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The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ove the enemy into their fortifications; but, as they showed a good line, the assault was not pressed. It turned out, after the skirmishing was over, that the enemy had about twenty thousand men under General Slocum. The Yankees were about evacuating the city preparatory to Sherman's great march, and some of the Yankees said they were going to Montgomery. General Hood was at Columbia, Tennessee, on the 2d, with Thomas's troops ninety-eight miles in his rear. Forrest is said to be at Paducah. From Sherman's army we have the intelligence that it is moving in two columns — as the report says, one upon Augusta, and the other upon Macon. It is not likely that he is about to separate his columns for any length of time; and his line of march will, probably, be as follows: "The column marching on the Georgia State road for Augusta will go as far as Madison, sixty miles, and there turning to the right, march on Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia. The column marching on Macon
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
feats; but it seems pretty clear that they know little of what he purposes, except that his purpose is to get to some safe base, as is known in the South. We find the following about operations against General Forrest: General A. J. Smith's division of the Seventeenth army corps, which distinguished itself in the Red River campaign, and which has lately been in Missouri, has been transferred to Tennessee to co-operate with General Thomas against Hood and Forrest. These troops reached Paducah in steamers last Wednesday, and will be of very valuable assistance in holding in check, if not completely defeating, the demoralized soldiers of General Hood. General Howard has gone to Memphis to take command of Sherman's old Department of the Tennessee. General Morgan L. Smith will take command of the post of Vicksburg, and General Dodge of the district. General Dana, recently at Vicksburg, will now assume command of the Sixteenth corps, with headquarters at Memphis. General C. C.