Posted on 09/04/2024 6:56:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 1864 -- 8 o'clock P.M.
Maj. -- Gen. Dix:
No intelligence from Atlanta later than my telegram of last night has been received.
The telegraphic lines between Nashville and Chattanooga were broken last night by WHEELER, and we have nothing south of Nashville to-day.
This accounts for the absence of later information from Atlanta.
No doubt is entertained of the correctness of the reports received last night, which came from two independent sources, beside the official dispatch of Gen. SLOCUM.
Unofficial reports this evening from Nashville state that the damage by WHEEELER to the railroad will be speedily repaired, and that WHEELER had retreated. Gen. ROUSSEAU was in pursuit; that in an engagement between ROUSSEAU's and WHEELER's force, the rebel Gen. KELLY was mortally wounded, and is in our hands.
A telegram from Gen. SHERIDAN states that EARLY has retreated up the Shenandoah Valley, and is pursued by SHERIDAN with his whole army; that AVERILL hod attacked VAUGHAN's cavalry, and captured twenty wagons, two battle-flags a number of prisoners, and a herd of cattle.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
REJOICINGS OVER THE VICTORY.
Boston.
Saturday, Sept. 3.
One hundred guns were fired on Boston Common this afternoon, as an expression of public rejoicing at the capture of Atlanta. Salutes were also fired at Lynn, Belfast, Me., and other places. WM.H.H. JOY had a hand blown off by the premature discharge of a gun while firing a salute on the Common to-day in honor of SHERMAN's victory.
In Lewiston, Me., W.H. GRAHAM and THOMAS EASTMAN, while firing a similar salute, lost a hand each.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 3 -- 8 o'clock P.M.
Our citizens are now celebrating, en masse, the taking of Atlanta by General SHERMAN's forces. Two hundred guns are being fired, bells
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The Situation: Official Bulletin from Secretary Stanton – 2-3
Kentucky and Tennessee: Wheeler’s Tennessee Raid – 3
Kilpatrick’s Raid Around Atlanta: Four Days’ Constant Fighting – 3-4
Operations Below Mobile: Performances of the Monitors – 4
A Characteristic Order of Gen. Butler: Teaching Non-Commissioned Officers Their Duties – 4-5
The Battle at Moorfield: The Address from Brig.-Gen. Averill – 5
Southern News – 5
Romance of a Ring – 5-6
Law Reports: A Father Seeking to Obtain the Custody of His Child – 6
Mr. Lincoln’s Early Life: How He Educated Himself – 6
News from Washington – 6
Base Ball Match – 6
Editorial: The Military Situation – 6
Our Flag and Its Foes – 6
The Left – 6
They also lost a hand.
Argh matey, give me a hook.
Argh.
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