Newspapers / The Daily Progress (Raleigh, … / Oct. 27, 1864, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
iTiri.'n t.. r u 4 ........ 2. Hi' Pint M. J . ,,.' ,r-,,'i i,," 1 ii Dully ppC I ;, i;i'J.. O llll , Jtl. ..I,.. vt,... " '1 initiii (ih. ..'kl paper, "J oiilis 5 1 1) i m Titus. in ,)() the tiro paid I"1' ,irsi,, ,(-, A HR1 '4U. ThorB 'diatf cnijioctsd wltlj, toe PtsuiikKSn Mtaliiisb enr J,'b '' jl ''.v in the Olty. ,.r Stat, -w prepared eqjfs; all orders for BOOK and ,roh PRINTING. Orders sulioited and promptly attended to. "" THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1864. LATER FROM THE NO RTH ANOTBRP AODOONT OF-THE VALLEY FIGHT. " ' New York ahd' Philadelphia .papers of llin -J3d, X' -ceivtd in Hichmond, i ve' the fojinwjnK inter 'Sino parti uiara "t !.. I .te -fight. Tn'the V.i:; :' The baltie f (7ftlt -OreekTaMee account of it the splendid flphting of the Confedrrdhxrelreat and loans f Sheridan's armrj--the final repulse of the enemy. ' " The Northern papers are Chiefly' fi!loi wiili ac counts of the recent battles in the VahVy. T.. whip ping which Sheridan's army received in the ninfj o( thofiht, awt hefbreiV was rein friend by th o rp in reserve, cannot, be coutraied by- wn the Yankee, Oorrtipideil. We copy cn ata.unl Irom t! e New York Herald, wbi h show-, i-'.iat the plttu-of t bat tle and the conduit it the .troops on the Confederate, aide wax ouch a would huv,' ii.au rcil success, but for the overwhelming odds which ware oocountered The Htrald'i o map. Client, dtscrilina; the battle, aya :' Quiet rcicned along our I?tc3, and even f? rnuics, usually 1 1 oiy, -'ppfared t-. be ibatiug. Fur .'.ln.k appnacli il aiirl fl"f n bid iismn . iu' in iuvi-i. Kershaw' divirj i v it, ti,. first J.. it.(it.-, ami ti.e real attack cn'min-i,cid. THK OPKNINO l'F TIIK BATTLK. The Eighth T was th- Art f; inff-t. Tti .1 moastration on tb extrew right bsd bti iti.-..l-.l at faint to draw th ati(intiin r.f on. pick eta f ru their columns Hi'ivtng towarda tho If ft. The n-hcU moat have ru iv rd their trnupa along th li the Manasfia railroad and croi.il tbe Ced:ir Crifk (ar to the 'jft ol Oi'iieml Crook'n aofpg. li.'licl primors lubafqumtly stated that tbey coronvnewi tu O'.iVf at tWoo'clock in the morning. They wi.uUI -oi.(-qubt-ly have hud ab uit two hours to grt iiit positi,.!. bt fore attacktoL' the left of our liue. Gein-rnl E irly tueixeded iu K1'1111' .lieu wcl' un the rear tlii.k ul OeiivTal Crook's torpn, by four o'cloi k iu thu inurti Irjg, withi'Ul being diacovered. During th ) preci";!1 Irjg daje ,ho iitruoat coofidencs id beou niresd iu the impregnability (.f the flank, but tho h g lad the rebel advance, ami before (he lorn roll vvb liealtf.i through the camp" of Generil Crook's corps, ErlvV men were inaMf, and instantly charged on the artil- i lery. Large nil rubers of men were aurpris"? nr'1 iv- j (taotly captured without having chanru t i fir.: a ibpt. Tbe reb-l (k;pfW8esioti of i vernl bnttrie I tod torDed the guoa on Oootral Crook's n,t n. Not- 1 witastanding the pfriloaa positiou in whi'h I,, - corps ! waa placer Ooiifral C'k .rtade a g:ilmt 11 lime, . but the rebel troops .rapped hi flai k ami front i' dare-. .. Tliia Eighth corps hod Ih'pd compell! t rh ins front, au? ahortly alter the rebtl aasault thir trout was (rooting and the rebel lin exte -M iUi to '.be camp i f tho provit.onul divwio'i, Colootl Kitchmg'a oopim-ij, which w Hsprw 'mi lar ruaDDar 10. the Eighth corps. This "iHviiSj.'i oriijiMirv nrnabirnT 'teleii three aui! four t))Ou-i.nd ruen, but all sx ept ai"jit fiv hundred had bn 'i takjp away bj jja inj trains r'd perform other si 1 1 . i I a r i ixtjft v tjcilo rie 1 Kiu-blna, ho- ever. tucceedfd in furrr 'ujr small 'uiltt ! h ver, tucceeovo in lorn 'i smaii hhhimh ni" ivision "ti the l'-f; qj .tjMKjt'-.; fv,.