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The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The situation. (search)
rush in to supply its place, as the air rushes in wherever a vacuum has been formed. There were any number of rumors in town yesterday with regard to Gen. Lee, Gen. Hooker, Gen. Ewell, Milroy, and the town of Winchester. Some of these may be seen in another column. None of them seem entitled to much consideration. Hooker, howevHooker, however, seems certainly to have evacuated Stafford. That we learn from a sure source, and not from rumor. What his aim may be, nobody is able to conjecture; but the Yankee papers have been for some time indulging in every manner of speculation with regard to the movements of Gen. Lee, and probably these speculations may have some coee papers have been for some time indulging in every manner of speculation with regard to the movements of Gen. Lee, and probably these speculations may have some connection with the march of Hooker. Upon the whole, we regard our situation as very encouraging, especially when we contrast it with that of this time last year.
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Hooker in England. (search)
Hooker in England. John Bull does not seem to think highly of "fighting Joe." All his papers are down upon him. The London Times, especially, compares him to the demagogue Cleon, with this difference; that Cleon did what he promised to do, and what able Generals had failed to do; whereas Hooker failed worse than any of the Generals he reviled. Hooker in England. John Bull does not seem to think highly of "fighting Joe." All his papers are down upon him. The London Times, especially, compares him to the demagogue Cleon, with this difference; that Cleon did what he promised to do, and what able Generals had failed to do; whereas Hooker failed worse than any of the Generals he reviled.
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The English press on Hooker's retreat. (search)
The English press on Hooker's retreat. --The London journals, of the 23d, all comment upon Hooker's retreat across the Rappahannock. Hooker's retreat across the Rappahannock. The London Times remarks that operations, preceded by more than the usual gasconading, have been followed by the usual miserable failure, and strongly suspects that Gen. Hooker was so disabled as to make the defeat of Sedgwick rather an opportune excuse for retiring than a real diven across the river on the night of Monday, and on Tuesday morning Hooker began to follow him. He had left on the field the dead and wounded ying enemy, or that he holds a foot of ground more than he did when Hooker began to move." The Star says: "The honest confession of disasilling up, and Fremont will have his day. The Herald says that Hooker had no alternative but to retreat. The Morning Post observes tll population, it does not blame Lee for not renewing the attack on Hooker's lines, but does not understand how he managed to allow the Federa
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
d disastrous defeat at Chancellorsville. There is only one real reason, and that the simplest possible. Our army didn't fight as well as that of our enemies. We had every possible advantage. Our numbers more than doubled theirs, till Longstreet's reinforcements came up, which didn't then bring their forces up to 100,000 to oppose our 130,000. Indeed, it would now seem that Longstreet didn't come up at all. We had the advantage of position and no inconsiderable amount of entrenchment. Gen Hooker's plan was admirably arranged and excellently carried out, until the fighting took place. He exposed himself in the hottest place of danger and set an electrifying example of heroism to the whole army. The terrible loss of life among our Generals shows that on the whole they were not found wanting at their posts of duty. We had men enough, well enough equipped and well enough posted, to have devoured the ragged, imperfectly armed and equipped host of our enemies from off the face of the