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The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ill be seen from the following official dispatch: "Headquarters, etc., November 22. "Hon. James A. Seddon: "General Early reports that the enemy's cavalry, in considerable force, drove in our cavalry pickets this morning, advanced to Mount Jackson, and crossed the river. It was met by some infantry and one brigade of Rosser's cavalry and driven back, General Rosser pursued, driving the enemy beyond Edinburg in confusion, and compelled him to abandon his killed and wounded. R. E. Lee." Edinburg is on this side of Woodstock, about thirty-six miles from Winchester. Mount Jackson is twelve miles from Edinburg, on the Shenandoah river. From Georgia. We are still without official advices from Georgia. Some intelligence, considered good, is said, to have been received at headquarters here on yesterday; but we are unable to form the remotest idea of what it is. It is the general opinion, and we have no doubt a correct one, in well-informed circles,
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Missouri, and the inference is that Kirby Smith has been making some movement to divert attention from Price, though the probability is strong that there are no rebels in force north of the Arkansas river. What is to be Done in Virginia. A telegram from Washington says that general fighting along all the army lines will be the result of Sherman's movement. It says: It appears to be pretty well settled that Early's army has been drawn back to Richmond, and it is supposed that Lee will detach as large a force as prudence will permit, and send it to oppose Sherman, and at least cover Savannah. In this event, Grant will have just the opportunity he covets. The War in the Southwest. A dispatch from Cairo, the 19th, says Beauregard is at Corinth and Forrest about to join him there. Chalmers and Longstreet are at Holly Springs, and about four thousand Confederates are at Mount Pleasant, Mississippi. Miscellaneous. The National Intelligencer understands