-p l -nti hatorgauizatii n hroKe'Wnq finback, inil a i av-' nd determlDi'J . and". Dcrtng ,tb! stand Ciloi.el diviuion th: and Kltehicc atlccee'tfirin rallyltsg a large curn'o'cr i f itrjglra and pluring them In position to I'heok the rebel movement. The efforta, however, of Oeneral Crouk and hU itaff wera insufficient to utem the reBel advance. For upwards of au hour the unequal contest wab sustain ud, when tho corps besjau ta waver, nd aoon after wards fell back wfth reaf rapidity , Co Touel Kiu hing wu severely wounded" in the foot wbilo eudeavoriog to rally his meu. EARLV ST1I.L FLANKING. A boot thin time the son began to rise, ami thu tniot to disperse, when a clearer view could be obtained of the operations 00 our left. The rebel plan ot battle bad already developed itself. It waa evidently Early's Intention to keep flanking us on the left, thus to double up the army aud get in between ut arid Win cheater. Tha Eighth Corps having been pressed back for a considerable distant)?, and their works occupied by the rebel, preparations ware muie by the Nine teenth corps to resift the advancs. Unfortunately sufficient time wan not allowed for the purpose,. The fetreat of the Eighth Corps, at first slow and orderly, waa, by the impeliioiity of tn rebel advance, con vwted toUHsnt' disorderly tslteftt. On the left of the Winchester and Strasburg pike the bills:were of .considerable elevation, arid bo these eminences this Eighth corps had been romped when surprised. About sunrise, however, straggle. began to come dowu, and io an incredibly short apnea of time the whole c rps was tn route tor tbe roar. Many regiments of General Crook's corpn behavml nobly, aDd contested the ground inch by inch. Others, however, to their shame be it spoken, broke up en tirely and came streaming down the" bills acroi-a the turnpike and away to the rear1 of the Nineteenth corps and even much further. General Emory and staff and other officers did all io. their power to st p these stragglers, but without. avail. 8trong, able-bodied men, when stopped and asked where they were hurt, wotild rub tbe palm of .their hands over their stom achs and reply, " I am slclt." Shells from the rebel Rpns began to drop in the ranks ol tbe Nineteenth corps, and General Graver, whose division wa on the left, and resting on tbe tornplke, waa busily engaged getting his men into position to protect! General Crok's flying troops. Suddenly the rebel line of battle was (hoovered par allel wltb tbe turnpike and extending far io thenar ef the Nineteenth corps. Their plan of flanking on tbe left Which succeeded so-well with tho Eighth corps,, was again to "ha tried on the Nineteenth corps. General Wright at (his time sent for the Sixth corps to come np, aud General Emory superintended the formation of his corps nto line of , battle General Grover, commanding the Second divialon bf thtj CTps, was hard at work reversing his line and having his guns trained on tbe rebel columns. It wax at thiseritioal junttnre that Coletiel Daniel Maatiley, f lkB event h Indiana, commanding the Third brigade, t eonl 1 division, Nineteenth corps, waa seriously 0anded ad lell from bia fiprae. BSISTLSSS SWKEF OF THK CONFEDERATES. Relentless as fate, and rapid as thought, the rebel colomos advanced,' preventing the formation of.a perfect line of battle by the Nineteenth corps. . Lap ping over their flank, and pressing on in frnt, came tbe rebel line of battle. - Gencfal Emory, command ing the corps, bad bis horahot under him while rr opUragtBg and forming his men. General Grover at the aame time . had the heel of bis right boot carried away by a ' ahtiM, but, -singular to relate, neither the General uor Mb hortie mstaiued auy Injnry. , OAKY VOL. Y With wilil yells nod withering volleva the rebel advance, hot I, froi t Wl flank, contiuuM . At this moment old Jubal Erly'a hosoni must liavn swelled will, a i,ri,le at, witnessins; the magnificent impetunii ty of tns grey emir I koldir-rj, an I his heart doubtless beat high with the hope ot at last annihilating tha Yankee army. The. Nineteenth corps, however, stood hrni for some time longer, although outflanked and outnumbered. The wagona and ambulances wr.ie being driven r apidly away iu a westerly direc tion. The gnatcr part ol General Cook's amhulanre train had fallen hi