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The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
mber 24, 1864. "Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: "General Breckinridge reports that the enemy, after having been roughly handled in the engagements of Saturday and Sunday; near Marion, many having been killed and wounded, gained possession of Saltville during the night of the 20th. "The garrison [of Saltville] retreated up Rich Valley. "General Breckinridge's advance arrived at daylight on the 21st, and the enemy retired that night and on the morning of the 22d towards Hector's gap. "The enemy is being pursued; our troops bearing the fatigue and exposure with great cheerfulness. "The damage to the salt works can soon be repaired. "Many depots and bridges on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad have been burned. "R. E. Lee" Sherman — Savannah evacuated — a column of the enemy moving Southwest from Savannah. From official intelligence received here late Friday night, we learn that Savannah, in pursuance of a plan sometime previously decide