THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST: The Line of the Charleston and Memphis Railroad in Our Possession; Further Details of the Great Battle at Pittsburgh Landing (4/13/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/13/1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

WASHINGTON, Saturday, April 12.

The Secretary of War has received information that Huntsville, Ala., was occupied yesterday by Gen. MITCHELL, without much resistance. Two hundred prisoners were taken; also fifteen locomotives and a large amount of rolling stock.

The news of the capture of Huntsville is of greater importance to the Government than at first appears. Efforts have been making for a longtime to cut the railroad leading from Richmond to the West. It was expected that we should be able to do this at Knoxville, in Tennessee, and more recently at Salem, in Virginia, but the news of to-day precludes the necessity of either of these movements in the States named, as our gallant troops in the West have got possession of the same road in Alabama, at a better point, so that Corinth is now completely flanked, and the only hope of escape for the rebels in Virginia is by way of North Carolina, and they cannot accomplish this without engaging the bayonets and cannon of the brave army under Gen. BURNSIDE. The fifteen locomotives and large amount of rolling stock found at Huntsville will furnish the facilities required for other important achievements which must soon take place.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, April 12.

The following dispatch, has been received by the Secretary of War:

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION,

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 11.)

After a forced march of incredible difficulty, leaving Fayetteville yesterday at 12 noon, my advanced guard, consisting of PURCHIN's Brigade, KENNETT's Cavalry, and SIMONSONS's Battery, entered Huntsville this morning at 6 o'clock. The city was completely taken by surprise, no one having considered the march practicable in the time. We have captured about 200 prisoner, fifteen locomotives, a large amount of passenger and box platform cars, the telegraph apparatus and office, and two Southern mails.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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The War in the Southwest: Gen. Mitchell’s Division at Huntsville, Ala. – 2
The Pittsburgh Landing Battle: Latest Telegraphic Dispatches – 2-6
The Capture of Island No. 10: Gen. Pope’s Official Report – 6
Operations on the Gulf Coast: Pass Christian, Mississippi, Occupied by Our Forces – 7
The Rebel Steamer Merrimac: Her Second Appearance in Hampton Roads – 7-8
The Siege of Yorktown: The Weather once more Favorable for Military Operations – 8
News from Washington: The District Emancipation Bill Not Yet Signed by the President – 8-9
Editorial: The Restoration of the Union – 9-10
Editorial: Prof. Agassiz’s Lectures – 10
The Great Rebel Railroad Line Cut at Last – 10-11
A Rebel Victory Not Won – 11
The Merrimac’s Exploit – 11
Editorial: A Union Force Marching Eighty Miles in Twenty-four Hours – 11

[BrexitBen]

Putin learned his scorched-earth policies against non-combatants from “ honest Abe “ and his hired butcher, William T. Sherman.

[larrytown]

I’m sure Napoleon and Nazi Germany are far more relevant associations for Putin to recall.

If Sherman was a butcher, then Lee was a mass murderer.

[Who is John Galt?]

THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST