Posted on 09/05/2024 6:27:38 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL BULLETIN.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 1864.
The following telegram from Gen. GRANT has just been received:
CITY POINT, Sept. 3, 1864.
Hon. E.M. Stanton:
I have a Richmond paper of to-day. It contains a rumor of a battle at Atlanta, but says that the War Department, having no official information, it declines to form an opinion from the rumors. I have no doubt, however, but SHERMAN has gained a great success there. Before the dispatch of last night was received, announcing the occupation of Atlanta by our troops the fact was known to our pickets. The rebels hallooed over to our men that SHERMAN had whipped HOOD -- that the latter had lost 40,000 men, and that our troops were in Atlanta. All quiet here.
U.S. GRANT, Lieut.-General.
Our Southwestern Telegraph Line continues down and this with a heavy storm that commenced in the afternoon and is still prevailing beyond Louisville. It may damage the lines so as to hinder the arrival of details from Atlanta for a day or two.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
LATER-
WAR DEPARTMENT, Sept. 4, 1864.
To Maj.-Gen. Dix, New-York:
Gen. SHERMAN's official report of the capture of Atlanta has just been received by this department. It is dated 26 miles south of Atlanta, 6 o'clock yesterday morning, but was detained by the breaking of the telegraph lines, mentioned in my dispatch of last night. He says:
As already reported, the army withdrew from about Atlanta, and on the 30th had made a break of the West Point road, and reached a good position, from which to strike the Macon road -- the right (HOWARD) near Jonesboro; the left (SCOFIELD) near Rough and Ready, and the centre (THOMAS) at Couch's.
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Official: The Fall of Atlanta – 2-3
The Shenandoah Valley: Defeat of the Rebels Near Martinsburgh – 3-4
From the Middle Military Division: The Late Movement – 4
From Gen. Grant’s Army: Execution of a Deserter – 4-5
News from Washington – 5
The Camp of Union Prisoners in Georgia – 6
Our Prisoners in the South: Condition of Those Confined at Andersonville, Ga. – 7-8
Editorial: Atlanta – 8
Editorial: The Fall of Atlanta – 8
Editorial: Unconditional Surrender – 8-9
Editorial: McClellan’s Military Adventures – The Intrigues with our Foreign Enemies – 9-10
Intelligence from Europe: The Blockade-Running Business – 10
General City News – 10
I’m shocked that The New York Times omitted all of the arson, rapes, and murders of civilians carried out by Sherman’s crack warriors.
Sherman bragged that he’d “ make Georgia howl “.
Reverend Abraham loved every minute.
GOD Bless General Sherman
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