SHERMAN’S PROGRESS: Rebel Reports of His Whereabouts; His Cavalry on the Savannah River (12/8/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 12/8/1864

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Richmond papers of Monday, Dec. 5, are recorded here to-day at the office of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The following details of military operations in Georgia and elsewhere will be found of interest:

From the Richmond Whig, Dec. 5.

The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of the 1st inst, contains the following: "Telegraphic communication with Millen has been reopened. WHEELER was still engaged in fighting the Federals on Wednesday. Results unknown. It is reported that a party of SHERMAN's scouts visited Demara's Ferry on Sunday. They remained sometime in the vicinity, taking observations. It is thought that SHERMAN will endeavor to cross the Savannah River at that point. Gentlemen from SHERMAN's rear state that his line of march is marked by dead animals, broken wagons, bodies of men, stragglers, &c. When Gen. WHEELER struck KILPATRICK’s raiders at Big Creek, they killed over three hundred head of horses to prevent them from falling into WHEELER's hands. Yesterday morning the train on the Georgia Railroad brought down about one hundred prisoners who were said to have been captured somewhere in the neighborhood of Warrenton. They are supposed to be a portion of SHERMAN's army that had straggled away from the main body and fell an easy prey to our forces. They were all hearty-looking men. Trains run up on the Georgia road as far as Greensboro. The work of repairing the road to Atlanta will be commenced. It is stated, on reliable authority, that the Yankees appropriated over two thousand horses and mules in Glascock and Warren Counties.

The Richmond Whig copies the following from the Savannah News of the 13th ult.: "SHERMAN seems to be making no progress in his invasion of the State.

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The War in Tennessee: Heavy Skirmishing Near Nashville – 2-3
Gen. Grant’s Army: A Flag of Truce – 3
Another Raid: Projected Attack on Detroit from the Rebels in Canada – 3
From Fortress Monroe: Capture of the Blockade-Runner Vixen – 3
News from Washington – 3-4
Thirty-Eighth Congress: Second Session – 4
Editorial: The New Appointment to the Chief-Justiceship – How Received – 4-5
Editorial: The Treasury Report – 5
Editorial: The Report of the Secretary of the Navy – 6
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