The palmetto herald. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, December 15, 1864, Image 2
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PORT ROYAL, THURSDAY, DEC. 15. lSdl.
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Gen, Sherman's army tlias completed its
grand march through the State of Georgia,
and has reached the coast, and opened
its communications with Gen: Foster's
forces.
For several days therebad been TTtrnors
of Sherman's prescuce in the vicinity of
43A?>A*>nAh Knt nAt until Tiioo lur mAPn
Olinauau, Mu? uw utuu A uv
in* did the fact become ccrtaiu. Qeu.
Foster communicated with him by signals
on that morning In the Ogeechee
river, and soon after Qen. Sherman, accompanied
by a staff officer, came on
board the Nemaha, and had a lengthy
interview with the former. His march
from Atlanta to Savannah, which his
army now iuvests, was very feebiy con
tested by the rebels. Only one fight of
twkrtmftnf- /\oonrrml orwl tbut rocnlfA/l
OUJT UlV/UIVUi VVV.UUVAI, l?itV4 iil?? AVOUiWV*
in the flogging of Wheeler. The army
extended in its march over an area of territory
sixty miles wide, sweeping all be*
fore 4t. They lived on the country, find-'
ihg an abundance of turkeys, chickens,
ducks, cattle, sheep, and everything that!
was good. The soldiers lived sumptut
ously, and are in the best of spirits and
eager for a flgbt.
CAPTCRE OF FORT M'ALUSTER.
_ On Wednesday morning, finding that
^ Pert McAllister, in the Ozeechee river.
was obstructing his new lines of communication,
Gen. Sherman ordered it to be
. Iron 1'thmrpg fnrried
It by assault at about half-past four
ia the morning, with a slight loss. Two
,? hundred and fifty men were captured,
? twenty-one pieces of artillery, and a large
quantity of munitions of war. Communication
is now open, and supplies can
be dl?wa |n Gen. Sherman's rear, for the
?j|tlme being, until Savannah is captured,
which ia likely to occur at any moment
All the railroads out of Savannah are
* cut, ahd the city is entirely and securely
i invested. Wehopeinour next to give
: > most glorious news. We are certainly to
witness'stirring events.
Torek Scocts, Capt. Wni. Dancan
and Myron J. Amick, of Co. K, 15th 111.
Cavalry, and Gea VV. Quimby, of a Wisconsin
regiment, got through fiom Gen.
Howard's column, down the Ogecchee
river, and reached the gunboat Flag, in
Ossabawyon Sunday afternoon last, bringing
dispatches from Gen. Sherman. Their
trip was fail of adventures, which some
day it may be proper for U9 to publish.
They left Gen. Howard on the evening of
the 9th. . ^ .
Arrival of Fourteen Escaped Officers
from Columbia.-*The following officers.
who recently escaped from Columbia,
S. C., hive arrived here, after a long
and hazardous iouraev. Some ol them
are well known here, and all are welcome
visitors: '
Major O. S. Sanford, 7th Conn. Vols;
Capt. S 8. Elder, 1st U. 3. Art ; Capt.
J. B- "Dennis, 7th Conn. Vols.; Capt.
James Belger, 1st H- I. Batteiy; Capt.
C. EL Nichols, Gtii Conn. Vols.; Capt.
John 9. Randolph, 1^3d Ohio Vols.;
Capt M. W. WaiL, Gttth N. Y. Vols.,
Capt. (i. D. Hart 5th Peon. Cavalry;
Lieut Chas. M. Granrer, 88th N. V.
Vols.; Lieut. Geo. >V. Hefcdrick, Bat_
fury K, 5th Michigan Art.; Lieut. 4Y nk
Or Caulking lO^th 111. Vols ; Lieut. Johti.
v.aarx l&ti* s 4rt : Lieut. Giimore. 7i>dijC
Y. Vols.; Lieut. Watson.
- Conok-ss?The second session ?f the
'* Si'th Congress Aopeae}| on Mond|jr, tLc
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I FIG SITING 0\ Ta^xIWTa.
