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Andrew Johnson (search for this): article 1
terday was as follows: Three colonels, one lieutenant-colonel, seven majors, forty-six captains, one hundred and fifty-seven lieutenants, and two surgeons. Among the prisoners taken yesterday were three brigadier-generals not yet reported, viz: Johnson, Smith and Rucker. All the rebel prisoners are corraled in the stone quarry, from which the material for building the capitol was excavated, some few hundred yards from the capitol, which is called Andersonville. The penitentiary and all the public buildings are full. Half the prisoners are barefooted, and all are sleeping on beds of rocks. Governor Andrew Johnson was present on the field in the vicinity of the last bloody charge, which he watched with intense interest. General R. M. Johnson, instead of being killed, as reported, had turned the rebel flank and crossed the Harpeth river, eleven miles hence. In the first charge made by the colored troops on the rebel ranks, the Thirteenth regiment lost two hundred
26th (search for this): article 1
s and Brazil will not be ruptured in consequence of the seizure of the privateer. It has no doubt but that the United States Government will grant the reparation required, and regards Mr. Webb's letter as entirely satisfactory. It also regrets that the people of Bahia should have so far forgotten their dignity as to make an uncalled for attack upon the honor and dignity of the United States, as represented in the person of its Consul and his office at Bahia. The Diario Official, of the 26th ultimo, states that-- By the French mail steamer Bearn, which sailed from port yesterday, the Imperial Government has forwarded to our Legation at Washington the usual dispatches, in order that the latter may, in the name of the same Government, ask from that of the United States the reparation to which we have a right for the act of violence of the commander of the Wachusett in the port of Bahia. St. Silva Gomez, President of the Province of Bahia, has been dismissed from his office.
R. M. Johnson (search for this): article 1
ith and Rucker. All the rebel prisoners are corraled in the stone quarry, from which the material for building the capitol was excavated, some few hundred yards from the capitol, which is called Andersonville. The penitentiary and all the public buildings are full. Half the prisoners are barefooted, and all are sleeping on beds of rocks. Governor Andrew Johnson was present on the field in the vicinity of the last bloody charge, which he watched with intense interest. General R. M. Johnson, instead of being killed, as reported, had turned the rebel flank and crossed the Harpeth river, eleven miles hence. In the first charge made by the colored troops on the rebel ranks, the Thirteenth regiment lost two hundred and fifty-six men, and the Twelfth, one hundred and nineteen men. About one hundred deserters came into our lines yesterday. The army to-day is undoubtedly attacking the rear of the rebels, as heavy firing has been heard in the direction of their retrea
Wheeler (search for this): article 1
John and Arthur Cheatman, who have been forwarded to Nashville. The investment of Savannah. Intelligence from Port Royal to the 18th reports that-- Savannah was still in the hands of the rebels. Its surrender had not been demanded when the Fulton sailed. Among the passengers by the steamer are twenty officers who were wounded in the battle of Pocataligo. The Palmetto Herald says that only one fight of moment occurred in Sherman's march, which resulted in the flogging of Wheeler. All the railroads out of Savannah are cut, and the city is entirely and securely invested. Another call for three Hundred thousand men. Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling for 300,000 men for the military and naval service, to serve for one, two or three years. The quotas for the different States will be immediately assigned by the War Department. If they are not made up by volunteering by the 15th of February, 1865, a draft will be ordered to take place. Around Peter
Thomas (search for this): article 1
us artifices, the favorite dodge being the repetition of one capture several times. A special telegram to the New York Times from Nashville, Tuesday, says: Thomas is pursuing the enemy to Duck river. We have nearly all of Hood's artillery, and his army is really fearfully demoralized. All the rivers are high, and all the rs captured in the two days fight is estimated at 6,500. Hood's loss in men cannot be less than 15,000 since he advanced from Columbia toward Nashville. General Thomas is determined to again give battle, and has ordered the pontoon trains forward, to cross the streams between this city and Columbia. Reliable informationly to do so, unless they show more accuracy than they have done so far. This morning a salute of one hundred guns was fired in honor of the great victory of Thomas over Hood. The rebels sullenly threw a few shells in reply, but they did no damage. Renewal of the St. Albans raid affair in Montreal. There is anot
