December 16th.\u2013Clear and pleasant; subsequently cloudy and chilly.<\/p>\n
All quiet below, save the occasional booming of our guns from the iron-clads.<\/p>\n
The capture of Fort McAlister, Savannah, has caused a painful sensation. It is believed we have as many men on the Georgia coast as the enemy; but they are not the men of property<\/i>\u2013men of 1861-62; and those without <\/i>property (many of them) are reluctant to fight for the benefit of the wealthy class, remaining at home.<\/p>\n
The following dispatch from Gen. Bragg was received this morning:<\/p>\n
“Charleston, December 15th, 1864.\u2013My services not being longer needed in this department, I shall leave this evening for Wilmington, and resume my command.<\/p>\n
“Sherman has opened communication with his new base, by the Ogeechee. The means to meet him do not exceed one-half the estimate in yours of the 7th instant. Braxton Bragg.”<\/p>\n
So ends Gen. Bragg’s campaign against Sherman!<\/p>\n
I have not heard about the President’s health to-day. But no papers have come in from his office.<\/p>\n
Lieut.-Col. Ruffin, Commissary Department, certifies (or Col. Northrop for him) that he is “not fit for duty in the field.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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