A Successful Movement.
fDEPLETE I.BT OF CASlALriSS klCE
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Our report of last week eovered tJUe
operations at Deveaux' Neck.lo thecvggfiiag
of the Till. On the fcth t^i re wa&So!
fighting,-but on the 9th J^imnoi^ant
^nrmrmcntr*wss sUcums! dl
, working party of the "?.>th Mass. was di1
reeled to cut a swath through the woods
j for odrartilleiy to play upon the railroad, j
To cover their operations a general advance
wa- ordered towards the railroad.
Gen. Potter took his troops through the
woods in tine style, and Col. Siilinun advanced
with a part of his brigade. The j
enemy were driven back to the railroad, j
where they took refuge behind the road, J
which is here quite high, forming a good |
protection. They were eqgaged there, j
until tt a preconcerted signal our. men
i fell back. The rebels, supposing they had
lepulsed us, charged alter us, but the
lines were quickly re-formed, and after u
brisk engagement of about two hours,
the whole rebel force was driven back to
the bridge in disorder.
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Our artillery was placed iu front of the
opening made by the axe-raen, and our
skirmish line was maintained within half
? mtlA-nf the railroad.
Since we left the front a report comes !
down tliat a shot has been put into a locomotive,
that the cars have stopped running,
and that we have two 30-pounder
Paraotts ip position. . cfpmanriing tho
railroad perfectly, and also piling us easy j
range upon the bridge. We last week
published a full list of the' casualties at !
Honey Hill, and a partial one of those in
subsequent engagements. To-day we
give on our first page a complete list of
all the casualties f rom Nov. 00 to Dec.
10, with the exception of the following:
Col. Silliiuan, leg shot off: Lieut. E.
R. Hill, aide to Col. Sillisian, killed.
Lieut. Wm. 11 Dean, Gen. Foster s staff,
severe bullet wound in leg; Capt. Edwd
S. Jewett, Gen. Potters-stall slight
wound in knee; Private John Robinson,
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V.:(). A, -Olll V- O. V. l., setae HUUUU m
left wrist 'accidental.)
The operations of Gen. Foster's army
have been attended with nio3t gratiiyiug
results, throughout. With a small force
we have kept trotn four to tea rebel regi- 1
meats all the time at our front, with great i
advantage to Gen. SUermufh columns; j
we have never been whipped, tad in every I
j engagement and skirmish, 'except at j
; Honey Hill, we have been victorious. |
j By rapid uud sl|ij^ movements we have j
got the position Whow hold, command- ;
I ing the Savannah llailroad, aqd have rei
tained it against several assaults of the
j enemy.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Xew York Datos to Dec. lO. j
I "We are indebted to Purser Thomas
McManua, of the Pulton, tor files of New
: York papers to Dec. 3, utul by later arrivals
we have received New York He?i
aids of ibe 9th aud 10th, from which we i
make extracts:
[From the New York Herald. Dec. S.]
The armies under Gens. Thomas and
Hood still remain confronting each other
in the vicinity of Nashville. No battle I
| has yet been tought tl^erc; but on Mon!
dayjmd Tuesday there was $kirmishing,. |
I aatron the afternoon of the Ipuer da/:!
liea^Jr cannonading. The jwork o?j
1 strengthening positions progress's on
i both sides, tne rebels being4tm-y it the j
date ot latent actOuiTTS in jt.nov.ing up j
! n?5W entn'o^hn^" <nt hi ' ..i ! *: >t
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v? t In ea able to place any batteries in
: position on them. On Monday General
| Hood sent a Hag of truce to Gen. Thomas,
J a.-king for an exchange of prisoners taken
| from' their respective armies. The latterr
plied that he had now no power to
! grant this, as the men he had captured
I had been sent northward, and were beyond
his control. Hood's head juartTS
were on Tuesday six miles south oi Nashville.'
