Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Millen (Georgia, United States) or search for Millen (Georgia, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 4 results in 2 document sections:

The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
g. "The bridge over the Meherrin was saved. Our loss, as far as known, is small. The garrison, under Garnett and the reserves, behaved well. "R. E. Lee." Sherman's Movements. The latest news from Sherman is, that on Saturday he was at Bloomingdale, on the Central Georgia railroad, fifteen miles west of Savannah. It was not absolutely certain whether it was in his programme to attack the city, to slide away down to the coast, or endeavor to force a passage of the Savannah river en route for Port Royal. Our position at Savannah is difficult, as involving the necessity of protecting both the city and some ten miles of the Savannah and Charleston railroad, which, leaving the city on the west, curves to the north and crosses the river eight miles above. Sherman, since he left Millen, has been felling timber behind him and otherwise obstructing the roads to protect his rear from the remorseless ravages of Wheeler, who has hunted and hung upon him like a bloodhound.
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
the following telegram from Washington: In addition to the admissions of the Richmond papers of the 5th instant that General Sherman's main army had reached Millen, the authorities have information, of unquestionable reliability, that General Sherman's main army had already passed Millen without a battle and without the expeMillen without a battle and without the expenditure of any ammunition except what was used in the two or three skirmishes of detachments already reported. Having passed Millen, there is no opportunity for any rebel force whatever to interrupt his march to the point upon the coast for which he originally set out, and where the supplies and mails for that army will arrive siMillen, there is no opportunity for any rebel force whatever to interrupt his march to the point upon the coast for which he originally set out, and where the supplies and mails for that army will arrive simultaneously with its arrival. The complete success of Sherman's great enterprise is now beyond the shadow of a doubt, and it has been demonstrated that all that remains of the armed rebellion is comprised in the two armies of Hood and Lee, both of which will soon be rendered powerless. A letter from New York, dated the 7th