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The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], Forrest's great fight — the victory greater than reported. (search)
gives the annexed account of Forrest's great fight in Mississippi. On the 1st of June Gen Forrest moved eastward. He had been apprised for some time that a force of from 6,000 to 10,000 was being fitted out in Memphis for an expedition to Sherman's army, in charge of 400 wagon loads of supplies, and for the purpose also of furnishing this much transportation, with a large ambulance train, and twenty-four pieces of artillery, with the troops that accompanied them to Sherman. His force, cSherman. His force, consisting only of two brigades, (for Chaimers went some where sometime ago) immediately returned to pounce upon the enemy. Rucker's brigade returned from Oxford, and Johnson's command came down from North Alabama. Thus this force, though not half as large as that of the enemy, was at once, and unexpectedly to the enemy, concentrated on the Mobile and Ohio road and just in time to head him at Brice's cross roads, six miles from Baldwyn. Skirmishing began about 8 o'clock in the morning by
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], From Georgia. (search)
From Georgia. --The Atlanta Intelligencer has the following special dispatch from Marietta, under date of June 29: Information from the enemy's lines reports much dissatisfaction among the Yankees, and Sherman is calling for reinforcements. They say Johnston has an overwhelming force, and he can not take Atlanta, but must retreat unless more troops are sent to him. All yesterday, to a late hour, the enemy's ambulances were removing their dead and wounded. Their lose in Monday's fight is much heavier than was first supposed.
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Chate's resignation — what it means Several months ago, before Banks had been routed in Louisiana, and before Grant and Sherman had opened the campaigns in Virginia and Georgia, Chase is understood to have declared that the success of his financial plans depended upon the success of the Yankee military operations. The financial operations have failed disastrously — gold is already acknowledged to have reached 2.50, and, we have no doubt, has really gone greatly beyond that point — and Ch to do, beaten and flying in all directions. He saw the utter failure of Hunter, the total defeat of Sheridan, and the disgraceful rout of Wilson. He saw that Grant's scheme had utterly failed. When he looked for consolation to Georgia he saw Sherman baffled, discomfited, and on the eve of a great disaster. When he cast his eyes beyond the Mississippi he saw nothing but defeat and ruin. He saw that Lincoln had already called out 200,000 men to supply the place of those he had lost, and he <