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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Gen. Lee's army. (search)
in every day. He has failed because he is too slow. What is called a cautions General is the most dangerous of all Generals in the world — to his own friends. He will make no movement unless he be certain of success. He stands still and permits his enemy to manœuvre as he pleases, from the fear of doing something rash. His enemy takes advantage of his slow motions, doubles on him, and at last compels him to move, whether he will or not. This seems to have been the case with Gen. Bragg. He has thrown away the most glorious opportunity ever offered to an American General. We very much fear that whoever succeeds him will never find such another. The winter is coming on, and the river will rise. The whole Southwest will soon be penetrated with hundreds of gunboats and tens of thousands of Yankee troops. Who is to succeed Gen. Bragg? Gen. Johnston, of course, would be the man; but he is said not to have sufficiently recovered to be able to undergo the fatigue of a campaign
The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], The latest from the North. (search)
en to retreat, drawing the Union army after him, probably to Front Royal, or to some other point in the Shenandoah Valley, where he can have the choice of position, and then fall upon the Union army, with the hope of defeating Gen. McClellan. Gen. Johnston, in the meantime, to advance from Culpeper and Warrenton, to Aldic, so as to be between Gen. McClellan and Washington, in order to cut off his retreat to the capital, and to act as a reserve to Gen, Lee in case of need, it will be seen at onc by General Lee in person, headquarters at Winchester, army corps of Gen. Jackson, Gen. Longstreet, and Gen. Hill, each about 40,000 strong, and including the divisions of Gen. Ewell, Gen. Huger, Gen. Stuart, Gen. Ross, and Gen. Craig120,000 Gen. Johnston's army corps, (headquarters at Culpeper,) consisting of the divisions of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Gen. Jones, and Gen. Horton, each division about 15,000 strong 45,000 Two army corps at Gordonsville, each 40,000 strong80,000 At Richmond, Pet