War Department, November 9, 1864.
Major-General Sherman, Kingston, Ga.:
Following, copied from evening papers, is sent for your information:
Cincinnati, November 9, 1864.
"Yesterday's Indianapolis Journal says: 'Officers from Chattanooga report that Sherman returned to Atlanta early last week with five corps of his army, leaving two corps in Tennessee to watch Hood. He destroyed the railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and is sending the iron into the former place. Atlanta was burned, and Sherman is now marching for Charleston, S.C.'"
Sherman sent back two characteristic dispatches. The first ran:
Kingston, Ga., November 10, 1864.
Hon. C. A. Dana:
Dispatch of 9th read. Can't you send to Indianapolis and catch that fool and have him sent to me to work on the forts? All well.
W. T. Sherman, Major General.