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The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
oro' and Staunton, with the exception of the iron structure just mentioned, the only railroad bridges are of wood and trestle-work, averaging, perhaps, twenty feet in length. These have probably been destroyed. A report reached us last night that the Yankees were advancing towards the Blue Ridge tunnel, but this lacks confirmation. An impression prevails in some quarters that the enemy contemplate a raid upon Charlottesville. --To accomplish this, however, they must first pass through Brown's gap, which we are confident of our ability to hold. Meanwhile, although we have no positive information as to General Early's present position, there is a report, believed to be authentic, that he has started in pursuit of the enemy, and it is hoped he will be able to punish them sufficiently to check their destructive operations. We are assured by a gentleman from Staunton that there is no truth in the rumor of the demoralization of our army in the Valley. The men were never in better
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Georgia. (search)
ighting, or a life of infamous case and shame. The result of Sherman's proposition for a "peace conference" with Governor Brown is given in the Macon Confederate, which says: He sent an invitation to Governor Brown and other prominent gentGovernor Brown and other prominent gentlemen to come up and talk the matter over with him, and see if some scheme could not be devised to withdraw Georgia from the war and save her people from further suffering. He would like, if Governor Brown desired it, that the latter should ride oveGovernor Brown desired it, that the latter should ride over the State road to Chattanooga, "see the condition of his people in the rear, and realize the strong claims upon his sympathy it presented." The reply of Governor Brown, we understand, was very much to this effect; "Tell General Sherman that I underGovernor Brown, we understand, was very much to this effect; "Tell General Sherman that I understand him to be only a general of one of the Federal armies, while I am merely a governor of one of the Confederate States. I don't see how we can negotiate; or, if we should under take it, how our negotiations can lead to any practical results."