Gens. Rousseau and Milroy holl
i Murfreesboro, which is amply garvisoued
; and defended for any reM attack. A
I body of the enemy assaulted a blockhouse
near that place on Monday, but were
: driven otf with the loss of six pieces of
.artillery and a number ot prisoners. The
! tu u fciUJniun tr<v>ns wiio were
villc, on the Tennessee river, have arrived
safely at Glarksville, Tenu.
| In the armies of the Potomac and the
James the picket tiring, which is still
k(T?t up, anil the occasional exchanges
between the opjwsing batteries, are all
that disturb the ijuiet Oa Monday there
was some artillery tiring bv the Ninth
corps guns and the rebels opposite and
between the Monitors and the ilofclett
House battery, but without causing any
casualtiesou the Union side. The Tenth
and Eighteenth corps have been consolidated,
and are known as the Twentyfourth
corps, of which Gen. Ord has assumed
command. The corps of colored
troops, under Geu. WeitzeL, is uumericsli.?
Ju^innotail tliu 1 Tpnt>r?l
I 1 > UCOl^UtiVV/U 1UV ? '? V1..J U4?u.
Meade preseuted medal^of- honor to a
number of non-commissioned officers and
privates of the Second cor^ on Tuesday.
No intercourse whatever with the enemy
or exchange of newspapers is now allow I
ed in either army, under severe penalties.
We have received intelligence of some 1
additional work of the privateer Olus'.ee
during her visit otf Sandy Hook in the
beginning of last month. It appears that,
in addition to the vessels announced at
the time, the Olustee captured, on the 3d
of November, si xty miles from Sandy
Hook, the ship Arcole, Captain Boaham,
wnTeti left NeW Oilcans Mr this poiToil
the 21 at of October. This intelligence-is
conveyed in a letter from Captain Bouhuin.
now in rebel confinement in Fior
euce, South Carolina. He gives no particulars
regarding his vessel, whether slie
was burned or what became of her. This
L?e was probably prevented doing by the
rebel officers of the prison.
Detroit, "alic!i., Dec. 7, 1S64.?InforI
mation of a most positive character has
been received that a raid upon this city is
being organized by the rebel refugees in
Canada.
In consequence of tl^^eceipt of this
information the civil and military authorities
are making every preparation to receive
the raiders.
Col. Hill, the Militarv Commander, in
a note to Mayor Parker, pufiftished tftis
morning, recommends that immediate
measures be taken to organize aud arm
the militia for local protection.
A large number of special policemen
have been already enrolled, and other
active aud vigorous measures are being
taken for the protection of the city.
[Fvom tbe New York Herald, Dec. 10.)
j A despatch From City Point, J.'.mwi river,
states that the Second and Fi tb cot-p*1 Army of
the Potomac, wire masted In rh? vicinity of tbe
Jerusalem p'ank road on last Tuesday nUht, and
on the nest mnmlnj commenced tb?ir mv?h towards
Stony Creek, station. on the Weddon JRaII*
rmd. The detachment of these corps from the
main army In iVont of Peterdxirg d xw not rnate!
nalty weaken It, as It has lately bet#n rcinfijroed.
! The enemy's continual firing on die work n^
j parties in "the 1 hitch Gap caaal Interfering con1
siderabJy with Its completion, portions of three
regiments of colored Infantry and a section of
M*. tin* fifth regular artillery. under the direction
of General B. 0. Ludlow, wore eroded over from
| the sonth side of .James river to the north si !e
un.ier the protection of the L'niou cuncon in that
1 vicinity, drove back the rebe's, an I effected a
locLrmont nt the tipper terminus of the canal,
where they intrenched thcraselve3, thns securing
[ the laborers 5n that Impertant military work
1 from further molestation. The enemv's batteries
! Mibseaoeutiy opened 011 General Ludlow's post*
I tlon, hut did not do any harm. A number of
J new* assignments of general officers have been
i madcjln me amy of the James. An order has
been^Ksujd directing the discontinuance of the
practice on the part of commissioned officers of
| borrowing money from privates, una? the penalty
of dismissal from the service. S?me brev et
1 promotions of jcuer.il officers 1? the Army of the
| I'owauc have recently been made. The Itichmotaf
p.' >p!e are disappointed by Grant not havr
lug ra-ide a grand attack on tt e rebel liner on the
Gtn iilsi. That'xfcts the day they hid fixed npon
for it. The H'ehrncti I pa- 'ers say that the Sixth
and Eighth ccrps,.from the Shenandoah valley,
hive recnjily r.mfor%Kl the armies be&r? t'aa
ir'Wl cental.
