New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-06

t.egranh as soon AS learn you should hear through
other rOlrces before hearing from me, you can ao' ""
To insure success, your cavalry should 90 with ~
l,tte wagon train ~ p The, rcying upon the cooh.
try for suppes would also reduce the NUMBER OF
enn, 10 battery or the number Of batteries, and pus
the ezra teams 10 the guns TAKEN No guns cIssons
should be taken with less than eight horses. 49,.
Please inform me by telegraph, on receipt OF tnis
what force you think you will be able to send unocT
~ 80 ~ ~ ). GRANT, Lieutenant General
aMaior General c. H. 1'HouA-.n
On the 18th he was rccted TO start the EXPEDITION
soon after the 10Th as nc could get i on
deemed Il OF the utmost Importance, DeIore gsnei
al movement OF the armies operating against h'et.
mond that all comm atoms tn the CITY, orth Oh
James river shoad be cut of The enemy having Win
drawn the bnk Of his force from the Shenandoah vs-
ley and south replaced troops cent from Rich
mond, and desiring to rcenforee Sherman, Il practl-
cable whose cavalry greatly inferior In numbers 70
that OF the enemy, determined TO make mo3 from
the Shenandoah which. successful, would accompien
The rs least and possibly the latter Of these objecte
therefore telegrlphei Genera Sher dan as follows
"CIrr PoiSr, Va. February %, 1861 p m.
GENERAL: As soon ,- 1t Is possible to travel think
you will have dtculty aboIt reach NJ Lynchburgh
with cavalry force alone. From there you could de-
sroy the railroad and canal In every direction as TO
be II no further use TO tie rebellion Sufficient cavalry
should he left behind TO look amer kosbys gang From
Lynchbnry If Informal on you night get there woul0
justify you could strike .outh beading the streams
in Virginia to he westward Of Dsnyle, and push on
and join General Sher This additional raid, with
one now starting from Eat Tennersee under Stone
man numbering four dve thousand cavalry one from
one from East ort, Mississippi ten thousaad eauAlryl
Candy from Mobile bay with about thirty ght thousand
mixed troops these three latter pushing f9r Tuscaloosa
Selma and Montgomery, and Sherman with large army
eating the Of South Carolina, 10 ali that VIII b
wanted to leave moth fr the Rebellion TO stand upon
would advise you % overcome great obstacles to ae-
compsh this. Charleston was evacuated on Iuesday
last.
U.s. GRANT, Lieutenant General
Major General p n. SHERIDAN
On the 18th received Dispatch from General ehers
idan, inqurne where Sherman was aiming fors
points he might be expected u move on this aide Of
Charlotte, North Carolina. In answer the following
"CIrY Po,sr, Va, February 81, 1886.
"GzSERAL: shcrma's movements viii depend on
the Of oppo be MEETS with from the enemy.
II strongly opposed, he may p'ss bly, have 10 fall back
10 Georgetown, 4. c., and at out for q start
thnk however "a" danger for the necessity OF going 70
hat po has o on % ne H; 10
you reach Ly clburg, you WI have to be guided In
your after movements ny the Information you obtain.
would ind him moying from G0!dsboro towardd
Raleigh engaging the enemy strongly posted at one
the other OF these places IN railroad oommunies-
tions opened his army to Wlmi g,on or Newbern.
~. 4 GRANT, Lieut. General
| "Major General p. II 5HEaID,s."
General Sheridan moved from w ncheeter on the nth
of + bruary, with two divisions Of cavalry numbering
about 1000 each o. the lst OF March he secured the
bridge which the enemy attempted 10 destroy across
the IN dde fork OF the shenando at Mount Crawford,
and entered staunton the %, the enemy having
retreated on Wayneeboro. Thence he pushed on 70
Wayuesboro, whore be found The enemy IN force IN an
intrenched POS ton, under Ge eral Early. Without
stopping TO make recon distance, immediate attack
was made the position carried and LOCO prisones
II pieces of artillery with horses and caissons completes
2qj wagons and teams loaded with suLs dence and IL
battle hags, captured. The prisoners under aIi
escort Of loo men were sem oeA 20 ssr
,ualy the railroad AID bridges ~ he went which place
/ hc reached o. the 3d. Here he renaitcd two days.
destroying The Taad owara R SlSsn. ov., ; tS
north and south forks Of the Rvanna river, and await
ing the arrival of bic trains This necessary delay caTs.
