New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06
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,sr,y driving him back TO New Hope churoh, nea1
paIlas. Several sharp encounters oceuris ,h penv
Tho moet important on the Zstn, "nen tho eeny
vsauted General Mcpherson at Dallas, out rece'Veu
errble and bloody repnlse ,, III. o,..o,.h
On the 4h of June Johnston abandoned hls ehuehcn-
"A ,,os,on az New Hone church and retreaed 10 the
trong positions of KeD,saw, Pine ana Lost mountains
lie forced TO yield The TWO aS' Aeu pas o anu
fienerals Thomas a.,d McIherrOn made determined
nut nj assault On the night Of the "a OF Juy
sherman commenced moving ls army by The rgbt Hans
.nd on the morning of the 80 found that the enemy in
consequence of this movement, had abandoned kenesaw
And retreaiel a,ross the Chaahooche
General Sherman remained on the Charlottesville to
i've his men and ge I'D stores until The ib OF JAY
sben he resumed his opeat ons, crossed the Cha Ia
aooche destroyed large OF the railroad 10 au
gusta and drove the eIeiny back To Atlanta Al tls
place General Hood succeeded General Johns Oh in com
inand OF the rebel army, and assuming the offensive
defensive policy made several severe attacks upon She
man in the vicinity Of Atlanta, the most desperate an
determined Of which was on the odd Of July. About
p H. ofthis day the brave, accomplished and mob e.
hearted McPherson was killed General LoSal succeed
ed him, and commanded The army OF the tennessee
through this desperate battle and until he was SUPP
seeded by Major General Howard on the @h WIN ,ne
and ability that had chsraeterlzed MN ID
The command Of a CORPS or division ,.A ,
In all these attacks the enemy was repused win grsa
lnes Finding 1; impossible % entirely invest the pace
General Sherman, after securing his me o. ~ i.
tons the Chattahoocte, moved m, man noi.
round by the encny,s efl flank upon the Montgomery
md Macon roads to draw the enemy from his forh-
ctions In tits he succeeded, and, after defeating the
enemy near Rough and Ready, JonesbOro, ana Love
ioys forcing him 70 retreat 10 the SOUTH on the "a OF
September occupied Atlanta, the objective point OF Ms
campaign. -, $3.50, , -, ,x
wheeler attempted to cut his communications in The
rear but wa- repulsed at Dalton and driven Into East
Tennessee, whence 10 proceeded west TO moMinn'ihe
Murfreesboro' and Franklin and was finally driven
south Of the Tennessee The damage done by this RAD
was repaired in n few days.
During the partial investment OF Atlanta, Generai
Rousseau joined General sherman with force OF eava
nv from Decatur, having made successful RAD upon
the Atlanta and Montgomery railroad and ts branches
gi a
erals McCook, Garrard and stonenan ocut inc remain
ing railroad communication with Atlanta The nrst
two were successful-the latter disastrous.
General sherman's movement from CHATTANOOGA to
Atlanta prompt skihul aud brilliant. The history
Of hs flank movements aud battles during that memo
rable campaign will ever be read with an Interest IN
surpassed by anything in history.
His own report, and those Of bic subordinate com
manders accompanying it, give the details of that NEST
successful campaign.
IL was dependent for the supply Of bis armies upen
singletrack railroad from Nashville the point where
be was operating This passed the entire distance
through hostile country and every foot OF II had TO be
protected by troops The cavalry force of the enemy
under Forrest in northern NJ ssiss pp was evident!
waiting for Sherman 10 advance far enough into The
FOUNTAINS OF Georga 10 make retreat DISASTROUS
to get upon his line and destroy 1t beyond
the poss bility Of further To guard against this
danger, Sherman le what he supposed 10 he sufficient
force TO operate against Forrest in Wee, Tennessee
He directed Gcuera Wasb burn, who commanded there,
10 send Brigadier General :. d. Sturgs in command of
this forcs 10 attack hmm On the morning OF the loth Of
ssissipp bady beaten and driven back In utter
and confus TO Memphis, distance Of about one
hundred miles, hoty pursued by the enemy. by this,
however the enemy defeated In his designs upon
shernars line Of communications. The persisiency
with which he followed up this success exhausted him.
