The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-02-12
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HOODS GREAT RAID.
By GEN. GREEN B. RAUM.

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| tomorrow and direct the general move
ment, which will be general from all three
armies. Let the brigade going up to AL
latoOna take the main road, and so quick
rest, and return, bringing me a writer
answer.
yours. w. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, Commanding"
| INSTRUCTIONS TO GEN. CoRsE.
Following is the letter Gen. Cox was
| charged with having delivered to Gen
Corse at Allatoona:
Headquarters Military Division of the
Mississippi, in the Field,
'.Kenesaw, Oct. 6, 1864.
Gen. Corse, Commanding, Allatoona.
Dear General: This evening l got a
signal from you giving me the first real
intelligence of the safety of Allatoona and
of your wound. At some future time
will add my high appreciation of your ser
vices, but now l want to prevent any more
mischief to our roads. Allatoona is now
safe on this front. Leave enough TO
cover the bridge to the rear as against q
cavalry dash and send all you can spare
back to Rome, to assure the safety of that
place, although in the end l suppose will
have to use the iron on that road and to
of Hood will cross the Etowah, but still
it may. l will tomorrow continue to dem-
onstrate against him and make him keep
his people together. Unless your wound
is too severe, exercise general command,
for your head is worth more than a dozen
of any have to spare. l have sent these
orders by signal, but fear they may reach
you mutilated. If possible, get a message
in cipher up to Chattanooga for them to
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back. We have abundance of food, but
little forage.
yours truly, w. T. SHERMAN,
'Major-General, Commanding.
Gen. Thomas, having learned of the de-
information in a lengthy dispatch to the
Secretary:
Headquarters Department of the Cum
berland,
Nashville, Oct. 6, 1864.
'Hon. E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War,
Washington, d. G.
"The following telegram just received
from Chattanooga:
"'Gen. Smith, who left here yesterday
9th instant), telegraphs that the enemy
retreated last evening from Allatoona,
moving in the direction of Dallas, leaving
his dead and from 400 to 600 wounded in
200 wounded. Railroad bridge near Ring
gold washed away yesterday.
IS. B. Moe,
Assistant Adjutant-General.'
"The Resaca bridge will be repaired by
tomorrow, and the trains will be able to
run as far as Allatoona, going via Cleve-
land and Dalton. Nothing further has
been heard from Maj.-Gen. Sherman since
my dispatch of yesterday, but the retreat
of the enemy toward Dallas indicates that
he was close upon their rear near Ala
toona. Have not heard from Gems. Rous-
seau or Washburn today, but presume
that they are pushing Forrest as rapidly
as the condition of the roads will permit.
We have had heavy and continuous rains
for the last five days, rendering the roads
just received the following dispatch from
Gen. Granger, dated Huntsville, $50
p. m, Oct. 6, 1864:
The courier reported drowned in.
crossing the Elk River is in. He lost the
dispatches while crossing the river. He
reports that two rebels were captured yes
terday, who say that they left Forrest at
Lawrenceburg the night before, crossing
south
''Gen. Morgan's advance was skirmish-
ing with the enemy this a. m. on Shoal
Greek, he being unable to cross the creek
on account of high water. He hopes to
be able to cross by tomorrow morning,
when he will push still farther on. The
Alabama Railroad will be repaired from
here to Pulaski in one week.
SEQ. FL. THOMAS,
'MajOr-General, U. s. Volunteers, Com
manding."
Same to Lieut.-Gen. Grant.
GEN. cox ADVANCES TOWARD LOST NOUN
TAIN.
Gen. Cox, who had the right of this ad-
vance movement, pushed out toward Lost
Mountain. His advance encountered the
cavalry rear guard and had some light
skirmishing, bat he was unable to nscer-
tain definitely where Gen. Hoods main
force was. Gen. Howard with the Army
OF the Tennessee was to his left, and Gen.
Fitzpatrick with his cavalry was in adj
vance of Towards forces.
At night Gen. Cox sent the following
report to Gen. Sherman:
Headquarters Army Of the Ohio,
widow Hull's Oct. 6, 1864.
"Maj.-Gen. Sherman, Commanding, Etc.
''Sir: On our right we pushed half q
mile beyond Morris Hill Church on front
to Harris's and to Allatoona Church, and
upon the road to Lost Mountain, two miles
beyond Kemp's Mill. On the left l sent
a small party to Hardshell Church, where
they found q picket belonging to Kilpat.
rick. On the Lost Mountain road alone
did we find any enemy. The party there
skirmished with a cavalry rear guard, and
Just before dusk got close enough up to
hear drivers hurrying up their teams. We
have seen none of our own cavalry ex-
cept the picket at Hardshell. The enemy
encamped at Lost Mountain on Sunday
night, and moved from there Monday u. M.
cannot learn of more than the single
division of infantry and the cavalry pass
ing up the side OF Lost Mountain, and no
one seems to know of any force passing
up by any other road. When they went
back they circulated the report that they
were going farther around, j. e., by Kings
ton, but this was q manifest blind. We
have a Lieutenant of the 50th Ga. who
says he went to AllatoOna this morning
expecting to find his command there, and
attempting to get back this way was in
tercepted. He declines stating Anything
more. This, with the information sent
by signal from Kemp's Mill, is all have
been able to learn. The cavalry kept out
of our reach, skirmishing at very long
range, and we were not able to catch any
of them.
Every respectfully, your obedient SER
want, ]. d. Cox,
"Brigadcr-G General, Commanding"
INACTIVITY OF UNION CAVALRY.
Gen. Sherman was somewhat impatient
with his cavalry. He felt that they should
have engaged the Confederate forces
while Oh the march, and thus have inter-
fered with their movements to and from
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