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The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], The occupation of Jackson Miss. (search)
The occupation of Jackson Miss. The Selma Mississippian has the particulars of the third occupation of the Capital of Mississippi by the Federals. They brought with them A. P. Merrill, formerly cashier of the Agricultural Bank at Natchez, who was to be inaugurated as Governor of the State on the 5th inst. The account of the occupation says: On Friday morning at 9 o'clock, official information was received at Jackson that the enemy were advancing on Clinton, in two columns, 25,000 strong, by the Queen's Hill and Clinton roads.--Owing to such immense superiority in numbers, Gen. Lee declined to give them further battle, and retired towards Canton, to effect a junction with Gen. Loring, who had reached Madison Station with his command that morning. About the time that Gen. Lee left Clinton an immense smoke was observed in that vicinity. At 12 o'clock the order was given to evacuate Jackson, as the enemy were then reported within six miles of the place. All soldiers at onc
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Imported Garden seeds. (search)
ere is at least a possibility that the whole available strength of the enemy at present in Virginia may be thrown into Georgia and East Tennessee, Gen. Sherman will be cautious in going southward from that line which intersects Jackson, Meridian, Selma, and Montgomery. It seems plain that Gen. Sherman's troops in the field should, after securing Jackson, proceed due east to Meridian, the junction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad with the Southern Mississippi. From Vicksburg to Meridian th locomotives, &c., at hand to make it available for transportation. By the time the road is opened events will probably have so shaped themselves as to determine the now doubtful question whether Sherman should go on down to Mobile or proceed to Selma and Montgomery in order to co-operate with Gen. Thomas in a flank movement with Atlanta in view. Our own belief, which may go for what it is worth, is that with the indirect assistance of Gen. Sherman in occupying the attention of the rebels in
The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], The situation in Mississippi. (search)
The situation in Mississippi. It is the general impression that Sherman will have something else to do before marching direct on Mobile. His expedition may first strike the Tombigbee at Demopolis and capture Selma and Montgomery; but the final point is the Gulf city. The Atlanta Appeal, speaking of the situation, says: The late movement of the enemy in Mississippi, whether regarded as a military enterprise, a strategic policy, or a coup de guerre, is certainly the most extraordinan the Mobile and Ohio railroad do not go above Citronelli. Some of our exchanges think Mobile is the place Sherman intends to attack, others think he intends to move on Columbus, Macon and Demopolis.--From Demopils they say the Federal would advance on Tuscaloosa and Selma, with the purpose of co-operating with a column from Huntsville. The Federal were known to be in the vicinity of Decatur, Newton county, Miss., in force, on Saturday evening, and Confederate troops in their front.
The Daily Dispatch: February 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], 500 Reward (search)
terprise, at 6 o'clock this morning, reports no movement of the enemy in that direction. The general opinion among well informed persons from the vicinity of the Yankees seems to be that their purpose is to continue their march centrally towards Selma, where they expect to meet another column, and thence move forward to the rear of Gen. Johnston. It remains to be seen whether so audacious and hazardous an enterprise can be successfully prosecuted. The Yankees have thus far shown a mortifis the General was seconded by the energy and experience of Col. Fleming, the Superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, who further succeeded in removing all the movable property of the road, even to the machine shop at Enterprise. The Selma Reporter, of the same date, says: The last and most reliable rumor from the West says that the Yankee army is still at Meridian, and that ours is at Demopolis. Considerable excitement prevails in this city, and the citizens, we believe, ar
The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two hundred dollars reward. (search)
t strategic points--one at Meridian, the other at Mobile — and these two points are connected by a railroad, (Mobile and Ohio.) Sherman is then to push eastward to Selma, Ala, and these operations are to give the Yankees possession of the triangle of which the three points are Mobile, Meridian, and Selma — a country of enormous valSelma — a country of enormous value to the Confederacy, and of equal value to the Yankees; for in the district between Selma, Vicksburg, and Mobile, there will be two water bases--one on the Gulf, and the other on the Mississippi — with four lines of communication by railroad and water, viz: From Vicksburg the Southern Mississippi Railroad, from Mobile the Mobile Selma, Vicksburg, and Mobile, there will be two water bases--one on the Gulf, and the other on the Mississippi — with four lines of communication by railroad and water, viz: From Vicksburg the Southern Mississippi Railroad, from Mobile the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. These points are to be held, fortified, and made bases of supply and, matters being thus arranged, will form the second base in advance for Gen. Grant an invading the Gulf States, Chattanooga and Knoxville having formed the first. The tactician of Solferino exults ov
The Daily Dispatch: March 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], Sherman's expedition. (search)
one or two instances driving back some lots that they did not consider eligible. Some persons about Enterprise took the Yankee oath, and accompanied them on their retreat, but this was entirely voluntary, no attempt was made to enforce it. The brigade that visited Quitman conversed freely of their plans, and inquired if there was not an attack going on upon the forts below Mobile — They understood that to be a part of the programme, the object being to divert the Confederate forces. They said they had no intention of moving against Mobile, and their excursion to Quitman was only for the purpose of destroying the bridge over the Chickasaw, to prevent troops from coming up the road. Their plan, as gathered from their movements and conversation, and from the statements of prisoners, was, after uniting with Grierson and Logan, to move upon Selma and Montgomery. According to the prisoners their next schemes is to hasten back to Grant and march upon Columbus, South Carolina.
