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1MBER 29, 1864.tal. -864.?:resolv-7 until uubers' spend any of placesid ESI-’ recessjw for for the-ig thed they-. His-appro-:ection i raids sd and The Drotec-lowingd Mil-to the ‘neces-war in.epared' • *• • 4 • p • r closing, the letter was made^-of.- thin wall .paper, the;figured side'lt;;pf:( the'“paper bjiingvthe inside1 of the envelope. ' -Paper must-:be scarce’ in Dixie,-judging from ”this. ’ • .#i V.W Observer. ,;S...From Pfaslivllle;)ser by ive be-ermm-oe giv-to thebecomeig -with (1 be at' r helped era-e Lon-ts that s—that* United* to fur- ’ l'single' ’a prin-less for'3 made, mnexa-iee that Why ?lad all I bring iey will on, and 3y will' .at they' ulroadsiwal of ; down, dor is a certain.tiorities.rhmentt +to pre-nd'the by the • paper, lo.ubteddcre onWalter S. Carter,. Esq., of this city, returned yesterday direct from Thomas’ ar-m jV’having been - in the-front-during- 'the.' recent, battles as one of the agents of the Christian Commission. His position gave him unusually good opportunities for information, and...his- account of the victories won by Thomas'more than, confirm.the*, newspaper accounts of their extent ratid importance, lie assisted in taking care of several-‘ wounded officers andmen, 'and* found that their reports of the rebel losses agreed with our own. • Hood • br'dughfc across the Tennessee an army of 50,000; men.Rebel officers captured, state that Hood had twenty-seven '4-gun'batteries, or one hundred- and eight, pieces in all. He had. thirty general officers. Up to Saturday last his losses summed up as follows: ,IS,000 to 20,000 men,, killed, wounded, and missing; 61 pieces of artillery lost; • 6‘ general officers killed; 6 general officers wounded ; 6 general officers prisoners/ • r :The captured; Generals are: ‘.Major General Johnson,’ Acting Major General Jackson,; Brigadier Generals Smiift, Rucker, Quarles, and Gorgim;Gen. Thomas last Saturday gave orders; for the'transportation of 7,200 prisoners north, and our cavalry were continually bringing them in. ’. Mr. Carter was in the front and saw the whole of die decisive battles of Nashville. He says ihafc die rebels did not fight as well as has been ' reported. Every rebel private with Whom he conversed’ expressed his satisfaction at- being captured. \ And no wonder. Hood’s army haB' endured fa-' tiguos and privations almost, b’eyond’.be-lief. Ili3 men 'have; been without tents and . ground' corn; has'been their main ineans of subsistence.' During'the unusually cold and stormy ‘ period that preceded the recent.battles, they must have suffered terribly. Our own men,, well clad and ab undantly provided ’ for, ‘ endured the weather with difficulty, and their suffering must have beeh light in comparison with that of tberebels. The private soldiers in our hands, almost to a man, agree'insfcat-“ ing that they were glad of aEu opportunity of'getting out of the rebel ^ army. * Iiali they’fought with thdir 'former desperationbonne and .1 crown'Pmp5selt;Thomwill s i. AI ou-'-TC Thurssum cTn:ijioviiovercover*Neturesgle oipens 1 day.Thmillic. prohi ports ing.Go]4,000erategonere-ele: RedrawiandSomeand sDayton issions, LI eyesiis posi-nfessed jpfc Mr. losition. is two [r. Bur-to seethe battle might have had ‘ a different result.*joyous y news 11 loval nuch so iakc up )0 call, :nt. ’ In •he fcruoi\ The)rces to areAs it is, Hood’s really fine army'is substantially used, up already,, and must; lie re-organized before it can-even take' the field again, while Thomas is pressing vigorously on its .tract,'his/advance haying, passed; through Franklin, but ati. hour, after the .departure of Hood's ’rear : guard. / All that can saveliood from complete disaster is the excellence of his cavalry force.. His cavalry, are better mounted than 'ours, and are in good condition//Had not For- rest undertaken his foolish enterprise of capturing Rousseau’s ..command’ in ’Murfreesboro, ho mighUhave i’nfiicted'ino little damage on our forces in front of Nashville.The following Wisconsin regiments were in the fighta near Nashville, viz: The Sib, the 14th, and the'33d! Colonel Wood of the 14th, commanded a brigade, and Colonel Moore, of the 33d, a division. Whether Colonel LaGrange was in.command, of his brigade of cavalry or not, .Mr. Carter did not xnowy tlie cavalry, operations, covering quite aa extent on theflanks. . •. . . ‘ .Bieut. Wm. XI. Sargent, of Company G, 8th regiment, while detached from service,, on Col. Hubbard’s staff, was instantly killed by rebelsharpshooters. Hie body has been embalmed and sent home. He was a gallant and efficient. officer. Capt. Kennedy, of the 8tb, was .wounded in the right arm.—MilwGvkzz Sentinel.: Tngives Milw osha'HaveAOhio.homedurinry ge Cathe gcusto and 1 tain 5 • Th ;Lond wbic!;ductc::to th* Pr unde ;diatc rfche n Majo Tnagan oi mt ion I ist’ pf bamrMihasagaiinatu:cvidctherePjsage.laidsatvchaii*tori a Ti33- 9374,21651.; tha h •. voteA;‘ nate^the i
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Janesville Weekly Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Dec 29, 1864
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