rouis for the various corps under
Sherman