GEN. GRANT’S DEPARTMENT: Mysterious Disappearance of Joe Johnston’s Army; Advance of Our Forces to Tunnel Hill (1/31/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 1/31/1864

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CINCINNATI, Friday, Jan. 29.

The Commercial has the following special dispatch:

FIVE MILES NORTH OF TUNNEL HILL, GA., FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 1864.

Gen. PALMER, with Gen. DAVIS's division, moved here yesterday on a reconnoissance.

The Twenty-eighth Kentucky and Fourth Michigan drove in the rebels' advance pickets and captured a company of rebel cavalry.

The rebels retreated from Tunnel Hill during the night. They lost 32 killed and wounded.

Our loss was two wounded.

The object of the reconnoissance was effected.

Gen. CLAIBORNE's rebel Division is above Tunnel Hill, on the Dalton road. The balance of the rebels have disappeared. They have probably gone to Mobile or East Tennessee.

OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. FOSTER.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Jan. 30.

The following dispatches have been received at the headquarters of the army here:

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 29, 1864.

Maj.-Gen. J.G. FOSTER telegraphs from Knoxville, Tenn., under date of the 28th, at 9 A.M., as follows:

I have the honor to report that the cavalry, under Gen. STURGIS, achieved a decided victory over the enemy's cavalry yesterday, near the Fair Gardens, ten miles east of Sevierville.

MCCOOK's Division drove the enemy back about two miles after a stubborn fight, lasting from daylight until 4 P.M., at which time the division charged with the sabre and a yell, and routed the enemy from the field, capturing two steel rifled guns and over 100 prisoners.

The enemy's loss was considerable, sixty-five of them being killed or wounded in the charge.

GARRARD and WOLFORD's Divisions came up after a forced march in time to be pushed in pursuit, although their horses were jaded.

Gen. STURGIS hoped to be able to make the route complete.

JOHN A. RAWLINS,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

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Gen. Grant’s Department: Mysterious Disappearance of Joe Johnston’s Army – 2
The War in Kentucky: The Capture of Scottsville, Ky., by the Rebels – 2
From West Virginia: Reconnoissance to Romney – 2
From Fortress Monroe: The Bombardment of Charleston – 2
Department of the Gulf: Lively Times at Matamoras – 2-4
From the Southern States: Political Affairs in North Carolina – 4-5
News from Washington: Dispatches to the Associated Press – 5
The Military Situation in East Tennessee – 5
The Chesapeake Case – 5
An Unfortunate Affair at Buffalo – 5
Canadian Elections – 5