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i Extracts from Ilebcl Papers.
! [Frora the Ancpi-ta Chronicle Sc Sentinel Xov. 80j j
! It is rumored tlmt Wheeler fought all
day Monday, near Waynesboro, with the
Federals, with success, capturing over
; two thousand prisoners. Everything indicates
that there will be stirring limes.
; below* in a lew days. The prospect now
is that a heavy battle will take place,
j From a gentleman who left Wyuesboro
; Tuesday morning, we learn t.iai ine
! country around t.mt place is strewn with
i dead Yankees and horses. lie also staled
that the railroad bridge over Brier
creek was not burned; neither was the y
railroad cut thi3 side o? Milieu.
M-pubHcau Dec. 1.]
In our is-ue
the taet that a considerable force of the * #
enemy had Winded from transports in 1
Broad river and were advancing on the M
railroad in the direction of Grahamsvilie.
During the night we had transported an ^
effective force to tliat point, whuh, unitj
ing with that already on thes^round,
J marched forward yesterday, under the ^
j command of iLijor General Gustavus W.
! Smith, of the Georgia state troops, to
%ieet tbe enemy.
The enemy, numbering, as near as
could be judged, five thousand men. with
sixteen pieces of artillery, attacked Gi n.
Smith at a place called iloney i I ill. threa
miles east of the village of Grahainsvi!!<\
at eleven o'clock A. M. Our strength
coffsisted of fourteen hundred muskets
and seven .pieces of. artillery. We had *
some few embrasures for open batteries
and slight intrenebments on the right
and lett; but our line was necessarily ex
tended, owing to ti^e superiority of the
enemy in numbers, and much of it was
both light and unprotected. Tiiis, how- <
ever, only emlioldeuedour men to greater
deeds,anil they toogiit the battle throughout
with an energy aud resolution worthy
of veterans. Ttje tight lasted until
dark, and the enemy made several descharges
against our line; but it
TtBOtHlmf, repiilsen_eYPfy aTlaek,' TT"
finally driving hack tlie enemy's right
and center, but their left stood uumoved
at the close of the action. For four or
five hours these men maintained the fight 1
without relief. Late in the day General
Robertsoa arrived with the Thirty-second
Georgia, a battery of artillery, and a ;*
company of cavalry in time to render
most effective aid.' Night came 0:1 to
close the engagement, which was conducted
with vigor on both sides. Thus ?
far it may be set down as a drawn battle,
thougli, in view of the great disparity of
numbers the honors ot the d:y are certainly
due to the confederates. :
V>o have been unable t > learn (he details
of General 8mith> forces, though it
is believed the Georgia mifitia constituted
the greater portion of them.
Our loss was between eighty and a 4
hundred killed and wounded, the enemy's
loss is officially reported to be much
greater,
Last night seven or eight transports
loaded with reinforcements, were rejiort
ed going up Broad river, which gives assurauce
that the fight will be renewed today.
LFYdm th? Augusta Constitutionalist, Doc. 2]
General Wheeler writes that he has
whipped Kilpatrick throughout, doubling
' him up upoo the main body. He has
j not taken a greatimany prisoners, be- *
j Cause the Yankees, feeling that they de- r
served death, have refused to surrender.
! A very considerable number have per:
inpnently leased pi intadons in the coun- >
| tics of Burke and Jefferson. The main
j body of Sherman's army had not bodged
j at last accounts. The enemy is repre[
sented as being quite amazed and embarrassed
at his reception in the State of
; Georgia.
I From the Charleston Mercury, Dec. 3.]
We have a rumor that the enemy is
i fortifying his present position, close uui
der the cover of his gunboitfs. It this
' be true, it is doubtless bis Intention to *
j attempt no renewal of his demonstration
i oonlnst. rinr lines until he shall have
learned definitely that Sherman is within
I striking distance ot the coast. We have
! a few additional particulars oi General
Smith'." repulse $f the eneuiv on Wednesday.
, The infantry that pnrticipited in
i the a'tack consisted of lour regiments of
white and four regiments of negro troops*.
; The slaughter ot the assailants was far
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