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The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Exploits of the C. S. Naval steamers. (search)
that Gen. Sedgwick's corps had pushed through York and got to the rear of the Confederate army--Gen Lee would in any case have been compelled to retreat at once. Gen. Meade has already fulfilled thelaim a victory. That victory had yet to be won. Whether there was more fighting, depended upon Gen Lee's calculations, not only of the chances of success, but of obtaining afterwards the rewards of were only militiamen — and that French was hurrying his men up to Gettysburg from Harper's Ferry, Lee, unless he made one more, and that a decisively successful onslaught upon the Federals, probably ermined by the result of the battle of July 3d, and on it would depend whether Washington fell or Lee retired into Virginia with the loss of many men, but with a prodigious quantity of valuable stores and plunder. Lee cannot afford to stand still, and if he found Meade too strong for his army to attack again, he would get away from the sword of the Federal militia and volunteers which were gath
The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Exploits of the C. S. Naval steamers. (search)
The President's letter to Gen Lee About the time of the battles of Gettysburg it will be remembered that a number of papers in the hands of one of Gen. Lee's aids was captured by the enemy, undGen. Lee's aids was captured by the enemy, under circumstances annoying to us to say the least. There were letters from President Davis and Adjutant General Cooper in the list. The enemy made a great noise about them, and pretended to give their purport. They represented the President as regretting Gen. Lee's advance into Pennsylvania, intimating that it was made under the mistaken impression that the interval between the time of the disch publish it this morning. It will be seen that it contains not one word in disapprobation of General Lee's advance. It relates wholly to the situation here and in the South and Southwest, and the iThere is no indication in the President's letter of any concern. let alone disapprobation of General Lee's movements. While on the subject we venture, however, to remark, as we did not choose t
The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The situation in Mississippi--Grant gone back to Vicksburg. (search)
ceiving New Honors On Monday last we published Gen. Lee's letter to Adjutant-General Cooper, in which he dwo caissons, and a large number of small arms, as" Gen. Lee's"army crossed to the south bank of the Potomac onnced too far to allow the cannon to be brought off. Gen Lee asserts that "no arms, cannon, or prisoners, were tttigrew was "mortally wounded at Falling Waters while Lee was retiring. " Gen. Lee expressly admits that ConfedGen. Lee expressly admits that Confederate soldiers were captured, but not "in battle." They were stragglers and exhausted men, probably many of them wounded in previous battles. Gen. Lee did not say that there was no skirmishing. Gen. Pettigrew was mortag in the facts alleged to gainsay the statement of Gen. Lee that the enemy captured no "organized body" of mene occurrence that a word should be said to defend General Lee--the very soul of Truth and Honor — against even of his letter, to say that "those who have known General Lee heretofore doubt its authenticity!" It is one of
The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Charleston. (search)
Local defence. --To-day is the time appointed for a meeting of that class of citizens of Henrico county not subject to conscription, but who are ready and willing to give some tangible assurance of their determination to protect their homes and firesides against the encroachments of the common enemy. Once more the soil of Virginia is desecrated by the polluting steps of Yankee hirelings, seeking our general destruction. To Gen. Lee belongs the duty of chastising and routing their main army; but to the people — the fathers and brothers of our gallant soldiery in the field — is entrusted the labor of caring for the raiders and strolling thieves and plunderers that will attempt to permeate every neighborhood, and if they fail to attempt to perform their part of the labor, they merit all the punishment that the foe can inflict. Let the old men, and the exempts meet at the court-house and organize to day — let the boys under eighteen form companies and select prudent, skillful comm<