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The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
ut distinction of party" of everything our brave cavalry boys could lay their hand on. Surely if there were Union sympathizers to be found, some little discriminations would have been shown in their behalf. The fall of Vicksburg and the defeat of Lee may, however, soon have a cheering and salutary effect upon the North Carolinian; as well as upon other States that find the rebellion a losing business with them. But the stubbornness of these rebels is pact all comprehension; and it is a doubtfe famous Charles Carroll, of Carrolition. As late as July 14th Edward M. Stanton, Secretary of War, telegraphed the following lie to Mayor Opdyke, of New York: Five regiments are under orders to return to New York. The retreat of Lee now becomes a rout, with his army broken and much heavier loss of killed and wounded than was supposed, and will relieve a large force for the restoration of order in New York. During the New York disturbances last week the following amounts
The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional foreign news. (search)
unfounded. The New York correspondent of the Times, writing on June 26, says there has been a great revulsion of sentiment among all classes. The object of Gen. Lee in his advance in Maryland and Pennsylvania is admitted by nearly every one except a few philosophical opinionists and Government contractors to be nothing less than the capture of Washington Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet, as well as General Hooker, share this opinion. There is a very widespread and earnest wish that Lee may be successful. The belief that the present Administration is incompetent to conduct the war, that it cannot conquer the South, that the South will indubitably receive nizes all their young men in societies to resist aid to the war which the common sense of the majority has long since ceased to approve. Such is the nation while Lee is thundering at the place of the Capital and in the people rather approve than the Confederate chief and with that were President instead of Mr. Lincoln to settl
The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Aspect of affairs. (search)
the fire of the gunboats. Two hundred of his men were drowned, and subsequently one thousand captured. Morgan, with one thousand men, had turned back, moving towards Gallipoli. A telegram, dated Hagerstown, 19th, says that the rear guard of Lee's army left Martinsburg at two o'clock Saturday morning. Meade's whole army is across the Potomac, rapidly following. Lee is retreating his main force by Strasburg, via Staunton, and not Culpeper. The American says that "the Hon. William WhiLee is retreating his main force by Strasburg, via Staunton, and not Culpeper. The American says that "the Hon. William Whiting, Solicitor of the War Department, leaves Boston on Wednesday, for Europe, as the commissioned legal adviser of our Ministers in England and France. His mission is said to be one of vast importance, and is reported to have reference to the building in England of iron clad ships, supposed to be intended for the rebel army." Perfect quiet continued in New York, and there are no indications of a renewal of the riot. Gold had advanced in New York from 125½ to 127½.
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], The invasion of Pennsylvania (search)
or wheel of the very complicated machinery with which the campaign against Cornwallis, terminating in his surrender at York, was worked, might have jarred — and in order to ensure success it was necessary that every part of it should do its work faithfully — and Washington might have failed. Then, most assuredly, he and his plan would have been denounced by this class of persons. We have been led into these reflections by the comments which we hear made every day upon the campaign of Gen Lee in Pennsylvania. To our mind it was one of the wisest, grandest, and most imposing schemes ever conceived by the mind of man. It proposed to force the Federal army into a battle, the stake of which was Washington, Baltimore the whole of Maryland; and the recognition of our existence as a separate nation. To succeed, the most ample means, as it was believed, were prepared. He was at the head of an army that had never been beaten, and he was opposed to an army that had never been victoriou
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Adversity the test of fortitude. (search)
in, must prove fatal. The Southern arms had been crowned with a series of triumphs of the most brilliant character.-- The army and the people had adopted the idea of invincibility. Whether this led to ill-advised movements or not on the part of our Generals we are not able to say; but it had certainly imparted to the public mind a feeling of safety that has been rather rudely disturbed by recent events. In quick succession we have had the drawn battle of Gettysburg and the retreat of Gen Lee to the Potomac-- the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and the capture of Morgan's expedition in Ohio. Our armies in the Southwest have been, with small exception, inactive, while the enemy has reduced the two garrisons on the Mississippi, by which some 35,000 or 40,000 men have been lost to the Confederacy. Why there was not some concentration of our forces under Johnston. Bragg, and Holmes, at some point or other, to strike a blow while the enemy was thus engaged, is a question t
