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The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Robbery. (search)
country. He has already gone to the wilds of the West; a log cabin is erected; and the primeval soil is made to yield its virtues for the benefit of the human family. On the sides of this banner are the names of the battles that ended in victory to the Union army. This transparency was carried by Peter Clare, a veteran soldier. A number of small lanterns were carried by the advance guard, with various mottoes, the most striking of which was the following: "Peace Makers — Grant, Sherman, Farragut." Band of Forty Pieces. Here followed the first division of the Union Campaign Club. Next came the second division or first battalion of veteran soldiers, two thousand four hundred strong. They carried a number of large transparencies, plenty of small ones, and nearly two thousand torches. Another picture on a side lantern represented a chain-shot, one end labelled Maine and the other Vermont. This device is supposed to represent the effect of a chain-shot fr
The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Government bags found. (search)
the American war, says: The capture of Atlanta may fairly be regarded as crowning with success the campaign of the Southwestern Army of the Union. The results of the achievement are still to be seen; nor is it, indeed, yet certain that General Sherman will be able to retain his prize; but it is a prize, nevertheless, for it represents the object which the Federal commander proposed to himself from the beginning of his expedition. Never, Since the commencement of the war, has a Federal foost an army, nor any considerable quantity of munitions or stores. The Federal have taken a town in a State hitherto inaccessible to their armies, and can boast of an army quartered in Georgia. One of the great objects of the campaign in Georgia, as well as in Virginia, was the destruction of the Confederate army, and that has not been attained. General Hood remains in command of a force, which, though it is not a match for Sherman's army, is nevertheless strong, well organized, and safe.