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The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tion of Millen, losing very heavily. Kilpatrick himself was at one time so closely pressed as to lose his hat, which was recovered by one of our troopers. This trophy should be laid up in lavender with Pope's coat, Washburne's pantaloons and Dahlgren's wooden leg. Sherman's main army is moving towards the coast, and a battle is expected. From North Alabama. The following official dispatch was received yesterday. "Macon, November 27, 1864. "General S. Cooper. "General Roddy reports from Corinth, on the 26th that the enemy evacuated Decatur, burning his large storehouse, filled with provisions and ammunition, harness and pack saddles. Fifteen pontoon boats were accrued by Colonel Wind, who pressed the enemy closely. G. T. Beauregard." From the Valley. The two armies are quiet, with the exception of the cavalry, who are constantly on the alert. Last Monday, the Yankee cavalry made a forward movement, but fell in with a portion of our infantry,
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], Seamstress and Chambermaid. (search)
apture of trains, Pontoons and stores in North Alabama. The following telegram, from Lieutenant-Colonel Wyndes, of the Fortieth Alabama cavalry, was received at Tuscumbia on the 27th ultimo: "Decatur, November 28--6 P. M. "To Brigadier-General Roddy: "I have just returned from Huntsville. The enemy evacuated last night. I entered town immediately, with a lieutenant and two men, at daylight. Scouted two miles each side of town; found no enemy, and returned; had just arrived wut off and guarded by two hundred troops. Colonel Russell says they have destroyed two trains, and, if pressed, will destroy the remainder. T. W. Wyndes, "Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding Fortieth Alabama cavalry." A more recent dispatch, received here from General Beauregard, states that General Roddy reports from Decatur that Lieutenant-Colonel Wyndes captured two locomotives, with their tenders, twenty cars, and the pontoon bridges across the river, mostly in good order.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
We have received Northern papers of Friday, the 6th instant. Latest from Hood. A telegram from Courtland, Alabama, via Decatur, January 4th, says: The cavalry belonging to Major-General Steadman have pursued, captured and burned Hood's pontontrain. They also captured six hundred mules, one hundred wagons and two hundred hogs, Forrest is reported near Russellville. A deserter from Hood's army reports that Hood has been ordered to Tuscaloosa to re-organize his shattered army. Roddy's cavalry command is almost entirely disbanded. A peace discussion — the Blair mission — Greeley Mixed up in it. In the Yankee House of Representatives, on Monday, during a debate on Lincoln's message, Mr. Cox (Ohio) said he was touched by the earnest appeal of the gentlemen's in the name of God and humanity to vote for the amendment to abolish slavery.--He desired, in the name of the God of Mercy, to appeal to the gentleman to help stay the effusion of blood and restore peace
The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
1st of December, the effective total of the infantry and artillery of the army, including two brigades belonging to the Department of Mississippi, was thirty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-six; the effective total of the cavalry, including Roddy's command at Tuscumbia, was five thousand six hundred and thirteen. The Federal force in our front, exclusive of cavalry and the Ninth and Twenty-third corps, at Knoxville, was estimated at eighty thousand. The winter was mainly employed inon by the previous campaign. As full supplies of forage could not be furnished them at Dalton, it was necessary to send about half of each of these arms of service far to the rear, where the country could furnish food. On that account, Brigadier-General Roddy was ordered, with about three-fourths of his troops, from Tuscumbia and Dalton, and arrived at the end of February. On the 2d of April, however, he was sent back to his former position by the Secretary of War. On the 15th and 16th
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