Breckinridge (search for this): article 1
him from the town. Our late victory at Franklin was not exaggerated in the least. The rebel General Johnston says that their loss was five thousand in killed and wounded. He states that six rebel generals were killed and four wounded in that engagement. He saw Major-General Pat. Cleburne's body. He was shot through the heart. The whole rebel loss at Franklin, on the 20th ultimo, was six thousand. Ours is officially reported at one thousand and nine hundred. Stoneman has given Breckinridge a cleaning out in East Tennessee, near the Virginia line, routing his army, killing, wounding and capturing a large number, and getting most of his artillery. General Edward McCook is after General Lyon in Kentucky, and he cannot escape. Murfreesboro', Bridgeport, Stevenson, Chattanooga and Knoxville all right. Another telegram, dated the same day, announces another capture of three thousand men, which is, without doubt, the same made of the wounded at Franklin. It says:
20th (search for this): article 1
omest victory of the war. Forrest gave Murfreesboro' another trial, and was repulsed. Rousseau and Milroy drove him from the town. Our late victory at Franklin was not exaggerated in the least. The rebel General Johnston says that their loss was five thousand in killed and wounded. He states that six rebel generals were killed and four wounded in that engagement. He saw Major-General Pat. Cleburne's body. He was shot through the heart. The whole rebel loss at Franklin, on the 20th ultimo, was six thousand. Ours is officially reported at one thousand and nine hundred. Stoneman has given Breckinridge a cleaning out in East Tennessee, near the Virginia line, routing his army, killing, wounding and capturing a large number, and getting most of his artillery. General Edward McCook is after General Lyon in Kentucky, and he cannot escape. Murfreesboro', Bridgeport, Stevenson, Chattanooga and Knoxville all right. Another telegram, dated the same day, announces an
October 15th (search for this): article 1
een arrested. A proclamation has been issued, offering a reward for their apprehension. There is much excitement in reference to the order calling out the Canadian militia, and large numbers have volunteered. Reports are in circulation of intended outrages by the Fenians. Brazilian Affairs. News to the 9th ultimo from Rio Janeiro, received per steamship Cuba, indicate that the Florida affair will be amicably settled with the Brazilian Government. The Correio Mercantil of October 15th says that the intimate and friendly relations existing between the United States and Brazil will not be ruptured in consequence of the seizure of the privateer. It has no doubt but that the United States Government will grant the reparation required, and regards Mr. Webb's letter as entirely satisfactory. It also regrets that the people of Bahia should have so far forgotten their dignity as to make an uncalled for attack upon the honor and dignity of the United States, as represented in
21st (search for this): article 1
We have received New York papers of Wednesday, the 21st instant. The latest from Nashville--Yankee dispatches. The papers contain a good many fancy dispatches from Nashville, in which the defeat of General Hood is magnified by various artifices, the favorite dodge being the repetition of one capture several times. A special telegram to the New York Times from Nashville, Tuesday, says: Thomas is pursuing the enemy to Duck river. We have nearly all of Hood's artillery, and his army is really fearfully demoralized. All the rivers are high, and all the bridges in Hood's front destroyed. Our pontoons are up. We captured three thousand of the enemy's wounded at Franklin, Tennessee. Since Thursday, we have captured and brought in just six thousand prisoners, making nine thousand, counting the wounded taken at Franklin. We have captured four major-generals, including Generals Jackson and Johnston, as well as Brigadier-Generals Smith and Roger. Hood had sixty-five piec
Stevenson (search for this): article 1
. Cleburne's body. He was shot through the heart. The whole rebel loss at Franklin, on the 20th ultimo, was six thousand. Ours is officially reported at one thousand and nine hundred. Stoneman has given Breckinridge a cleaning out in East Tennessee, near the Virginia line, routing his army, killing, wounding and capturing a large number, and getting most of his artillery. General Edward McCook is after General Lyon in Kentucky, and he cannot escape. Murfreesboro', Bridgeport, Stevenson, Chattanooga and Knoxville all right. Another telegram, dated the same day, announces another capture of three thousand men, which is, without doubt, the same made of the wounded at Franklin. It says: Our forces are advancing. This morning, at about 8 o'clock, they captured a body of rebel prisoners estimated at three thousand in number. Among them are one general and a number of commissioned officers. The capture was made between Brentwood, ten miles south of this city on t
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