to tho hands ol th rebels at an early utago "f the hut tie The Sixth corps bad come up Ir -m their pr.siti-. n the right. It, was then Utah r the eomtmn.l "I Tirinndier-Oiiiiei-iil .la n Uleketls. Gcui-ril Wright, on seeing thf Nineteenth corps conn 1,-irly outflanked, nrdBrel both the Sixth and the NinMoenlh corps to fall back to some rising gt and n thf west side of the small stream already iii 'i Uoued in the former part ol this report. The Sui'ii corps covered thu retreat, arfi! gave tbe' Niofr '. .mih and Hth r rps ampin time to cross ths,,8tream when the Niiietfunth we it into positiou otk the Tight, the Sixth in the ce tre, and the eighth on tho left. Durin? the 'tme the Sixth corps was crossing the Rtreun, Ger er.ii H.ckutts was struck in the right hrwint by i bullet, and wis cump.'Iled to leave tbn ui i 1, tu n Gen ral Getty assumed corn.nia.nd. The wt.oii.i whs a very 'angiroHS on", but the ball has inc been extracted at Winchester, and tha General Is pro-revsini' very favoiably. He is aci. mpanied lo, C.i plain KichanR of his staff. The line above .lescnoefl wm .d H me tone under a teraific fire fr.'m the rel.el anilli-ry. Early's infantry, however1 i r v,o, i rip Htnuro una ngun carae Into actlor; for ui .ulioi I.,,, uiantia lh inuskitry rolled iiuntiu u u:v, mil 'he .ossts on both sides were great. Our hi - ii n it time was. facing almost dne east. Again i -ov-r, it foil back; out this time in a soldierly and sii'iomi 1 tv le. . The priunpai eflorts of the rebels were directed to iv r d'- our Itfi flank, wnich occupied a thickly t'j bcreu piece of ground. The cavalry divisions of Generals Custer and Merritt were sent around to strengthen this point, while the Nineteenth and 6th crrps ewntit; s'oi-ly back, toe left being the piv ot on which the line swung. A a.iort time before this movement" w;s ex -cuted, amuskrt ball had dtTui k Mejor-General Wright on the cb'n. It was a flesh wound, and for some time afterwa'da bled very ireely. Gen. Wright made very light of his injury, am1 coniinu-d on the field, close up to bis main line ol . attle.dnring the whole iay. The ( ff rt made by the rebels to break our left and centre Was terrible There see mod to be no cessation t : ih-y. l ina f tn combatants and the roar of ar .i let in., mti-k. try. Shortly after ni o'chjek, On-er'sa et M-rViii's. cavdlry got to work on tbe " niy Vrlii k, w hr, fur ft time, their advance was I" k'-.l; nui the artillery was never silent. Durmn the entirn day the enemy babdleu their tu .s with gr-at rapidity . and preciss-i a iict wh'rh was rorr -ki ( by S'- 'r.rs noav wborn their iron co.Tpi.mei's wire Ijurud un jileasantly close Tbe iitxl i- -4tiobown waS on the crest of a hill con sidera i higher ft in th- one which had just been va cs i. Enr'y hlil alreadv drive- us several miles. r j 1 w the V wire then K .nen two and three miles from ich. it n .1 Siranhuag turnni1''). The rebels however, s Moje.J d -termined to ush .ieir advantage to the utmost and ..gain ihey d -;ted (heir princi-. pal eff'ru tuwards nor lft flank. The position lait occupied waa uot des..neil to be held for y length ot timf , as au order was shortly afterwards received tu retreat hy right ot'iolurou to take up a new posi tion. Had the order been carried ont, and the re-.at mntiuue I, the army wou'd Joubtlees have struck tbe turnpike in the vicinity of Newtown. But the re treat was not destined to take us so far, for tbe bat tle was about to be turned, and the advancing rebel column driven hok, routed and demoralised. s ANOTHEB BETBFAT l was now about bnlf-past ten o'clock iu the morning. Long lines of infantry had commenced to file off through the woods, and battle was apparent ly ver lor a time The wagons h-t I been passed down the road to Winchester with but slight loss, though the rebels bad rr.Hilc severtd desparaV efforts to secure so valuable a , prize as the wagon train of the Union army. The results of the contest were otherwise gloomy. We hail been surprised aud driven out of a splendid position; had lost multiplyingly In prisoners; had