Posted on 03/17/2024 6:56:42 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 16.
DISPATCH FROM GEN. SHERMAN.
Maj.-Gen. W.T. SHERMAN, in a dispatch dated Vicksburgh, Feb. 27, via Cairo, March 10, has addressed the following to Lieut. Gen. GRANT, care of Maj. Gen. HALLECK:
GENERAL: I got in this morning from Canton, where I left my army in splendid heart and condition. We reached Jackson, Feb. 6, crossed the Pearl and passed through Brandon to Morton, where the enemy made dispositions for battle, but fled in the night. We posted on over all obstacles, and reached Meridian Feb. 14. Gen. POLK having a railroad to assist him on his retreat, escaped across the Tombigbee on the 17th. We stayed at Meridian a week; and made the most complete destruction of railroads ever beheld; south below Quitman, east to Cuba Station, twenty miles north to Lauderdale Springs, and west, all the way back to Jackson. I could hear nothing of the cavalry force of Gen. WM. SMITH ordered to be there by Feb. 10. I inclose this by mail, with a copy of his instructions. I then began to give back slowly, making a circuit by the north to Canton, where I left the army yesterday in splendid condition. I will leave it there five days in hopes the cavalry from Memphis will turn up there. I will have them come in."
DISPATCH FROM GEN. BUTTERFIELD.
CAIRO, Friday, March 11.
Maj.-Gen. BUTTERFIELD has addressed the following to Lieut. Gen. GRANT or Gen. HALLECK:
Gen. SHERMAN arrived yesterday at Memphis, his command is all safe. Our total loss in killed, wounded and missing is 170 only -- the general result of his expedition, including SMITH's, and the Yazoo River movements are about as follows: 150 miles of railroad, 67 bridges, 7,000 feet of trestle, 20 locomotives, 28 cars,
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As with all bloody, unnecessary wars, newspaper circulation increases.
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