THE SPRING CAMPAIGN: Military Movements in Grant’s Department; The Army at Chattanooga in Motion (2/16/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 2/16/1864

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CHATTANOOGA, Friday, Feb. 12.

Gen. LOGAN, left Huntsville, Ala., some days ago with the Fifteenth Army Corps, to act in connection with Gen. SHERMAN.

The cavalry expedition under GRIERSON and SMITH crossed the country from Corinth, moving southwardly.

It is understood that these columns are intended to act in conjunction -- the one to attack, and the other cut off POLK's retreat and disperse the cavalry of FORREST, reported as scouring Central and Northern Mississippi.

There is no reason to doubt, though beyond this enterprise the combinations are merely conjectural, but that a great flank movement on JOHNSTON's army is intended.

The army at Chattanooga is by this time in motion for Tunnel Hill and Dalton. Its movements may have been delayed by circumstances unknown to us, but it is under marching orders.

A dispatch from Chattanooga of the same date to the Cincinnati Gazette says:

"There was a great affray in JOHNSTON's army on the 9th. The Second Kentucky Regiment refused in a body to be conscripted, and were placed under guard of the Third Alabama. Col. WOODWARD, Maj. LEWIS and three Captains of the Second Kentucky fired revolvers into the Alabama men, killing and wounding forty-two. Both regiments broke in disorder.

Thirteen deserters arrived yesterday, including Lieut. CHARLES ALLEN, formerly of STONEWALL, JACKSON's staff. Ten hundred and twenty-seven deserters came into our lines during January.

CHEATHAM's Tennessee Division has gone South to keep the men from deserting.

REPORTS FROM NASHVILLE.

CINCINNATI, Monday, Feb. 15.

A Nashville dispatch to the Gazette gives the following official news:

Gen. SHERMAN entered Jackson, Miss., on the 5th instant. The rebels offered but little resistance, and are falling back over Pearl River.

It is believed that the rebels are receiving reinforcements from Dalton.

There is nothing new from Gen. THOMAS' front.

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The Spring Campaign: Military Movements in Grant’s Department – 2
From the South: A Manifesto from Jeff. Davis – 2
Gen. Butler’s Department: Arrival of Escaped Union Officers at Yorktown – 2-3
From the Indian Territory: The Rebels Driven Out – 3
From Washington: The House Amendments to the Enrollment Bill – 3-4
Proceedings of Congress – 4-5
Editorial: Progress of the Campaign in the Southwest – 5
Editorial: Vallandigham in the Supreme Court – 5-6
Amusements this Evening – 6
News of the Day – 6