lost twenty-four pieces of artillery, thirty-four ambulan ces, including all the medical wagons and medical suppli s of the Nineteenth corps, and several head quarter wagons. We had yielded more than two miles of the battle-field to the enemy; many of our finest -officers were killdd aud disabled, and the kill ed an4 wounded weretl.i.'k around. A CIIANGF. IN THE 8CKNB. A mil. Tho enemy, relinquishing hi attack, con tented himself with a lively use of artillery. At this moment a taint cheer echoed along the lice in the ruir. Genera! Sheridan, who had ridden pist haste frpm Winchester, Was approaching. His appearance created wild enthusiasm. Begin ning at the hit of tho line he rode along the whole front.of the army, .waving his hat amid up roaiious cheers. Retreat was stopped in au instant from that tituo n u til 3 p. m Every nerve was strsii.i d to get the army into an offensive position, aud, at 3 o'clock, the whole army, the Sixth corps In the centre, tho Nineteenth corps on the right, Crook's command on the left, Merritt's cavalry division on thflcxtrems left, Custer's division on the extreme right, made a magnificent, resistless charge,, which swept the euemy off th face of the earth before it every where. The enemy bad actually begun te throw up breast works, and was preparing, to go iato camp when this charge was made. Via w ts driven back at a double quick through Middletown, ncross Cedar run, where he came from, and was l hence pursued by our cav alry throngh aud beyond Strasburg. Forty-three-pieces of his artillery, some guns taken from us du ring tho dny, were captuaed at Strasburg ; also, over a hundred wagons and ambulances, and caissons in numerable. The rebel Generat Ramseur was cap tured in an nmbqlance, seriously, if not mortally, wounded. Probably one thousand prisoners were piiktril up along the road. Two r.oUrs of daylight .would have given us tho rebel army almost entire. Any j er, estimate of our own losses or those of the enemy in at present impossible. The army is order ed to move against the ciiemy at 6 A. M. to-morrow. B THE FIPKrilTIliK ITi) MJRAY VALLEY. H'beIfcrcUd has a long letter from its correepon (liii t who axcotirpanled the expedition of destruction sent by -Sheridan ito ljn Luray Valley. We take two paragraphs from it : v-, The orders of General Sheridan to Colp.nt'1 Powell were to.' destroy 'all flouring mills, barna, grain facto ries, atiif to drivc off all live stock"and cattle that be found on his route of march. On Sunday, the,.2d RALEIGH; THURSDAY. OCT. instant. Colonel Powell bmk( camp ane) moved to the town of Luray. As the troops pr H-eeile I, il e in !n were found in a wrpfchctd condition and abn l im bractible for thu pasange of the division train. The troops encamped for the uighta-l Lnrav. While at the latter town, Colonel Powell ordered the destruction of several barns, well stocked with hay and gr.i . While-several of his men were eugaged in this duty, one of them, a private of ths Eighth Ohio cavalry, was seized by two rebels and murdered in cold blood his throat being cut fr ni4ar to ear. The bod.. ! the soldier was found the next day, and a erefnl investigation was made as to tbe causo of bis death,, with the above conclusion. The result of the expedition was thu cai unrof six thousand five hundred head of cattle',, five hun dred horses, the J 3truotion of tbirty-two targe flour ing mils, thirty distilleries, four blast furnaces, and upwards of fifty barns. Co: espondence of the Mobile Advertiser. LETTER FROM THF ARMY OF TENNES SEE. Jacksonville, Ala., Oct. 10, 18CI. I arrived at this place yesterday from ' ' the front." having left the army on the moiuiiig of tbe 11th inst. I gaTe you ray views of it in a leter writte" on the 28th of September, before the campaign commenced. In one point my advioo was not followed, and our oause suf fered by it. I left tbe army on the 11th, haviug tnat morning received an order detaching me from ray command, and assigning me to Jack sonville. I find the change a oelightful one, from the hard march and short