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The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
red strong. The World says, editorially, that no further effort to reach Richmond will be made by Burnside's army at present, and that it will go into winter quarters because it can do nothing else. Dispatch from Burnside. Washington. Dec. 17. --The following dispatch from Gen Burnside was received here last evening: Hdq'rs Army of Potomac, Dec. 18, P. M. Major Gen. Halleck Commander-in-Chief. The Army of the Potomac was with drawn to this side of the Rappahannock river because I felt fully convinced that the position in front could not be carried, and it was a military necessity either to attack the enemy or retire. A repulse would have been disastrous to us under existing circumstances. The army was withdrawn at night without the knowledge of the enemy, and without loss, either of property or men. Ambrose E. Burnside., Major General Commanding Over one thousand wounded arrived to day.--Nearly one-half were able to walk or ride in ambulances