Posted on 08/07/2023 6:31:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 5.
The steamer Hope has arrived, bringing prisoners from Port Hudson, Vicksburgh and Jackson.
Everything is quiet on the river below.
Col. HATCH reports that FORREST, BIFFLES and WILSON are retreating with their forces entirely broken up and their men deserting in every direction.
Col. HATCH has divided his force and is scouring the country, picking up all the small squads he can find.
A scout that left Meriden on Saturday, reports that Gen. JOE JOHNSTON's army is at Enterprise and Brandon, under the direct command of Gen. HARDEE. Most of the rebel force at the former place were ready to move at a moment's notice.
Cars are standing on a side track for the accommodation of the troops. Gen. JOHNSTON went to Mobile on the 27th. The scouts think the rebels will remain where they are unless Mobile is attacked, and says JOHNSTON has lost 10,000 men by desertion since the fall of Vicksburgh, and the remainder of his force is terribly demoralized. They are poorly fed, and the officers and men are greatly disheartened.
The rebels, in official circles, acknowledge that Morris Island will be taken.
A great many secret societies have been organized with the intention of bringing the State back into the Union. Officers are arresting citizens and soldiers for being connected with them.
RUGGLYS is at Columbus, Miss., CHALMERS at West Point, and TIPPAH on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
The late conscript act will not avail much in the South West.
The Mobile News of the 30th has a leader on despondents and croakers. It says, "Tell the citizens to avoid them as they would a pestilence." It states that GRANT's army has mostly gone to Virginia, where the great final struggle is to take place, and calls upon
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The third and last installment of the NY Times review of the war is on pages 7-8. The archived version is here => https://www.nytimes.com/1863/08/07/archives/review-of-the-war-iii-the-theatre-of-war-the-anaconda-system-the.html?searchResultPosition=1
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See Part 2 here, August 4 => https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4172774/posts
Important from the Southwest: All Quiet on the Mississippi – 2
Affairs in Tennessee: A Wharfless City – 2-3
From Gen. Meade’s Army: Everything Quiet-No Change in Position – 3
Operations Against Charleston – 3-4
Rosecrans’ Department – 4-5
The Battle of Gettysburgh: The Part Taken by the Third Brigade of the First Division – 5
The National Thanksgiving: Its General Observance – 5-6
Three Young Heroes – 6
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 6-7
Editorial: Thanksgiving and its Fruits – 7
Review of the War: III-The Theatre of the War-The “Anaconda System”-The Draft – 7-8
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