rations of an active campaign to the quiet and luxurious repose of a hospitable mansion, presided over by a charming and noble matron, and furnishing such rare de- lights as a bountiful and excellent table, a beau- tiful chamber, a bed of the softest down, and the cleanest and whitest sheets ! So glorious is it to De or'tcned from the army and be master of one's own time. How long this elysium will continue, t know not, but I hope it may be long. I must, at least, admit that I hava been treated with " distinguished oonsidei-tion-" Where the army is I cannot tell you, for in deed I do aot precisely know. I left it near a place called Dirt town, (Phoebus what a name !) and it face was then northward, and its legs in motion. I hope it may safely return, but I fear that the bold and vigilant Sherman may deal it a heavy blow before tho campaign is ended. I .m estopped from telling you what is past, but I can give you my speculations about tho fu ture. I do not know wuat our Uenerals will Jo, or attempt to do, but I know very well what they can, and what they oannot do. I therefore give you my views of the future operations in this quarter. Our people are a weas auu foolish people. They a a too eaailv and too excessively d press ed, or axalted in spirits. A disaster d" 3 them to despair and a little success exalts ii into ecstasies and the most extravagant expectations. When Atlanta was lost, th were depressed aa if the blow was irreparable, and now that our army has taken -he aggressive and regained lost territory, they are wild wila hope, and are deluded with the idea that out army will go tri umphautly forward into the heart of Tennessee and Kentucky. I regret to have to spoil this pleasing vision. What then, is the situation V Our recent move was, no doubt, a surprise to Sherman, though he sxm discovered it, and re sponded to it He was obliged to move back to meet it, and tinder great disadvantages. It is believed that his army at Atlanta had been dis missed by many thousands. One corps had been discharged fron service, ope oorps and two di visions had been sent after Forrest, two divisions had been sent to Kentucky to recruit, and one corps had been sent to Rome. Sherman's teams were poor and weak, and un fit for traveling. And we must have had the start of him, by two or three days. This rail road would have given him some advantage, but we were on it, and commanded it. What to do with Atlanta was an embarrassing question. He had either to abandon it altogether, and lose his sick and wounded, and hit accumulated stores there, or to leave a garrison. To leave a garri son there, was to diminish his army in the field, and, perhaps, finally to sacrifice the garrison. But political considerations controlled military policy, and he left a garrison of about 7,000 men in Atlanta. Having sacrificed so much to gain Atlanta, its political value to Lincoln in the pending election, and, indeed, Sherman's own vanity, induced him to take great hazards, and make great sacrifices to hold it, even for a few weeks. With the remainder of his arms he re turned, as readily as be could, towards Kingston and Rome. On the 12th inst , after leaving our ermy, I passed in ten mites of Roiho. My opinion is, that on that dry, Sherman's army was at Rome. It was impossible for bin to have been further North at that time. The theatre of war in this department is hence forth to be on new lines. Our move already made, transfers it from Atlanta, to the country between Blue Mountain and the Atlanta and Chattanooga railroad. Atlanta will never again be the scene conflict Here? oyer this moun tainous country, or upon any other lino farther west, the war for the possession of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama will Le fought out. It is of much interest, then, to know the lo calities, distances and topography of tu is region, which is to beootno historical by this-struggle. The distance from Atlanta to Rome is about 60 miles ; to Dal ton, 100 ; to Chattanooga, 140. The distance from Blue Mountain to Roma is 5& miles; to