FROM THE SOUTH: Movements of the Fleet On Wilmington; LIVELY TIMES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (12/27/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 12/27/1864

[Homer_J_Simpson]

We are indebted to Brig.-Gen. GORDON for a copy of the Richmond Whig of Dec. 23. We have also received Richmond papers of the 24th. They contain the following interesting intelligence:

From the Richmond Sentinel, Dec. 24.

GRANT having, at the commencement of his campaign, tried the effect of concentration and failed, is now operating by means of raids in several directions at the same time. One has just come to grief in the Valley and a second one at Gordonsville, another in Alabama, and also one in southwestern Virginia.

We learn from the Petersburgh Express that a raiding column, composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery, has started off in the direction of Weldon, from Suffolk, no doubt to operate as a diversion in favor of the naval expedition against Wilmington.

The following official telegram was received at the War Department yesterday morning:

CHARLESTON, Dec. 22.

Gen. S. Cooper:

On the 16th inst., the enemy, 800 strong, occupied Pollard. After burning the Government and railroad buildings, they retired in the direction they came. They were pursued thirty miles, losing a portion of their transportation, baggage and supplies, and leaving many dead negro troops on the road. Our force, commanded by Gen. LIDDELL, acted with spirit and gallantry.

(Signed) G.T. BEAUREGARD, General.

Pollard is an important station, at the junction of the Mobile and Great Northern and Alabama and Florida Railroads. It is seventy miles north of Mobile.

"We have at length," says the Lynchburgh Republican of the 2d, "definite intelligence from Gen. BRECKINRIDGE as late as Tuesday evening, in the following dispatch, kindly placed at our disposal by the gentleman to whom it was addressed.

It is proper to say that the dispatch is from an officer at Dublin, who is in a position to obtain correct information:

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From the South: Movements of the Fleet On Wilmington – 2-3
The Pursuit of Hood: His Army Floundering in the Bogs of Tennessee – 4
From Sheridan’s Arm: Successful Reconnoissance by the Third Cavalry Division – 4
Deaths in United States General Hospital, Fortress Monroe, Va., During the Week Dec. 24 – 4
Gen. Grant and the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing: Gen. Sherman Furnishing Facts for History – 4-5
News from Washington – 5
Editorial: The Southwestern Victories – 5
Editorial: What Can be Done for Our Prisoners? – 5-6
Editorial: Government Charities – 6-7
Editorial: Sherman on Grant – The Battle of Pittsburgh Landing – 7
The Testimonial to Admiral Farragut – 7

[ComputerGuy]

Lively

An appropriate use of the word. Steppin' out lively is what one does while being shot at.