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The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars Reward. (search)
der of his army his artillery and trains, is reported to be advancing along the Charleston and Savannah railroad. Pocotaligo is on the railroad, forty miles north of Savannah and fifty south of Charleston. Sherman's destination is reported by prisoners and deserters to be Charleston; and the railroad, which he repairs as he noes, affords him facilities for reaching that place which he would not enjoy in an advance upon Branchville. On Monday, the enemy's cavalry came within two miles of Combahee, and then retired. Last Monday night, two of the enemy's monitors were sunk in Charleston harbor by torpedoes, it is believed, though the precise circumstances are not yet known. Officers from Hood's army, who have reached Charleston, represent that his losses in the Tennessee campaign were greatly exaggerated, the whole of his casualties not exceeding eight thousand. They also say that he has plenty of artillery. For a week or more it has been whispered here, in unofficial circ
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars Reward. (search)
eport one corps of Sherman's army gone to Wilmington, and that the cotton in Savannah has been, or will be, confiscated. [Second Dispatch.] Charleston, January 16. --After abandoning Pocotaligo, our forces took position behind the Combahee river. No further movement was made yesterday. The enemy is believed to be aiming at Branchville. Two monitors were sunk last night in this harbor — probably by torpedoes.--They lie about eight hundred yards from Fort Sumter, towards Suls island. Their smoke-stacks only are visible. [Third Dispatch.] Charleston, January 17. --Deserters and prisoners report the force that advanced from Beaufort to consist of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps, with little artillery or baggage train, and that Sherman was moving by railroad with the remainder of his army, artillery, trains, etc. They report also that Charleston is their destination. The enemy advanced within two miles of Combahee yesterday, and then retired.