Kingston, 70; to Dalton,,75; to Chattanooga, 104 ; to Bridgeport, 85 ; to Hunts ville, 95. The topography of the country is rugged' and mountaiuoug, with many streams and bad roads. . This region contains four rivers, the Chattahoochee, tho Oostanaula, and the Tennes see. The first flows iu seven miles of Atlanta, and thence to West Point. The two latter unite at Rome, and form the Cross, which -flows south ward to Montgomery. The Coosa is navigable 27 18H4 NO. 198. for str-a'nbeatu from Greensport to Rouio. The Tennessee flows iy Chattanooga and Bridgeport, near Huntsv lie. U is necessary to understand the topography of I his regiou in order to know what can he done by our CJenorals in future op onitiona on this 'uw. Thero are many who think that our army is now on its t.iiu'niphant march to Tor' ',ss'!e or Kentucky, and that it Jill not halt or turn back. 1 c.itin believe it, for I belie"! is .h a movement impracticable Whence will such au amydaw its supplies '! It cannot draw them from Klue Mountain the l ead of the Aluba .,a aud Ten nessee r :lro '. from Selma becau the distance is too groat, and tho line of communication i commanded by the enemy It cannot subsist on the country, for the only condition upon which this would b. possib'e, would be a c -ltonmeutof th troops, and tbj abseno1 of an em-iiiy . In the prvnee of an enou, , , the army must remain ma3.-ed, aud cannot subsist on any territory Hm- iwju uy ics own nut's, it woum, ;,i a lew uays, exhaust the richest portions of Tennessee, aud be compelled to constant change of position. And it must be remembered that the season for mili 'iry operations is now past. The rigors of win ter are now upon oji' halfolad, shivering army, uuil it is unprepared fi r the severities of a winter campaign. The streams will soon be swollen and the roads blocked up by mud. Therefore, I do not believe that suc'i a eampaiga is practicable, or will be attempted. Souie ihink thp.t t ur army will shift its base to the Mobile and Ohio Rail road, and bo thus supplied by thai road and the road lrom Memphis to Decatur or Stevenson. This: ;s not nraetieabli Thnli iinp in r.on nnnf tha Vaukee lines to bn semi . reliable Th Van. j kes can advance from many points upon it and .Lstrov it from Vickshnru from Mfimnhia from Nashville, Mjijfreesboro, Tullahoma, and, indeed, from any noint betwebu Stevenson and Nashville. This road is cut by a perpendicular one from Nashville. Besides, our possession of Mobile is very precarious, and its fr'l would cut us off from thit btse. TI t route would not do. It is too near the Yankee lines, too open to at tack, and too easy of destruction. It follows, then, that recovery of Tennessee, this winter is not at all probable. There are three lines by whioh we oan assail tho Yankees if they remain in neorgia. The first is by the road terminating at "lue Mountain ; the second is by the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and the third the East Tennessee .-oad, from Vir ginia to Chattanooga. Tho second will not do for the reasons alreadv stated. The third will not do, oecauso, besides b.dng inseoure, and lia ble to attack, it is too long and indirect r line to supply an army. Virginia is exhauskl and can not supply an army. The other States are too re mote to supply aa army by this route. The only practicable line is that by Bine Moun tain. Its is far from the enemy's lines, and is protected trom assault by livers and mouna,-'j. ft is, therefor", secure and reliable. Therefore it is, in my c union, the best line of operations. S:ill it has some disadvantages Its terminus is too far froD' the enemy's line to serve as a conve nient base . ir us. Tho distance from Blue Moun tain to t.. . Yankee line of communication in Georgia, the Chattanoqga-"Knd Atlanta railroad, is abo.it 70 miles. This is five days' maroh, and is only practicable in tolerable weather and roads. Our army oauuot remain uji --3r the enemy's line than Blue Mountain. Our operations, then, must, for the present, be limited to frequent raids upon his railroad. In