BEFORE ATLANTA: Partial Occupation of the City; THE DESPERATE BATTLE OF WEDNESDAY (7/24/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 7/24/1864

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REPORTS FROM LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Saturday, July 23.

Nashville reports, well authenticated, place the occupation of Atlanta by Gen. SHERMAN beyond a doubt. No particulars have been received here.

Provost-Marshal GOODWIN has received a telegram dated Atlanta, July 22, announcing its possession by our forces.

REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, July 23.

The National Republican extra says:

"The Government is in receipt of a dispatch today from the telegraph operator at Chattanooga, via Louisville, in the following words:

'Atlanta is not ours yet. Our forces find strong opposition. It seems that we are in possession of a part of the city, but the enemy hold the rest.'"

The Republican extra also announces the following official news of the battle before Atlanta on Wednesday last:

"An official dispatch from Gen. SHERMAN states that after the battle of that day, Gen. HOWARD, commanding the Fourth Corps, sent word that he had buried two hundred dead rebels in front of his lines, and a large number of wounded were scattered upon the field.

Gen. HOOKER, commanding the Twentieth Corps. in advancing his lines on Wednesday, met the enemy in an open field, and a most desperate battle, lasting several hours, was the result. The enemy were thoroughly whipped and driven from the field.

After the battle Gen. HOOKER reported to Gen. SHERMAN as follows:

'I have buried four hundred dead rebels, and four thousand wounded lay in my front.'"

WASHINGTON, Saturday, July 23.

The Richmond Examiner, of July 21, has the following:

ATLANTA, Wednesday, July 20.

REYNOLDS' brigade attacked the enemy's line of skirmishers last evening at Peach Tree Creek, and took possession of the intrenchments. He then charged the reserve pickets, supported by DILWORTH's corps, and captured one hundred and fifty prisoners.

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Before Atlanta: Partial Occupation of the City – 2
Another Rebel Raid-The Enemy in Western Kentucky– 2
A Panic in Maryland: Another Rebel Raid Said to be in Progress – 2
From Tennessee: Our Nashville Correspondence – 2-3
News from Washington – 3
Cavalry on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad – 3
The Crew of the Alabama at Weston’s Music Hall, London – 3
A Humbug Discovered: The Northwestern Confederacy Sensation – 3-4
Guerrilla Operations in Missouri – 4
The Rebel Raid – 4
Editorial: The “Peace” Correspondence – A Pretty Plot Spoiled – 4-5
Editorial: The Old Doctrine of State Rights – 5
The Canadian Seat of Government – 5