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The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
n Lancaster county, Pa.,) remarkable for their economy and thrift, and their unswerving and uncompromising "Democracy." That division of the U. S. army which marches on Richmond by the valley route will require a General of consummate ability. Mansfield would be competent for the position, but cannot well be spared from headquarters here, in consequence of the declining health of Gen. Scott. Mansfield is from Connecticut, and graduated at West Point in the Engineers, in 1822. He is about 60 Mansfield is from Connecticut, and graduated at West Point in the Engineers, in 1822. He is about 60 years old, and one of the most valuable officers of the army. The invasion of Virginia, by the way of Alexandria, will also require a General of superior ability, as he will probably be compelled to encounter at some point on the route to Richmond, General Lee himself, or at all events, that dashing Artillery officer, so well known to the frequenters of Newport, John Bankhead Magruder. The defence of the York River will probably be entrusted to General Beauregard, who will enter upon