five days we can reach his railioni! ; in five days we can destroy it for thirty miles, and in five rWys return. Thus, we can make tho raid in fifteen days We can do damage enough to employ tne Yan kees thirty days '..i rebuilding the road. When nearly oompletcd, wo oan v.ake another raid, and destroy it again, repeating he opera:on as often as he rebuilds lie cannot keep an army In At lanta or near it, under such conditions. How then is he to prevont our destruction of his road? He cannot defend the road between Kingston and Chattanooga, without leaving Atlanta, and put ting his army between Kingston and Rome. This involves the abandonment of Atlanta. But this is not all If he puts his army between Kings ton aud Chattanooga we can then strike it in Will's Valley, near Bridgeport, and dostrov it there. He cannot defend all points at once. Even on the road from Kingston to Chatnooga, he cannot defend all piuts. If he divides nig army be'-eon several 'points, thus "vlded it can not resist. If he ma .sos it at tvisgston. wo can strike the road near Daltou. If ho masses his army at Da'ton, we "oan strike ' a road near Kingstor an J so on. Neither dispc on nor con centration will avail him And the advantages of this position and plan on our bart are great and obvious. We make the Yankee abandon Atlanta, which he has so dearly won and which he prizes so highly. We put him on the defen sive, the weakest of nil polices, and keep birn so. He has oome for oonquest, and must move for ward and aggress. When he is driven to the de fensive he is beaten. Our lino is perpendicular to his, and opposite to the centre of his lino from Bridgeport to Atlanta. We can strike any part of his line for 170 miles. . There is bnt a sinaU diff -renoe in the dist&nce from our base to any part of his line. Our line being perpendicular to bis, only one point of it, the terminus, is exposed, and our army covers that. He cannot reach it without encountering our army If he had Blue Mountain he oould not hold it for twenty days for want of supplies. It was in view of these considerations, that, be fore tho fall of Atlanta, 1 .proposed tbe Blue Mountain line of opcratious as the true one. Your columns attest the fant that I did this ou the 8th of August, and nearly a month before the full of Atlanta. I urged it, again ou tho Hth of September , shortly after the fall of At lanta On the 2lJth September the plan was ex ecuted by " the powers that be " For the rea sons which I have thus minutely detailed, Bluo ADY.ERTIIDIG RATFA , , l'l.wiwig Wt m H tlAliredfor Lii-ntH iavrt! i th) Daily an th-ar. 0 mum i'aieat, pf l"H Ou ttar W week :.1H OU two lihVJk,.,.. . ...f 'J? Thre iv..'.: Fol.v IJ K) ''Wn ih . e Phf wwks.... '..:'.'.. m Oae month T! ' Twam.iiiihii.... ...... .144 im. Pitt j prta, r ( line er (ess, coan. iaare, additional aqnares will 0 chare Ulw naidu. Advei ti-. meat mawtsd oaoe, twjkM r thru times a weew will b. iiarged 4 a sqaa. , for e,r insertion. Wba Srnt tetter' the mohev ib aroouipaar iti aitvertUement. Marriages, teaths, Iteligiom n,i Notioes caarjtud advertis. cnt, and mint b unl i" dvaneoi . . , . Mountain is dt:"r bes and ;:.ost sal'tns. liii,) ' jp oration. Vor tbee reasons I believe thai i will, of necessi', bo ihe theatre of ww during rh emumg wiutsv. It is import mt that th railroad b. extended about 26 miles further -- , Tins can easily o done, as the load i alrrsdy j graded, and iron can be tiroug' I from tbeGeoi -j gia roads Congress, or not waitng for the meer ; gress of Congress, tho President should have ''da j done immediately. It is not to be forgnueu I that the new linos to.I.io:i the war has shifted, and may shift, render our possession of Mobile . question of paramount importance If Mobile tails, we cannot use tho Mobile and Ohio road -a a base The ff" of Mobile woutd open the A iabama, Warrior ana Bigbco rivei o the ene my, and lay the best portions of Alabama open to the enemy. Tt would then be difficult even to hold Selma, ihe other terminus of our nad It would inquire an army to do i The fall of niu