Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-06
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WARSAW SoUSr !, Ga, December 14.At five o'clock
yesterday afteno three brgades Of shenans army
with Sherman Howard, attacked Fort McAllister,
and captured In about fifteen minutes with all ITS ar
nanen and abou three hundred prisoners under Major
Anderson Sher uans loss is about ninety, more than
one-haIf OF whic win be ft for duty within week.
Most OF the deaf caused by the orpedoes Rhch
were planted nd the fort The late garrison are busy
to-day digging u those instruments Of death
Having captm ed this fort, and having been met by
Gen. Foster whtl near waiting for him. the yetori-
ns Sherman act ompanied by Foster up to Warsaw
Sound this morn ing and he received visit from Admiral
Dahlgren who lad on Monday last, Temporarily trans
ferred his dag the Philadelphia to the steamer Har-
vest Moon Acti ng Master J. n. Crosby, commanding,
and came south to Sherman The steam soop Paw
nee Commando George H. Balch, fred salute Of thlr-
\ teen guns in no of the gallant hero
After houi consultation board the revenue cut
ter Nemaha, General Sherman bade adeu to General
Foster who oceeded to Port Royal and returned with
| the Admiral board the Harvest Moon Subsequently
he made visit the iron-clad Passac, Lieutenant Com
mander Thomas Scott FillebroEn commanding, with
which he highly pleased after which ne proceeded
| with the Admiral to 0ssabaw Sound.
Sherma o. army is within miles Of Savannah when
is closely invested by it. In day two General sner-
win propose to General Hardee the surrender OF the
city, and Hariee viii have to resort 70 better
than those which he stole from the Duke OF Orleans II ne
| would SUI cessfully refuse Sherman's terms
GENERAL. sHERMAS's OBSERVATIONS on THE SITUATION
General Sherman being asked by General Foster wheh-
er FOSTER had not better keep possession OF the pat
teres recently erected commanding the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad prcventany forces JOIN
ing Hardee replied ou had better hold to the bat
teres and can easily spare five thousand men to help
you to prevent them from running away. But let a.
many 20 into Savannah want to; can take care OF
them all III open my lines and let in twenty thousand
fthem if they want to go H.
4 GOING RICHMOND.
General Sherman says he has been through Mississippi
twice and through Georgia "rhe sun goes nertf
on tho 71st and by that time shall go north too H'
says he will 70 through South Car oIina and leave wake
behind marked that which marks his path hro
Georgia and that he will go through North Carolina also
Richmond being his destination.
Sherman's account of his movement Fort MeAlhste
was characteristic He said 81 went down with Howart
ana took look it, and said to my boys, SBoys,
don't think there four hundred in that fort bu
there it is, and think might well have it, - The
word was scarcely spoken before the work was dome
/ Fifteen minutes were all that required.
/ CONDITION ARMY.
The army has been spendidly fed during its march
the country being freely stocked with wheat, bee
cattle and hogs His losses killed, wounded ans
sick less than thousand. None of his became
sragglers About twenty thousand ''nggers and mules
are reported in his wake.
naval force will Immediately be collected to augmen
that before Savannah and to secure the Rebel ram
and other vessels in the river.