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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
transferred to Chattanooga to take command there. He began to move against General Johnston early in June That officer fell back from one position to another until he had reached Atlanta, fighting on the retreat several severe battles, in which, while he lost only nine thousand men, he inflicted upon the enemy, according to their own statements, a loss of fifty-five thousand. Here, to the great regret of the whole country, and of none so much as the army he commanded, he was relieved by General Hood. This General, after fighting a bloody and indecisive action, was eventually defeated by Sherman at Jonesboro', and fell back in the direction of Macon Subsequently, he got in the rear of Sherman and marched into Tennessee, where, after a hard-won victory at Franklin, he was defeated before Nashville by Thomas. We have the results of that defeat only from the Yankees. We shall, therefore, not state them here. In the meantime, Sherman, finding himself unopposed, marched, almost without
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
une thus sums up the news from Thomas's "pursuit" of Hood: The pursuit of Hood is continued by General THood is continued by General Thomas with characteristic caution. dispatches from his headquarters at Pulaski, seventy miles south of Nash We have repeated accounts of the disorganization of Hood's army, and it is stated that his corps commanders hrogress. While Wilson has pressed the rear guard of Hood, an infantry force, under Steadman, Thomas tells us,be only to close up all eastern avenues of repeat to Hood, and to enforce against mains of his army the necesrmy to reach and cross the Tennessee at that point. Hood's position is clearly one of extreme peril, and his nessee, the 27th, gives the latest intelligence from Hood. It says: From escaped prisoners who have just arrived from Florence, I learn that the advance of Hood's army reached Florence on the evening of the 1st, an infantry was crossing the river. From Duck river. Hood retreated rapidly to the Tennessee, his main army no
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
definite and satisfactory shall be accomplished. Miscellaneous. Admiral Lee telegraphs (from Florence on the 27th) to the Navy Department that he stopped Hood's crossing the river below Muscle shoals, but Hood had a bridge higher up, where he could not get at him, and was crossing. Supplies had reached Chickasaw, on theHood had a bridge higher up, where he could not get at him, and was crossing. Supplies had reached Chickasaw, on the Tennessee, for General Thomas's army, and the railroad to Corinth was in our possession, so that Hood cannot get supplies by that route. Burbridge, in his official report of his raid, says: "The expedition was entirely successful, and will be more felt by the enemy than the loss of Richmond. The salt works and lead mines arHood cannot get supplies by that route. Burbridge, in his official report of his raid, says: "The expedition was entirely successful, and will be more felt by the enemy than the loss of Richmond. The salt works and lead mines are in ruins, and cannot be replaced." The steamer North American was lost off the Florida coast on the 21st, and one hundred and ninety-four sick and furloughed Yankee soldiers were drowned. Gold went up in New York to 225½ upon the Wilmington news.
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
out of the question. There was a report, which obtained extensive circulation on yesterday, that Hood had turned on Thomas and beaten him, killing three thousand of his men and taking six thousand prvictory, no matter what had been the result. The Northern papers, on the contrary, announce that Hood has crossed the Tennessee river at Florence. There is no news from Sherman. For a full accouthe reader to the letter of our correspondent, on the fourth page of to-day's paper. From General Hood. A gentleman who has arrived in this city from the vicinity of Columbia, Tennessee, states that since General Hood entered Tennessee he has recruited his army largely, and has driven southward over ten thousand hogs and some six thousand beef cattle. He also secured a large quantity of fe, when the enemy attacked his rear guard; and they were unable to bring off the pieces. General Hood conscribed all able-bodied males from seventeen to fifty years of age; and when he retreated