bilo rf julii, very probably drivi; our army from th: line of operations. Mobilo has thus becomo a point of the highest euergetic value. Ii m u be held at all hazards and to tho Taet extremity Such, then, is the situation, md such the p. ..li abilities of the future. I am merely giving my speculations. I hav no knowledge of the plan of our leaders. I only think hr self. 1 have no knowledge of facts that are jot patent to ali. An man who has a map, aud who un derstands the science of war, has all the means of making up opinions that I have. I am tell ing no secrets t he enemy. He kuows all ih j as well as I do. If anybody flatters me by say ing that Sherman will prout by my suggestions, I have only to say, that if mj opinions s. so valuable as to be adopted by the greatest of Yan kee Unerals, then my own government had bet ter appreciate them more highly than it Ji as I advise your readers to lay this letter aside for ninety days, then re-read it and see how it has ' een verified by events. Them are many rumors from the front of a fight at Rtaaoa, in whioh some of our Generals are reported killed. They are not reliable. But it is oerta.u that Z jerman has attaoked a part of our force near Rome and got the best of it. BEN LANE. AUCTION AND. PRi ATE SALES, At Auction, O N SATURDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 1864, WE WILL sen ONE ROCKAWAT AND HAHNS83, XEA.ULY KKW. T0OJiR, AUDRhWS ft CO., Oct2eo.it Attc and Oom Mercbiuts. a a a a h At AuoWon! A T AOUION Otf TF" TOTH (SATURDAY ) AT U J Vclook, ws will sell a uignlflosnt lot of unclaimed F AGO AG- ''on the If. O. Railroad. TUCKER, ANUKKW9 CO.. Oct 28-lt Auo. r.nd Com. Als'cbanu. VALUABLE NEGRO POV At Auotion, ON THURSDAY NEXT, AT li O'CLOCa, IN FRO Vi of our Store, we will sell, to tbe highest bidder, A V.i L U A LE iVEO K O BO t twenty-one 5 ears ', strong and likoly. CRKKCH 4 LfTCIlr'OKD, Auctioneer. Oct FOR f ' LB. SACKS OF PRIME VlROINIA MALT. OR Wit ' 6 eioh.nire on bushel of Salt for th-ee basbel nl NEW CObN, both Corn snd Salt delivered t ray talk., on Neud River.-Octl8-dti W. H. R1C11AKDSOM FOR HALF AHOP8E AJfD LOT IN TUE CITY Ot KALbllUII, of. sufficient capacity fo. a la. -e family. Apply to W. K. HICIIARI; 1O.V Oot i8-tf FOR SALE. R ONL3 OF TUE COUNTV vi' WAKK IN SUMS to suit pi tbu't. Octi-tf W. R. RICHARDSON A CO. FOR SALS. IS BQL8 COTTON SEED O'' lJ MIwUu,R RICHARDSON. Sept 26-tf FOR SALE. ERESH MOUNTAIN BUTTER ON ONSIONMKNT at J. M. TOWLKri'. Sept 23-tf FOR SALE. , , NORTH CAROLINA PER CENT. BONDS 01,0 issue. Also new N. C. 6 per 01 .. Honda. Sept 10 dtf W. R. RICURDSON & vO. FOR :ale, -Vf O. COUPONS OF OLD PER CENT. BONiyj. . Bullion aud Coin. Confederate Monds. Septmf W. U, RICHARDSON A CO. FOR SALE. . "YITRAPPING PAPER FOR SALE. APPLY A YV Progress office Supt lit tl FOR SALE. rpEN SHAKES OF STOCK IN HAAR Or t'Al'E rriEN SHJ I Fear. ept 29-tf W. R. RlCHAl.D.ON A f 8,000 LBS. SUPERIOR BOS BLACK r OR SALE. mm ABOVE ARTICLE IS USED FOR THE MAN "J ufactnrs of Blacking and black paiuting 01 .-very kind Railroad Compsnios would do wall iu pucnaieit to paint Engines and cars witD. it is eqnai in quality r stent Biaoc. A. JOHNSON. Sept 6-dtt Kahigb, .V C. TO OAS CONSUMERS. ON AND ATTBR TBE 1ST OF NoVkMUKR, TUk; prios of (iu will be 940 par thuutnd .i A I tbe present price of rests, rroigais and iron, it 0 - thi Com -pany 957.60 per tboasaad fset io maks it OotW-dtd WATERHoUmE A BOW F- M REWARD. OTRATED OR STOLEN FROM II V r'UfcMIHK-. O near MorrisvUU, N. C, a ULAt'K UARE MCLK, ot.. yuarold last spring ; baa a whita n'w- tail and main a trimmed. Said mule aisappearud tbe last of Juns or th first of July. Ths above rewsrd will be paid lor bur d -livery to ma or for information tb.t I no irslhin. Oot -dttAw3ro' CAI.VIN l. HiWARp SUPERIOR WAX CA.N UI.KM C CONSTANTLY ON HAND ANI FOR' S ALL. j Highest market prloe psid for Hveswsi and Tsllnw, bv Mas. ALBERT JOHNSTON, Ijcpt 6-dtl llillaborn' t. Ral.ig-li, N. 1.
The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 27, 1864, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75