The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-11
sHERMAN's MARCH.
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION Of THE
GRAND EXPEDITION.
Military Movements, incidents and
Anecdotes,
BURNING OF ATLANTA.

in ilamcs. By order, the Chief Enginecr
has destroyed 10y powder aud fire all the
storehouscs, depot buildings aud machine
shops. The heaven is ono CNpause of lurid
fire; tho air is filed with flying, burning
cindors; buildings covering over two hun.
drc1 acres are in ruins or IN llames; every
instant there is the sharp detonation, or
the smothcrcd burning sound of exploding
shells and powder concealed in the build
ings, and the sparks and ll,mc shoot away
up into the black and red roof, scattering
the cindars far aud wide.
These are the machine shops where
have been forged and cast Rcbcl cannon
shot and shell, that have carried death to
many brave defender or our nations hon.
or. These Warehouses; have been the re-
ccptiGlo of munitions of war, stored. to he
used for our destruction. Tho city, which
next to Richmond has furnished rioro ma.
tcrial for prosecuting the war than any
other in the South, exists no moro as a
means for the enemies of the Union.
4 brigade Of Massachusetts, soldiers arc
tho only troops now left in the town. They
will he the last to leave it. Tonight /
heard tho really lino baud Of the Thirty.
third Massachusetts playing John Browns
soul goes marching on" by the lights of
the burning buildings. have never heard
that noblc anthem when it was so grand.
50 solemn, so inspiring.
THE MARCH To NILLrnapvu1r
MulrpnryIrtr Nov DI 1874
\vc arc in full possrseinn of tbn roni,,l
of The STATE of Cror.rin. anJ without Grin,,
!, ,yu, in its rouuucyt On Fri,l,v Lst ~,
legislature which had hccn IN soss;nn
LcSrh,g nf our nnnronch hastily L,ro1nm"I
t,vitLnSt NV olidurnncnf ma lr,,isl,t;vo
manic snrcal nmonr the citizons to sunh M
extcnt MS to dcpopnlate' lhe ulnoo cxnrut
of !, fcw old pcrtiemen onJ ladirs and thr
ncrroes. thn latter wrlconinr our nnnrn,rh
wilt estate exclan,tions OF ioy. "Bross de-
I,,r,r t,nl,s hc to Al,ni,rbiv E,1 u,e
Ym,ks is CONC: de dny oil inbiicc Lnb mr..
ribc,l:" and they accomnauied th,ir words
with rotber Gnbarrassimg bnrs wbich
those nearest the sidewalks received quite
literally
Con. Slon,m. with tho 20h Corns FIRST
entered tbe citv nrrivinm bv w,v ii M,Ji.
son having acromnlishcI Ills mission oI
drsiruvine tho railroads and valuable
BRIDGES NJ Madison. Tho fri,,ht of thc
lnni slators as described by Witnesses
mnst have tcc, cynical in iho cxtrcmc
They Iiltlc imapi,,cd tho movement of onr
loft winr brarinr frst or thn olv,oco oI
Eim,trie, ON t5c cytr,mn r;rl,t toH,,,.i 81
Macon and srpn,scd that T., 5o anotSar.
raid What thrir on;r;nn v.os wbnn liz.
ar,ls army hppearel at McDo,no,irh il
would be difficult to say; and their aston,
islment must have approached insanity
when the other two columns were honri
fronl-oue directed toward Au,usta and
the other swi tly marching STRAIGHT unon
their devoted city.
Itscemed as if they were surrounded upon
all sides except toward the cast and Thai
their doom was scaled. With the certain
punishment for their Grim = loom;ne n
before them. they sought every uossible
means of cscapc. Private eN.rts. house.
hold furniture. books. picmecs. eycrvthiis
was conveyed to the depot. and lon,led
into the cars until they were filed and
heapcI. and the tving pcople could not
fpd standing.room.
ANY aud every price was obtained for n
vehicle. A thousand dollars was chcap
for a common buggy. and men rushed
about tho streets i'm aronv of fear LEST
they should "fall victims To the f,ro,,tv of
the Yankees"
Several days of perfect quiet possed
after this exodus. when; on a bright sun.
shiny morning. a regiment entered the
civ with n band piayinc national airs
which music had many day since been
hushed in the capital of Georgia.
,ru,r s,,,,,,, nm ,r.,,.,
Rnt fa,, ~ tI,o tsoons ,,,oro ,,ar]I'od
tb, nno,b tI,e citv S,,nc two or tl,,no rari
n,nvtS uere a9ta;lnd unGor No o, .
oc do o,,,;,,aors 20 Jnstro,, oorte;,,
,,roncrty desi,r,,ata5 hv u,c co,,oraI
ccaoi,nacdi,,, ,rIn ,ooo1y;,as oSSa,',la
Je,,nt h,,;i3;ros e,otnr;o@s Of o,,o La anJ
anathor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. conta;,,;nr, i,r',n ro
amnnnts of covern,rant nro~ort,s ased
soma I 7oo bsios of cntton hnr,'o3 81
va,o bansos ,vore rnsna,tod oSorwv,hora
o',oy ,b"oa Of ,otad raI'oIs' a,,S - r
80 ;,,ota,oo or Ill., -. is'it 1 d. ~
i''I,itotS a. -. o., - ,I,o -. -
aS ho,,;nr, loa,, =, tlo paI'oi - ,,.''
made prisonrrs nj war but the sure ons NJ
tbe LasnitaIs lie nr;nciraI nr ,be ;nsona
ASYLUM and others EXPRESSED their graft
tude that snch perfect order was main.
tanned throughout the citv. Ilp
Gen. Sherman IN at the executive man
sion, its former occupant having with ex-
tremely bad grace fed from his distinguish.
ed visitor takinr with him the entiro fur
niture of The building. AS Gen. sherman
travels with mcnage IA roll of blankets
md hayersack full of bareback which is
as compIete for a life ont In lie onen air as
hi palace this discouricsy of GOV. ROW
VAS moi a serious inoonyenionce
Gen. Shrrm,n's onen;ng mnv, in ,ha
present ca,nnnjcn has hee1 snccossfI +,
he HIGHEST dcsree Al frst moving bis