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army correspondence. (search)
. Since the return of the army to Virginia, the Yankee cavalry have lined the section of country on the Potomac between Williamsport, Martinsburg, and Harper's Ferry, reconnoitering, and endeavoring to penetrate the movements and designs of Gen. Lee; but the activity and vigilance of our cavalry have kept them at bay and thwarted their purpose. This proximity of "the eyes and ears" of the opposing armies, as may be supposed, has led to frequent collisions, but as yet of an unimportant char, The reverse at Gettysburg, though by no means a defeat, and Meade's negative victory, by which he saved his army from annihilation, and too badly crippled to accept the gauge of battle at Hagerstown afterwards, and the deliberate withdrawal of Gen. Lee across the Potomac, all attest the never flinching determination of the rank and file of our army, and the unbounded confidence reposed in them by their able leaders. A little over 300 prisoners were started to-day on to Richmond. Most of
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
al and find out how he stands it. Sumter is still playing ball with them. All the batteries on Morris Island are taken but Fort Wagner. That, too, will soon be turned on Sumter. The good-bye for Charleston. The iron-clad expedition of James river. A letter in the New York Times, dated Fortress Monroe, July 22d, gives the following result of the recent ironclad expedition up James river: The naval campaign on the James river has ended in nothing. At an early day last week Admiral Lee ordered an advance of a portion of his fleet, and all they have accomplished is the reduction of Fort Powhatan, which, in the first place, should never have been allowed to progress. Fort Powhatan was reduced last year, during the peninsula campaign, by the gunboat Dacotah, and was considered a very extensive fortification. This time, however, it was still more formidable, but mounted no guns, and consequently gave us no trouble to destroy it. The fleet moved up the James river a little
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Lee's army. (search)
Gen. Lee's army. There is still a complete dearth of news from the armies of Gens. Lee and Meade. In answer to inquiries we are told that everything is quiet, and that our armies are resting after their arduous Northern campaign, with little probability of its being interrupted by the forces of the enemy. The passengers by the Central train last night state that Mosby has again been upon the war path, and as a reward for his gallantry, succeeded in bringing out from Fauquier county aGens. Lee and Meade. In answer to inquiries we are told that everything is quiet, and that our armies are resting after their arduous Northern campaign, with little probability of its being interrupted by the forces of the enemy. The passengers by the Central train last night state that Mosby has again been upon the war path, and as a reward for his gallantry, succeeded in bringing out from Fauquier county about one hundred and fifty of the enemy, among them several officers. From Fredericksburg we have the report that a considerable force of the enemy, consisting of cavalry and infantry, appeared at Stafford Store on Thursday evening. Stafford is about fifteen miles from Fredericksburg and on the road leading to Fauquier county.
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Pennsylvania campaign. (search)
tree, writing to you and your readers, when General Lee and his escort passed by in the direction odeductions flow from the foregoing facts: Had Gen. Lee concentrated his forces twenty four hours soouction of Harrisburg constituted no part of General Lee's programme, since he could not afford to fosition at Fredericksburg was such as to make Gen. Lee's army equal to a force of 300,000 men, as Ge Why, then, you are ready to inquire, did Gen. Lee fight at all at Gettysburg, when it was in hiome wise purpose. It is but just to add that Gen. Lee does not pretend to lay the responsibility upay. Both armies withdrew about the same time--Gen. Lee in the direction of Hagerstown, and Gen. Meadch incalculable loss, and was so fearful lost Gen. Lee would eventually turn his left wing, or get af a similar movement on our part. Indeed, if Gen. Lee had simply remained on the ground a few hoursdered a crushing victory. Why, then, did Gen Lee retire? First, because he did not know the e
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Florida. (search)
The Florida. --The Confederate war steamer Florida, commanded by Capt. Maffit, was at St. George's, Bermuda, when she General Lee (which has arrived at Wilmington, N. C.) left there a few days since. The Lee brings several trophies captured by the Florida.
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