HIM to abandon the idea OF capturing Lynchburg On
the morning the 6th ,dng his force into two cole
n urlns he sent one Scotsve whence u marched up
the James River canal to New Marks destroying eSery
lock- ana in many places the bank OF the canal from
here force pushed out rom this column 70 Duf>
gudsye obtain possession OF the bridge across the
James river at that place, but failed Inc enemy ouln-
ed 1t Oh our approach The enemy also burned the
ridge across the river Hardwcksvills. The other
column moved down tho lroad toward Lynchburg deH
stroyinz IL ~ far Amherst Court House, nxteem
miles from Lynchburg thence the country unit.
ing with the column at New Market. Inc rivef oslna
very high his pontoons would not reaen ac,oss ~
tho enemy having destroyed the bridges by which NJ
had hoped TO cross the river and get on me soutn co
railroad about Farmyile, and destroy u to ApPomattoE
Court House. the only tnns es i at ihe White House
Fortunately he chose the latter From New Market he
took his line OF march sre e ana e"ttn
the banks wherever practicable, 10 point eight mile1
cas-. OF Goochland concentrating the whole force az
Columbia on the 10th. Here he rested one day, AND
sent through by .couts information OF his whereabouts
and purposes, and request for supplies to meet him
AZ White House which reached me the night Of the
18th. An infantry force Immediately sent 70 get
possession of White House and supplies were forward-
ed Moving from Columbia In a d Erection ~ threaten
Richmond TO near Ashland Station, he crossed the
hnnas and after having destroyed all the bridges and
many miles of the railroad proceeded down the norm
bank Of the Pamunkey White House, which place he
reached tie 10Th.
Previous to the the following communication wAs
sent 70 General Thomas:
"CirY Porxr, Va, March :, lse5-9.3o An
uCvxrpu I think IL will be advisable now for you
70 repair the railroad In East Tennessee ana throw
good force up to Bars Gap aud forfy there suPPnss
M Knoxville could always be got forward ~ requreos
With Bulls Gap fortified, you can occupy a. outpost.
about all Of East Tennessee and beprepared lift shoud
required Of you IN The spring 70 nake So pos
think stoneman should break the road until he gets mo
Virginia unless 1t should he TO cut OF rolling stock thAs
~. s GRANT, Lieutenant General
" Major General @. II. TnoAAsn
Thus il will be seen that in March, 1865, General Gan:
by WAS moving adequate force against Mobile ana
= tue army defending II, under General DICK Taylor
Thomas pushing out two large and welappo'hteo
cavalry expedition-one from Ode iennessee unue1
Brevet MajorGenerd Wilson against the enemys vital
points in Alabama the other from East Tepnessee under
MAJOR General SLOVENIAN towards Lynchburg ~ana as
somblng the remainder OF his available forces prep0k
tory 70 offensive operations from East Tennessee Gen.
eral Sheridans cavalry White House the armies
OF the Potomac and James were confronting the enemy
under Lee In his defrnces OF Richmond and Peters
burg General sherman with his armies, REINFORCED
by that of General Schofc;d, at Goldsboro Gen-
era Pope WAS making preparations Tor spr1nx cans
pagn against the enemy under Kirby Smith and Price,
west of the Mississippi and General Hancock was con.
centratng force In the vicinity Of Winchester Vir-
gna 70 guard against Invasion or to operate osnsveys
as might prove necessary.
Afer the long march by General sheridan's cavalry
White House At ,hi. time the greatest source Of IN.
essines TO me the fear that the enemy would leave
his strong lines about Petersburg and Richmond for the
purpose OF uniting with Johnston before be was driven
enectua pursuit On the 18th Of March General Sher.
dan moved from White House. crossed the janice rivss
at Joness landing and formed Junction with the army
of Potomac In 'front.' Of Petersburg the nth. Qnf.