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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
The Washington Chronicle of Sunday, received yesterday afternoon, contains the following official bulletin:
War Department, December 17, 10 P. M. Major-General John A. New York
Dispatches have been received to-day from General Foster, who had a personal interview on the morning of Wednesday, the 14th instant, with General Sherman, at For which had been taken by assault on the preceding day. Savannah was closely designed, and its capture, with the rebel forces there, was confidently expected.
It was to be summoned in two days, and if not surrendered.
Sherman would open his batteries upon it. General Foster reports that Sherman's army "is in splendid condition, having lived on its march on the turkeys, chickens, sweet potatoes, and other good things of the richest part of Georgia." The march was feebly resisted.
Nothing has been heard from General Thomas today.
Unofficial dispatches state that the provost- marshal at Nashville reports five thousand prisoners