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The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], From General Hood's army. (search)
The force on the Coosa is thought by some of General Wheeler's officers to be a reconnaissance for the purpose of developing the design, strength and position of General Hood, and thought by others to be there for the purpose of making a campaign in heavy force down the Selma and Blue mountain railroad. In the latter event, our cavalry have been instructed to fall back and lay waste everything in the country that would retard the progress of the enemy. "In an official dispatch to Blue mountain, General Wheeler said that 'the movement of General Hood had been a complete success;' that 'he had Sherman's army completely at his mercy,' and that 'the enemy would soon be forced back beyond the Tennessee.' "What are the real designs of our commanding generals, no one save themselves knows. The whole army, however, are under the impression that they will go immediately towards Murfreesboro' and Nashville. Cold and rainy weather has already commenced in that latitude, which may