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], Fifty dollars reward. (search)
of bagging it entirely. We believe that the much talked of spring campaign contemplates some such programme as foreshadowed above, and it behooves our military authorities to be vigilant; for it must be confessed that the capture of either Selma or montgomery would he a blow which would seriously cripple us. When Sherman notified the Confederate authorities that he was preparing an expedition to take he at the same time also informed them that he intended to move from that point to Mobile, or to Selma or some other point on the Alabama river, winch would enable him to cut off all communication to the Gulf City, and thus comp its evacuation. Part of the programme; as read out by him some weeks before he left Vicksburg, has been carried out to the letter, almost without hindrance; and we shall require pretty strong confirmation of the news of his retrogression before we can give if full credence. The fact is, we have every reason to believe that the enemy intend a vi
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Sherman's Mississippi expedition. (search)
is reason to believe that Gen. Sherman expected when he marched out of Vicksburg to reach Selma, in Alabama. The heavy column of cavalry that started from Memphis, and constituted an important partnot designed to draw him in that direction, Sherman would have occupied Meridian, Demopolis, and Selma, and thus have rendered his escape impossible, and the fall of Mobile, from lack of provisions and without a blow, a matter of absolute certainty. The possession of Mobile and Selma would have given the Federal commander two important water bases, the one on the Mississippi at Vicksburg the otblished in the triangle formed by the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and the railroad leading from Selma to Demopolis and Meridian, and we should no more have been able to dislodge him from his position to move upon Mobile without exposing his flanks and rear to ruinous assaults, or to march upon Selma and Montgomery, except after a delay and a series of engagements on the Tombigbee, and Alabama,
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], For Hire. (search)
From Mississippi. Meridian, March 4. --The work of repairing the railroads destroyed by the enemy is progressing rapidly. Three miles of track and three bridges were destroyed on the Southern road, ten miles of track on the Selma road, and thirty-five miles of track on the Mobile and Ohio road. Sherman burned a great deal of property here, and at Marion, Enterprise, Lockhart, and Lauderdale Stations. All the public buildings at this place were destroyed, and a number of private houses. The Barton House, Ragsdale House, and railroad depots were burned, as also the office of the Daily Clarion. The enemy pillaged every house, carrying off everything of any value. Provisions were taken from almost every family. Sherman laid waste all the country through which his army passed on his return to Vicksburg. He occupied the Ragsdale House for his headquarters while here, and McPherson occupied Gen. Polk's old headquarters. Demopolis, March 4.--A dispatch from Gen.
The Daily Dispatch: March 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
edition and what a failure it has been: General Sherman is reported at the War Department as having arrived at Selma, in Alabama. --This is in accordance with his instructions. He left Vicksburg with twenty days rations, in light marching ordeodgment on the upper Alabama river. It was left to the option of Gen. Sherman whether the depot should be established at Selma or Montgomery. He chose the former position, on the northeast bank of the river. It was agreed that General Logan shoulMobile and Polk's army, and falling on the forces of the mitred General, scattered his army and moved directly forward to Selma. The War Department has trustworthy information that Logan's cavalry has made a junction with Sherman's forces at Selma.Selma. Gen. Johnston, being alarmed for the safety of Mobile, sent one division of his army to that city. As Sherman's orders are to destroy the Mobile, Montgomery, and Atlanta railroad, it is patent that Johnston will also be cut off from Mobile, a
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