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The Daily Dispatch: July 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The battle of Gettysburg. (search)
he opening battles of his campaign. To the bright names which already illuminate the flags of his noble army — to Fort Donelson and Shiloh, and Port Gibson, and Raymond, and Champion Hills, and Big Black Bridges — he now adds the crowning name of Vicksburg, and as if to give pectic finish to his work, he completes his long labors for the capture of this fiercely contested city on the anniversary of our National Independence. Fit consummation, that this great victory, which, coincident with Meade's, has saved the life of the Republic, should have been finally accomplished on the day which gave the nation birth! The day that ushered in the glad findings that Mestle had defeated and expelled the rebel invaders from the free North, also witnessed the final enfranchisement of the great high way of the noble West! The battle field at Gettysburg. On Sunday night, says the Northern dispatches. Longstreet's headquarters were at Jack's Mountain, ten miles from Gettysburg. They add
The Daily Dispatch: July 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], The battle of Gettysburg. (search)
kee army. Apparently, he has no intention to recross the Potomac, and Washington is nearer to Hagerstown than it is to Gettysburg. It is stated, upon good authority, that our loss, in killed, wounded, and missing, did not exceed 10,000. If, as the Yankees assert, we lost 4,000 prisoners, then our loss in killed and wounded was only 6,000--a very small loss, considering the number of combatants and the length of the battle. The Yankees took no cannon, although they claim to have taken five. Two pieces were abandoned because they were disabled and the horses attached to them were killed. There fell into their hands, and form the sole dismal trophies of what they pretend to consider a great triumph. Our army is in splendid order, and ready for another conflict. They have not been pursued, as the Yankees falsely stated, for they were in no condition to pursue, and it was, in fact, the very thing that General Lee most of all desired. Meade seems to have gone to paris unknown.