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The Daily Dispatch: August 31, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
8, 1864. "Hon. James A. Seddon: "The enemy have changed their entire position — the left of their line resting near the Chattahoochee, about Sandtown, and their right extending to a point opposite and near the West Point railroad, between East Point and Fairburn. They hold all the crossings on the Chattahoochee, but not with a continued line. "Dispatches from General Wheeler, of the 19th, report the capture of Dalton, with large quantities of stores, about two hundred prisoners, and ilroad for Knoxville, so that he is in a position to operate upon both routes at the same time. Eleven days have elapsed since the date of General Wheeler's dispatch, and it is fair to presume that he has not been idle during that period. East Point, the locality mentioned in General Hood's dispatch, is six miles from Atlanta. The enemy's line, as we understand it, now forms a crescent, commencing on the north, and extending around west of the city. Sherman's object in this movement