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Sale! latest telegraphic newsItncou o• BY TELKGKAPIJ TU THE JOURNALFrom Sherman’s Command.;lii I -'mei- I DETAILS UF LATE iHOyEMEV I Sme dl' to theM.. on ^ Death of General UarkcrIostOf-. title.*oiut 'lan.acres,Oiico-m and Occo*es ad' acres.Nkw York, July I.—A special despatch tothe fff^rald. dated Nashville to-day. has the iuand following :)roper- j ®On the 22d. Gen Hood's corps, in General McPherson's front, was withdrawn. Tlie movement seems to have been commenced on the 21st. Schofield, on our right, moved forward after the capture of Pine Mountain and crossed Nickajack creek, followed by Hooker. There Sherman found him at a right ankle to the rebel line, on the Kenesaw Mountain.Johnston was compelled by this movement to change his direction, it being north, aud south, and still covering Marietta. Sherman,1 tiaot luoving his right soutbwar.d,ihus compelling the rebels to abandon Kenesaw. and lengthen ilndr line southward. The object of the manceuvring on our'part was To couLi-el J ihnston to ttccnpy ground whose natural advantages for a defensive battle would not be 30 great as at Kenesaw Gur eflforta were so far successful, but the enemy still hold the high ground -jbout the headwater of nnmei’oiis streams rising near Marietta.Your correspondent with Hooker on the 27th reports that the rebels' assault on the left of t^chofield and r ight of Hooker was repulsed with severe slaughter, losing 300 killed. Col. Barlholson, of the lOOth Illinnis,lore or lexan-tion .rm. incl 38HI one chvell-' o andfarm; intingejj, to* iigingia.of Alacree.)les ofs rBeamtaGonyoientteredcinnaeightirregitheirbe paiservicLowe'ApRiseiuUCon^ing 0 authx office) the I low tremult; ^ I......
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Alexandria Virginia State Journal
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Sat, Jul 02, 1864
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