THE CAMPAIGN IN ALABAMA: The Capture of Mobile and All Its Defences; Immense Captures of Artillery and Stores (4/24/1865)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/24/1865

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[OFFICIAL]

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April 22.

To Maj.-Gen. Dix, New-York:

In a dispatch, dated Mobile, 5 P.M., April 14, Maj.-Gen. CANBY reports as follows: We find in Mobile and its defences, on the west side of the bay, over 150 guns and a very large amount of ammunition and supplies of all kinds, and about one thousand prisoners. Inventories are now being taken, and a detailed report will be forwarded as soon as they are complete. The quantity of cotton will probably reach 3,000 bales, and there is a large amount of provisions and forage.

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

MOBILE, Ala., Friday, April 14, 1865.

Just two months ago I transmitted you the programme to be performed by CANBY's army, assisted by A.J. SMITH's corps, of the Army of the Cumberland, and almost the entire cavalry force from the same army, under the distinguished leadership of Gen. WILSON. It was the capture of the City of Mobile and all the important defences, and the capture of Cahawba, Selma, and Montgomery, Ala., and Columbus, Ga., and the capture or rout of the remnant of HOOD's army. The following shows how handsomely the job has been accomplished:

THE PREPARATION.

Before the 1st of February, Gen. THOMAS, who had been consulted a few days previously as to the propriety of starting his entire army upon a new campaign, (the objective points to be Central and and Southern Alabama,) telegraphed the War Department that it was utterly impossible for him to commence an immediate campaign. There was a multiplicity of obstacles in the way, the most serious of which were the state of the weather, the bad condition of the roads, and the vast amount of time, &c., to be consumed in getting in readiness to move the large body of cavalry

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KEYWORDS: civilwar

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The Campaign in Alabama: The Capture of Mobile and All Its Defences – 2-5
Sherman’s Army: Gen. Sherman Negotiating with Gen. Johnston – 5-6
Colored People Ruled Out – 6
The Obsequies: Reception of the President’s Remains in Philadelphia – 6-7
News from Washington – 7-8
The Assassins: Order from Secretary Stanton – 8
The Seward Family: Official Report from the Surgeon-General – 8
Moseby’s Surrender: All His Men and Officers Give Up, but He Runs Away – 8
From Fortress Monroe: The Rumors about Sherman – 8
Editorial: Personal Safety of the President – The Duty of Precaution – 8-9
Editorial: Gen. Sherman’s Extraordinary Negotiation for Peace – 9
Editorial: The Funeral Obsequies in the City – 9-10
President Lincoln on Military Peace Negotiations – 10
News of the Day – 10
The Famine in the Cape de Verd Islands – 10
From California – 10
Death of Gen. Wm. Cook – 10
Address by Judge Edmunds – 10
New-York Typographical Society – 10
Postponed – 10