and made season for rect and repare necessary In
che mean time, Major General A D. smith, with the
troops of the army o. the Tennessee that had been cent
by General Sherman 10 General Banks arrived at Mem
phis on their return from Red river, where they had
done most excellent service He was directed 10y Gen
eral Sherman 10 Immediately take the offensive against
Forrest This he did with the rromptness and effect
hi. hnln
he l4th OF July he met the enemy at Iupelo, NJ sss
dppi, and whipped him badly. The fighting continued
through three days Our lose was small compared with
shat of the enemy. Having accomplished the object Of
ais expedition, General Smith returned 10 Memphis
During the months OF March and April; this same
force under Forrest annoyed Us considerably On the
slth Of March il captured Union City. Kentucky and
ia garrison and the 2@th attacked faducah, com
msnded bv Colonel 8 g. Hicks, 10th Illinois volunteers
Colope II having but "a small force, withdrew TO the
forts lear the river, from where he repused the enemy
and drove him from the place
On the 18TH of April part of this force under the
rebel General Buford, summoned the garrison OF Co
lumbus, Kentucky, 10 surrender but received Tor
reply from Colonel Lawrence 34tb New Jersey volun
tcers that being placed there by his government with
adequate force to hold his post and repel all enemies
from 1t, surrender was out Of the question
GA the morning OF the same day Forrest attak ed
Fort low Tennessee, garrisoned by detachment OF
Tennessee cavalry and the ls regiment a ALBANIA col
Ored troop commanded by Major Booth. The garrison
tough: brayely until about O'Clock in the Afternoon
when the enemy carried the works by assault and,
after threw down their arms proceeded 70 an
On the l4th, General Buford, having failed at
Columbus, appeared before Paducah, but was again
driven OFF -
IfrerrilIas and raiders seemingly embodened by For
rests operations, also very active IN Kentucky:
The noted Of these Morgan. with force OF
from two TO three thousand cavalry he entered the
State through Pound Gap Ia the latter part OF May On
be 1lh OF June he attacked and captured Cynthiana,
with s entire garrison On te l2th be was overtakon
oy General Burbrdge and completely routed with
heavy loss and finally oryen out OF the state Ihis
aotorous guerrilla was afterwards surprised and killed
oear Grconvle Tennessee, and his command captured
and dispersed by General Gll.en.
In the absence Of official reports at the commence
nent of the Red river expedition, except 20 Jar as re-
to the movements OF tie troops zen, ~ oene,ai
sherman under a. J. smith, | am unable 10 give the
date OF it, starting. The troops under Genera smith,
comprising two divisions OF the 10th and detachmeno
Of tie l7tn army corps left Vcksbug on the 10th OF
March and reached the designated point on Ked river
day earlier than that appointed by Genera
Banks. The rebel forces at Fort De Russey,
thinking 70 defeat lin, left the fort on The
iih 10 give him battle in the open ned but,
ons;raiions smith pushed forward 10 Fort De Rusey,
which had been left with weak garreon, and eaP.ur d
1t with its grrson-abOut $50 men, IL pieces OF artillery
and many small arms Our loss was but sYkt. On tne
18th lac pushed forward 10 Alexandria, which place he
reached the 18TH On the 2lst he had an engagement
with the enemy at Henderson Ill., in which he defeated
him capturing 10 prisoners and pieces Of artillery.
On the 2sth he again attacked and defeated the enemy
nnder the rebel General Taylor at Cane river BY the
eS,h General Banks had assembled his whole army at
Alexandra and pushed forward 10 Grand Ecore. On
the morning OF April he moved from Grand Ecoro
enemy near Pleasant Hill and drove him from the held
On the same afternoon the enemy made stand eigbt
miles beyond Pleasant Hill, but again compelled 10
retreat, On the Sth, at Sabine Cross roads and Peach
Hill the enemy attacked and defeated his advance cap
turing nineteen pieces Of artillery aud an immense
snount of transportation and stores During the night
General Banks Tell back to Pleasant Hill where another
battle was fought the 9Th, and the enemy re-
pulsed with great loss During the night Gener-
n Banks continued his retrogrsde movement to
Grand Ecore, and thence TO Alexandra, whioh ne
reached me 9th Of April Here serious diiculty
arose in getting Admiral Porter's feet, which sccom
nied he