| From the Confederate Union (Milledgeville, Ga.) |
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| January 10, 1865 |
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| Gen. Hood's Army |
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| An important question now is, will Gen.
Hood be able to keep his line of communications to Decatur or to
Corinth? We do not believe that he will be able to maintain the railroad
line from Corinth to Decatur. The railroad touches the river at or near
Tuscumbia, and runs closely parallel with it from Tuscumbia to Eastport.
Yankee iron-clads will, in all probability, soon command the river to
Tuscumbia, and it is in that region, so near to the railroad as to admit
of raiding expeditions that will not have to go beyond cannon sound of
their gunboats to strike it at any point for a considerable distance.
Below Corinth the Yankees do not appear as yet to have materially
injured the railroad, and there is every reason to believe that it can
be kept open by our forces. This would extend the Confederate lines much
farther north in Alabama and Mississippi than any position we have held
for two years, and higher up than any we have held in Georgia or East
Tennessee for nearly a year past. But it would leave the line of
the Western & Atlantic Railroad unprotected, and Thomas or some other
large Yankee army would find the way open to Atlanta again. It is
evident that we must either have another considerable army to prevent a
Yankee advance from Chattanooga and Dalton, or that some at least of
General Hood's forces must come back to prevent a re-occupation of
Atlanta by the Yankees. |
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