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The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], Additional Northern News. (search)
From Atlanta. Atlanta, August 23. --A dispatch from Jonesboro'states that a Federal raiding party in heavy force has appeared at Fayetteville. A dispatch from General Maury, at Mobile, confirms the capture of Memphis by Forrest; Washburn and staff were captured with the city. Dixon bridge, on Flint river, near Fayetteville, was burnt this morning. Scouts report that another Federal raid, 1,000 strong, with nine pieces of artillery, started from Decatur early this morning in the direction of Covington. A letter from an officer at Greeneville, East Tennessee, says that John Morgan left that point for Knoxville. Trains are running regularly from Bristol to Greeneville. The situation around Atlanta is unchanged. The enemy shelled the city at intervals all night. All quiet this morning, except occasional picket skirmishing. A lady was killed near the Express office last evening by a shell, and a soldier lost a leg. [Second Dispatch.] Atlanta, August 24.