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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the Valley. (search)
From the Valley. We have comparatively little information with reference to affairs in the Valley region, where the army of Gen. Lee is now believed to be located. We have assurances from those who have lately arrived from Winchester that the condition of our troops was never better than at present, and if it should be the policy of the Yankee commander to engage General Lee, little fear need be apprehended for the result. The passengers by the Central train last night do not confirmthose who have lately arrived from Winchester that the condition of our troops was never better than at present, and if it should be the policy of the Yankee commander to engage General Lee, little fear need be apprehended for the result. The passengers by the Central train last night do not confirm the report that the Federal troops have creased in force at Leesburg. The opinion is expressed that nothing more than the cavalry of the enemy have ventured to the South side of the Potomac.
The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army Correspondence. (search)
--Gen. Pettigrew received a mortal wound in the onset. His Adjutant General was also mortally wounded in the same affair, and died here this morning. After withdrawing from our position at Gettysburg, almost simultaneously with the enemy. Gen. Lee formed line of battle, our right resting nearly at Hagerstown, our left on the river, near Williamsport. Our line extended about the distance of eight miles, and in this situation we remained two days and nights in line of battle, offering fighd time to our own farmers to harvest their crops of wheat and other cereals. Notwithstanding the Gettysburg affair must be viewed as a reverse, of which I will speak more particularly when I have gathered more details of that memorable affair. Gen. Lee was then at liberty to give or decline battle at his option, and was in that condition every day our feet pressed the enemy's soil. Of the political complexion of this now historic town, about one-third of the population are Secessionists —
The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
mac. The Baltimore American, of the evening of the 15th, has the following account of Gen. Meade's crossing the Potomac: We learn from a gentleman who left the front last night that General Meade, immediately on ascertaining the escape of Lee, put the whole army in motion for a new base of operations calculated to check the rebel retreat on its way to Richmond. Having the inner line of movement, he will be able to secure all the mountain passes on the Virginia side of the Potomac befoitherto, the same result will follow, since the prolongation of the war is confirmation of hope to the rebellion. If victories follow victories, if Port Hudson follows Vicksburg, if East Tennessee is held and the great southwestern artery cut, if Lee is defeated badly in Maryland, Richmond taken, Sumter reoccupied and possessed, and the standards of the Union seem advancing to the conquest of the Southern armies, then intervention is imminent. Not till then. It is one of the infinite counter
The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee raid on Wytheville. (search)
ghter of the militia and populace. Forty dead bodies were lying in one place. The negroes were greatly persecuted, and three were hung. Government street was completely sacked. A great exodus of negroes from New York has taken place. The City Council has appropriated $2,500,000 to pay the $300 exemptions of conscripts from New York. Several buildings in the 21st Ward were sacked. Severe fighting took place at the Seventh Avenue Hospital, at which there was great loss of life. Riots against the drafts have taken place at Yorkville, Harlem, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Westchester, and other places, but not so bloody in character as those in New York. Lincoln has appointed the — day of August for a National Thanksgiving. Gen. Lee, says the Herald, escaped from Maryland without leaving a gun, caisson, or even wheel, as a trophy for Meade. Gen. Morgan has been wounded in Indiana, but not captured. The Herald says his ultimate capture is certain.
The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Intervention. (search)
From Gen. Lee's army.--reported removal of Meade. Winchester, July 20. --All quiet to-day.--There was a slight cavalry skirmish near Martinsburg yesterday. It is rumored that Gen. Meade has been superceded by Gen. Sedgwick.