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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], Amusements of the Yankee generals in Georgia. (search)
Amusements of the Yankee generals in Georgia. In the raid of Sherman through Georgia, all of the outrages were not perpetrated by privates and subordinate officers. In proportion to their number the officers of high rank were as guilty of as many acts of infamy as the scum comprising their commands: "In the county of Blpatrick. We can well understand what the lower officers and privates of such a General would do. At the plantation of General Cobb, in Baldwin county, where General Sherman made his headquarters for thirty-six hours, everything was destroyed by his order, and his soldiers robbed the negroes of their shoes, blankets, clothing, kniy could find, and then the torch was applied to the balance; and in a few moments she and her dependents were deprived of their last morsel of bread. This was at Sherman's temporary headquarters. "These incidents are mentioned because of the connection of their leading generals with them; others, far exceeding those in enormi
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The art and science of War. (search)
s residing near Nashville, among them Mr. Gooch and John and Arthur Cheatman, who have been forwarded to Nashville. The investment of Savannah. Intelligence from Port Royal to the 18th reports that-- Savannah was still in the hands of the rebels. Its surrender had not been demanded when the Fulton sailed. Among the passengers by the steamer are twenty officers who were wounded in the battle of Pocataligo. The Palmetto Herald says that only one fight of moment occurred in Sherman's march, which resulted in the flogging of Wheeler. All the railroads out of Savannah are cut, and the city is entirely and securely invested. Another call for three Hundred thousand men. Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling for 300,000 men for the military and naval service, to serve for one, two or three years. The quotas for the different States will be immediately assigned by the War Department. If they are not made up by volunteering by the 15th of February, 1865, a dra
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The art and science of War. (search)
, which was driven out to sea by the gale of Thursday, has partially returned to the offing at Wilmington. There is reason to hope that some of them have gone to the bottom of the Atlantic. The troops that composed the military portion of this expedition are believed to have been drawn from the Valley. The cavalry and artillery horses of the expedition must be much worsted by their sea voyage. From Savannah. It was reported on yesterday that Savannah had been evacuated, and that Sherman had taken possession. We could obtain no confirmation of this report at the War Office. The raid on the Mobile and great Northern railroad. We have already mentioned the raid upon Pollard, from Pensacola. The following telegram on the subject was received yesterday: "Charleston, December 22, 1864. "To General S. Cooper: "On the 16th instant, the enemy, eight hundred strong, occupied Pollard. After burning the Government and railroad buildings, they retired in the di