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The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
bably Sherman's corps will probably make a similar movement to the one by Rosecrans which secured the evacuation of Chattanooga without a battle. Indeed, Gen. Rosecrans had secured the victory before the late battle was forced upon him. General Grant and staff left this morning for the front. Mr. Dana, who arrived from Stevenson last night, accompanied them back. General Rosecrans is said to be at Stevenson, where I doubt not there will be a conference between Thomas, Hooker, and Grant.Grant. The situation on the Tennessee is, in its main features, unchanged. We have a force at Bridgeport working at the bridge. Communication between Bridgeport and Stevenson, on the South bank of the river, is not feasible for anything less than a brigade. The rebels are indeed posting themselves on the shores and firing at the teams and passers on the North road where it runs close to the stream. Some officers have been wounded in coming. The distance is between sixty and seventy miles wh
The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], The movement of the enemy at Chattanooga. (search)
The movement of the enemy at Chattanooga. --The telegraph has announced that a movement, on the part of Grant's army, has commenced. This intelligence is foreshadowed by the intelligence from that quarter published in our Northern news this morning. The Atlanta Register, speaking of it, says: The announcement of the passage of the Tennessee at Bridgeport by a column of Federal troops develops to some extent the plans of Gen. Thomas. Bridgeport is 28 miles east of Chattanooga, the railroad connecting the two points.--While we hold Lookout Mountain on the northwest side of Chattanooga, and thus command the railway at its base, it will be impossible for Thomas to secure supplies for his main army in the city. He expects, by the movement of this column in our rear, to induce the abandonment of Lookout Mountain, and thus open communication with Bridgeport, Shelbyville, and Murfreesboro'. The movement now being executed by the enemy, we have the best reasons for believ